CHICKEN THIGHS WITH HOMEMADE BARBEQUE SAUCE

Chicken Thighs with Homemade Barbeque Sauce image

Provided by Catherine Cappiello Pappas @LadyGourmet

Categories Chicken

Number Of Ingredients 16

- for the barbeque sauce:
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 4 -5 cloves garlic - chopped fine
- 1 small red onion - diced
- ¼ cup jack daniel's single barrel whiskey
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 1 cup ketchup
- ½ cup water
- 1 tablespoon molasses
- 2 tbs. vinegar
- ½ tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. red pepper flakes
- ¼ tsp. black pepper
- for the chicken thighs:
- 10 bone-in chicken thighs with skin
- homemade barbeque sauce

Steps:

For the Barbeque Sauce: In a small sauce pan heat the butter, garlic and onions until the onions soften and the garlic is fragrant. Add all of the remaining ingredients and simmer lightly on a low heat for a minute or two. Remove from the heat and let cool down. You may either leave the sauce chunky or give a few good chops in the food processor. Place in a jar with a lid and refrigerate. For the Chicken thighs: Preheat Oven 350 degrees: Place the thighs in the barbeque sauce; cover and refrigerate for at least one hour. Place the chicken thighs in a baking pan; and cover with a little more barbeque sauce. Bake 45-50 minutes.