122. BBQ Chicken

Now we love some good BBQ chicken. I normally open my favorite BBQ sauce and am done with it. So in this year I though why not make my own. It was really good and so easy to make. So I am not sure I will be buying the jars anymore.

*1 tsp hot sauce
*1/3 cup cider vinegar
*1/3 cup light brown sugar
*1/4 cup molasses
*3 TBSP Dijon Mustard
*3 cloves garlic
*1/2 cup ketchup

Mix this all together in a sauce pan over medium heat until it reduces to 1 1/4 cups, about 7 minutes
Cook chicken on the grill and baste with the BBQ sauce.
Save sauce to also dip the chicken in.

123. Pecan Crusted Catfish

Yummy! The kids both ate the fish and I am not sure that they knew it was really fish. Plus the crust was not overwhelming like some crust can be. I hate it when you have something crusted and that is all you can taste is the darn crust!

*1/3 cup yellow cornmeal
*1/4 cup pecans
*salt and pepper
*4 catfish fillets, rinsed and patted dry
*4 TBSP veg. oil

In a food processor mix the cornmeal, pecans and salt and pepper until nuts are finely ground
Transfer to a swallow bowl.
Dredge fish through the mixture
Heat oil over medium high heat
Add fish and cook until golden about 4 minutes per side


124. Glazed Carrots

Elise, Dave and myself really loved these. Eli was not overly thrilled and had to go to time out once in the middle of dinner for screaming about the carrots. He wanted to know if he can change them in for pudding. Oh no...that is not how this works!

*9 carrots, peeled, quartered and cute into 2 inch pieces
*1 TBSP sugar
*1 TBSP butter
*salt and pepper

Mix in a skillet with 1/2 cup water
Heat until boiling
Reduce heat to low and simmer, partly covered for 6 minutes
Cook uncovered over high heat for another 4 minutes or until tender