Bourbon Orange Coriander BBQ Sauce
As I mentioned the other day, I’ve been in a big condiment kick recently. It’s a fun phase to be going through, especially since it’s grilling season!
Hubby’s mom gave me her homemade BBQ sauce recipe a few years ago. It’s a bit spicy for me, so it’s not my favorite (shh, don’t tell her). But Hubby likes it, so I make it every once and a while. I definitely like my BBQ sauce to be a bit sweeter, like this Bourbon Orange Coriander BBQ Sauce.
I have already made three batches of this sauce this summer. It’s amazing on grilled chicken. The sauce gets all caramelized and sticky and it just screams summertime to me.
We served some grilled chicken breasts with this BBQ sauce on it at a cookout recently and people were raving about the sauce. It kind of caught me off guard that I got so many questions about it. Many of the guests could even pick out that there was orange in it.
As with most things, I bumped up the amount of garlic in the sauce. I like my BBQ sauce nice and smooth instead of chunky, so I was sure to whiz it in my blender after it had cooled a bit. One of my favorite things about this recipe is that it makes a decent amount. Probably 3 cups or so. It’s been nice to have the jar of BBQ sauce in the fridge these past couple of months!
For the chicken legs, Hubby simply grilled them, spreading BBQ sauce on them during the last 5 minutes. When they came off the grill, he spread more BBQ sauce on the legs. After resting for 5 minutes, we dug in!
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Bourbon Orange Coriander Barbeque Sauce
Yield: ~3 cups
Ingredients:
3 Tbsp olive oil
1 medium onion, diced
4 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 cup bourbon
1/2 cup orange juice
1/2 cup cider vinegar
1 cup ketchup
1/2 cup brown sugar (1/3 cup if you’d like it less sweet)
1/4 cup molasses
2 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1/2 tsp orange zest
3/4 tsp ground coriander
1 tsp coarse ground black pepper
1/2 tsp salt
Directions:
Heat olive oil over medium heat in a medium saucepan.
Add onions and saute until translucent and slightly browned, 3 to 5 minutes.
Add garlic and saute for 1 minute more.
Lower heat to low and add bourbon. Scrape the browned bits of onion and garlic from the bottom of the pan as the bourbon heats.
Add the remaining ingredients. Bring mixture to a simmer and cook for 30 to 45 minutes, until reduced and thickened.
Mixture can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a week.
Recipe adapted from Joy the Baker
I am Jen the Beantown Baker. Engineer by day and baking maven by night. Hubby serves as my #1 fan and official taste tester. We got hitched back in 2006. Barefoot. In the sand. With the waves crashing behind us. It was one of the best decisions we’ve ever made. 
I am obsessed with your crockpot chicken tacos and am sure this is going to be another favorite crockpot chicken recipe in our house!
P.S. I had a cake craving last night and jumped on your blog to look up cupcake recipes… you have 101 cupcake recipes?!!
beantownbaker — February 24th, 2011 @ 9:03 pm
Yea… about those cupcakes. I went through a phase at the beginning of my blog. And I’ve been blogging 3.5 years, so that’s really only about 30/year…
I think I would LOVE this recipe! Bret loves pulled chicken and I love slow cooker recipes!
Yum, my husband would totally love this!!
Sounds delicious and perfect for leaving in the pot before work and coming home to wonderfully cooked chicken. Can’t wait to try it!
I love this kind of stuff. We had beef dip sandwiches last night. SO GOOD. I bet we’ve love this too!
Sounds delicious, but I’m sure I’d have to just add one of those chiles 🙂
Yay! I love Pulled chicken sandwiches, I’m so glad you shared this recipe.
Nothing bad about pulled chicken. Nothing. Love all the flavors that the chicken was simmering in. Bet this was awesome!
This is the first time I’ve seen someone else use an Eating Well recipe! I like. 🙂 Also, this chicken looks fabulous and easy….nice work.
These look awesome and so easy to make! I love spicy pulled chicken and I love anything that you can just throw in the crockpot. Can’t wait to try them!
My husband and I made this last night for dinner and it was absolutely delicious! Thanks for sharing!
Has anyone tried freezing this? I dont eat meat, but I am thinking about making this for my husband but there is no way he could eat a whole pot to himself.
beantownbaker — May 7th, 2012 @ 10:10 am
Like most crockpot meals, this meat freezes just fine. I like to portion it out into individual sized portions prior to freezing so you can just grab one and go.
Hi! I made this last year and it was a huge hit. I want to make it again for a holiday pot luck, but when I looked at the recipe today, it seemed to have the directions listed twice, and no ingredient amounts. I was able to find the recipe at eating Well, but wanted to let you know that there may be something wrong here.
beantownbaker — December 1st, 2013 @ 6:46 pm
Thanks for the update. I am fixing the post now. Glad this recipe was a success for you!
love Pulled chicken sandwiches,