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Best BBQ Chicken Ever

Cooking Light

Karry Hosford

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Good, Solid Recipe

"This is actually my dad's creation. Every time I go home for a visit, he makes it for dinner. It doesn't call for many ingredients, and takes no time at all to make." CL Reader

Yield: 6 servings (serving size: 1 chicken breast half and about 1 tablespoon sauce)

Ingredients

  • 2  tablespoons  butter
  • 1/2  cup  ketchup
  • 1/4  cup  fresh lemon juice
  • 1/4  cup  low-sodium soy sauce
  • 1/4  teaspoon  black pepper
  • 1/4  teaspoon  hot sauce
  • 6  (4-ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
  • Cooking spray

Preparation

Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat. Add ketchup and next 4 ingredients (ketchup through hot sauce); bring to a boil. Partially cover, and cook until reduced to 2/3 cup (about 15 minutes), stirring often.

Prepare grill.

Place chicken on grill rack coated with cooking spray. Grill 12 minutes or until done, turning and basting with 1/3 cup sauce after 8 minutes; serve with remaining 1/3 cup sauce.

Nutritional Information

Calories:
157 (29% from fat)
Fat:
5g (sat 2.7g,mono 1.4g,poly 0.4g)
Protein:
20.6g
Carbohydrate:
7.4g
Fiber:
0.4g
Cholesterol:
60mg
Iron:
1mg
Sodium:
693mg
Calcium:
17mg
Cooking Light, AUGUST 2002