All-American BBQ Chicken Thighs
In this healthy chicken thigh recipe, bottled barbecue sauce--often loaded with sodium and high-fructose corn syrup--is replaced with a homemade barbecue sauce recipe. Use the barbecue sauce to baste the chicken thighs while cooking--but if you want to also serve the barbecue sauce at the table, separate some before grilling to avoid cross-contamination.
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Ingredients
Directions
Tips
Make Ahead Tip: Cover and refrigerate barbecue sauce for up to 1 week.
Once the grill is heated, oil a folded paper towel, hold it with tongs and rub it over the hot rack right before placing the chicken on the grill.
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size:
3 oz. chicken & 2 Tbsp. sauce Per Serving:
288 calories; protein 26.6g; carbohydrates 15.9g; dietary fiber 0.1g; sugars 14g; fat 12.2g; saturated fat 3g; cholesterol 141.5mg; vitamin a iu 126.7IU; vitamin c 2.8mg; folate 8.8mcg; calcium 43.4mg; iron 2mg; magnesium 61.9mg; potassium 555.7mg; sodium 754.2mg; thiamin 0.1mg; added sugar 13g.
Exchanges:
3 1/2 lean meat, 1/2 fat