Bbq Chicken Livers... Ala The Deen Brothers

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 -1 1/2 lb chicken liver
• 1 cup ketchup
• 1/4 cup packed dark brown sugar (or artificial sweetner, like splenda, plus 1/2 t molasses)
• 2 tablespoons orange juice (or other fruit juice of choice, lemon or lime or apple)
• 1 teaspoon worcestershire sauce
• 1/4 teaspoon liquid smoke
• 1/2 teaspoon mustard powder (for more heat, increase the amount of mustard powder slightly to taste)
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper (for more heat, increase the amount of cayenne pepper to taste, in proportion to mustard powder)
• salt and pepper, to taste (or seasoned salt... trick i learned from kittencal's recipes!)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 spray an 8x8 baking pan with non-stick spray.
• 3 rinse, drain, and dry the chicken livers on paper towels. (season to taste if desired, i use a little seasoning salt & no pepper.).
• 4 in a large bowl stir together all the bbq sauce ingredients.
• 5 reserve 1/2 cup of the barbecue sauce and set aside for later; use 1/4 cup later for basting & 1/4 cup as a side sauce when livers are served (if desired).
• 6 place the chicken livers into the bbq sauce remaining in the bowl, tossing to coat.
• 7 arrange the coated chicken livers in the sprayed 8x8 baking pan & cover with foil.
• 8 cook (covered), for 40 to 45 minutes or until cooked through, basting with the reserved 1/4 cup sauce after 20 minutes. **for oven roasting, cook uncovered for the last 15 minutes.
• 9 **instead of oven roasting, these livers can be barbequed on a grill using a foil-covered foil pan that is sprayed with non-stick spray. place in a medium heat area on the grill. cooking time may vary from oven method.
• 10 note: this recipe can be made "savory" with the addition of herbs of your choice -- or herb blends -- it never hurts to experiment.