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Deep-Flavored BBQ Chicken

'Tis the season... for a diet, that is.  I've gradually regained the 20-30 lbs I lost a couple of years ago, and the tired, unhealthy body & mood that come with it.  So I'm back to calorie-counting (the method I prefer) and regular exercise.  To help me out, I checked out a great weight watchers cookbook from the library; so great, in fact, that I purchased my own copy at half.com.   There was a wonderful (and wonderfully simple) recipe in there that we enjoyed this past week, so had to pass along.  It's called:

Cheater's Deep-Flavored Barbecued Chicken

3/4 cup barbecue sauce

1/2 cup grape jelly

1/4 cup low-sodium soy sauce

2 tablespoons cider vinegar

5 chicken drumsticks, skinned

5 chicken thighs, skinned

(I only put in a splash of vinegar and substituted a splash or two of Worcestershire sauce for the soy sauce -- because my husband handles it better.)

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Combine first 4 ingredients in a medium saucepan.  Bring to a boil; reduce heat, and simmer, uncovered, 40 minutes or until sauce measures 1 cup, stirring often.

Place chicken on rack of a broiler pan coated with cooking spray.  (If you cover your broiler pan with foil make sure to poke a few holes so the juices don't run off and burn in your oven, which sets off the smoke alarm, which scares your children!)  Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes.  Remove from oven.

Preheat broiler.

Turn chicken; brush with 1/3 of sauce.  Broil 3 minutes.  Repeat procedure 2 times or until glazed.

Yield: 5 servings - serving 1 thigh and 1 drumstick.  Cal: 341

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{ 09:29, Friday, April 4, 2008 } { Posted by OklahomaSweetPea06 }

This sounds like a great way to change up our chicken routine, I will have to try this out...Thanks for sharing