BBQ Dipped Fried Chicken

When I was a teenager, I worked in a small family-owned grocery store. The building was ancient, and some of the grocery aisles had divots, really they were holes in the floor that caused several customers to see their full grocery carts flip over, spilling the contents of their cart all over the floor.

The veteran shoppers knew to swerve around the holes. But, the new shoppers were not as lucky. It wasn’t unusual to hear a crashing sound from aisle three every once in a while. I would grab a mop and clean it up.

The heart of the store was the bakery/deli. It was the real reason people shopped at our tiny store. The deli served sliced to order lunch meats and cheeses. Their donuts were legendary and sold out daily.

I loved the deli for their fried chicken. It was well seasoned, crispy, and juicy. We sold so much chicken that the pressure fryer was constantly running.

Every night before closing, the fried chicken that didn’t sell was wrapped and put in the walk-in cooler. The next day the leftover chicken was dipped in BBQ sauce and baked. The BBQ sauce made the breading sweet, savory, and sticky. I was in love!

It’s been thirty-five years since I have had that delicious BBQ Dipped Fried Chicken, so I decided to create my version. I have to say; it’s pretty close to the original.

I use store-bought fried chicken, just like we did back then. Why recreate the wheel?

My BBQ Dipped Fried Chicken is everything you want in a summer meal. It tastes great straight from the refrigerator and straight from the oven.

I hope you give this recipe a try and watch out for those divots; they’re a killer. Enjoy!

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BBQ Dipped Fried Chicken

Day old Fried Chicken is reinvented by dipping it in a tangy BBQ sauce and baking it until the sauce creates a sticky glaze that melts in your mouth.

Course dinner

Cuisine American

Keyword bbq chicken, bbq dipped fried chicken, cold deli chicken idea, dougbakes.com

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 40 minutes

Servings 8 pieces

Author Doug Bakes Staff

Ingredients

• 8 pieces cold fried chicken, cold deli fried chicken works great

BBQ Sauce Ingredients

• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup chile sauce
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1/4 cup ketchup
• 1/4 cup worcestershire sauce
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed
• 1 teaspoon ground dry mustard
• ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

BBQ Sauce Instructions

1. In a saucepan over low heat, mix the brown sugar, chile sauce, rum, soy sauce, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, dry mustard, and pepper.

2. Simmer 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Cool, and refrigerate until ready to use.

Dipping the Chicken Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees

2. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper

3. Dip pieces of cold fired chicken in the BBQ sauce, taking care to completely coat the chicken.

4. lay coated chicken on the baking sheet, chicken should not touch.

5. bake 35 to forty mins, or until the coating begins to carnalize.

6. remove from oven and allow to set 5 mins before serving. Enjoy.