Grilled Chicken with Asian Barbecue Sauce
This perfectly juicy grilled chicken recipe with homemade sweet-and-savory sauce is an easy Asian-style dinner.
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 6 garlic cloves unpeeled
- 1 ½ teaspoons black pepper
- 1 onion coarsely chopped
- 1 ½ tablespoons vegetable oil
- ½ cup oyster sauce
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1/2 cup water
- ¼ cup white wine vinegar
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts or 1 1/2 pound of chicken wings
Instructions
Sauce:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Wrap the garlic cloves in foil with a teaspoon of olive oil and bake for about 30 minutes, until soft. (I roasted a whole head of garlic and kept the extra cloves for bread and sauces throughout the week).
- Squeeze cloves out of skin into a small bowl.
- Heat oil in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add onion and cook covered for about 10 minutes. Stir occasionally until caramelized.
- Add Oyster sauce, pepper and 6 cloves of garlic to pan and cook a minute or two.
- Add soy sauce and cook for two minutes.
- Add water and vinegar and allow to boil and cook till sauce is thick. About five minutes.
- Remove from heat and let cool about 5 minutes. Add to blender and puree for about 30 seconds.
- Store sauce in a Ball Jar. Pour desired amount to use in separate bowl when you glaze chicken.
Chicken:
- Place chicken on plate and lightly sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Heat grill to medium-high heat.
- Grill chicken for 7 minutes and flip.
- Cook for additional 7 minutes.
- Lower grill heat to medium. Add sauce to completely cover chicken, turn and cover both sides.
- Cook for 2 minutes more.
- Remove and enjoy