I don't know if it was the fact that it was Labor Day or if I was just feeling a bit nostalgic since none of our kids were around for this long weekend. Even though Miller showed up for a bit and we got together for my niece's 16th birthday…it still made for a long weekend! One that I know I was suppose to enjoy…and I tried! I gave it my best effort! I floated for two days on a raft and was taken out to dinner and had nothing to do. Should sound wonderful…I'm fully aware! And parts of it were! But….I will always miss my babies no matter what age they are or where they live! So on Sunday after packing up Miller's cooler and watching him drive away with our ribs and barbecue meat, potato salad and baked beans that we'd bought earlier that day and sacrificed to the Yetti... I was craving more barbecue! I remembered my sweet mother in law's yummy oven barbecue chicken!
It's truly a meal my kids request for their birthdays at her house!
I thought I'd give it a try! Hope you will as well!
It's not hard at all….after running the chicken breasts through the seasoned four and browning it a bit of olive oil all you do is add the sliced onions and sauté them until tender and place them on top of the chicken.
Pour the sauce over all of this and pop it in the oven…at this point I stuck it in the refrigerator and did not bake it until tonight. It was so nice to have this to come home to after a long day at the shop. Easy….made the house smell yummy and now and I don't have to cook tomorrow night either!
This makes fabulous leftovers and I might even freeze some for Miller to take back to school next weekend. Might as well! That Yetti is always waiting for any and all leftovers!
All I served this with was Spicy Yellow Rice by Mahatma but you can do plain yellow or white rice or brown if you prefer it. It's yummy no matter what! Oh…and we had green beans!
Oven Barbecue Chicken
6-7 boneless, skinless chicken breasts cleaned
1 C flour mixed with salt and pepper to taste
1/4 C or a little more Olive Oil divided as needed
1 medium onion sliced
2 T butter
1 1/2 C catsup
1 C water
3 T worchestershire sauce
2 T lemon juice
3 T brown sugar
2-3 T white vinegar
1 teaspoon chili powder
1 teaspoon dry mustard
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
dash garlic powder
Heat 1/8 C olive oil in a large pan. Mix the flour with the salt and pepper….dip chicken in the flour mixture and brown in the olive oil adding more as needed. Place in a greased baking dish. Saute the sliced onions in the same pan…add the 2 T butter as needed. Place onions on top of the chicken. Mix the rest of the ingredients in the same pan and bring to a low boil. Pour the sauce over the chicken and cover tightly with foil. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Serve over rice. This is great made the night before and it makes it so much easier! I will admit that I combined my recipe with my mother in law's just to try it out and I loved it!
Hope you will too!
Hope you all enjoyed a wonderful Labor Day weekend and have hit the ground running as we have to get ready for Fall!
I just love Fall and all that it brings with it!
Much love to you all…I sure have missed this blog! Glad for football again!
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