Simple & Delicious Recipes For Your Next Family BBQ #KingsfordFlavor

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Barbecuing is a huge part of my summer meal plan. I love to cookout in the afternoon or early evening, and save the house from the additional heat from the oven. To keep from getting stuck in a BBQ recipe rut, I've been testing out some new idea's in the kitchen. The results? Simple and delicious barbecue recipes, perfect for your next family barbecue! 

All of our barbecues begin with Kingsford Charcoal. It's the best! It provides the most even heat that I've experienced with charcoal grilling, which means all of my prep efforts in the kitchen won't go to waste! 

Bourbon Chipotle Barbecue Chicken Kebabs

Prep time: 20 minutes 
Cook time 20 minutes + 30 minutes for sauce
Recipe yields 4 servings / kebabs

Ingredients:
Kebabs

• 1 lb. of chicken cubed
• 2 red onions

Assemble your chicken cubes and red onions on your kebabs. Set your completed kebabs aside/refrigerate.

Bourbon Chipotle Barbecue Sauce

• 2 tablespoons of unsalted butter
• 1 8 oz. bottle of store brought smoky/mesquite barbecue sauce
• 1/2 cup finely chopped onions
• 5 tablespoons bourbon

In a medium saucepan melt butter over medium heat. Once your butter has melted down, add your finely chopped onions. Saute until cooked through; they will become slightly transparent when done. Remove from heat. Empty your store brought BBQ sauce into your medium saucepan with your sauteed onions. Stir 5 tablespoons of bourbon into your sauce. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat immediately; allow your sauce to simmer on low heat for 40 minutes, stirring occasionally. Apply the finished sauce to your kebabs liberally every 5 minutes for the duration of the cook time (20 -25 minutes).

Steakhouse Barbecue Steak & Peppers Kebabs 
Prep time: 20 minutes 
Cook time 20 minutes
Recipe yields 4 servings / kebabs

Ingredients:
Chicken Kebabs

• 1 lb. beef cubes
• 3 green peppers 
• 2 red onions

Assemble your beef cubes, red onions, and green peppers on your skewers. Set aside / refrigerate your completed kebabs.

Steakhouse Barbecue Sauce

• 1 c. of tomato ketchup 
• 2 tbsp mustard
• 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce 
• 2 tbsp brown sugar
• 2 tbsp
• 2 tbsp molasses
• 1 tbsp BBQ rub
• 1/2 tsp black pepper

Combine all of your ingredients in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat immediately. Cook on low heat for 30-40 minutes; your sauce will thicken/darken when it's finished.  Use a silicone basting brush to apply the sauce liberally to your kebabs every 5 minutes, for the duration of the cook time (around 20 minutes).

Fruit Kebabs with Skinny Fruit Dip

Prep time: 10 minutes

Recipe yields 4 servings / fruit kebabs

Ingredients:

• 10 Raspberries
• 10 Blackberries
• 3-5 Mini donuts quartered or pound cake cubed
• 1 container of lite Cool Whip
• 1 8 oz. container of whipped fat free/reduced fat cream cheese

Fruit Kebabs

Rinse and dry your raspberries and blackberries. Quarter your mini-donuts or cube your store purchased pound cake. Layer your fruit and cake pieces on your skewers. Set your completed fruit kebabs aside/refrigerate.

Skinny Fruit Dip

Empty the entire container of Cool Whip and Cream cheese into a mixing bowl. Use a hand mixer on low for 1 minute to combine the ingredients until the consistency is smooth. Serve the skinny fruit dip in a small dish alongside your fruit kebabs.

Home Depot has an amazing deal going on right now (7/2/2015-7/6//2015) on Kingsford Original Twin Pack's. At just $9.88 for 2 x 18.6 lbs. of Kingsford Original Briquettes,  they're more than half-off! Needless- to-say,  we stocked up on enough charcoal for the rest of the summer!

Ready to grill up something simple and delicious too? Head over to The Home Depot store in your area to pick up your Kingsford Charcoal Twin Pack before the deal ends! Click HERE to find the store nearest you.

Find more summer recipe inspiration here. What is your favorite meal to make on the BBQ? Share in the a comment below!