I hope that everyone is enjoying this great long Memorial Day Weekend, I know that I am. Not only have we been having fun together, but we also have been grilling up a storm! With that in mind, the California Raisin Marketing Board had approached me to try out their new grilling sauce and I was more than willing to try it out and give my two cents worth to all of you!
As many of you know I love to grill and I love trying my hand at new sauces and experimenting with what the grill can do and what I can do with the grill also. I don’t always have success on my experiments, but I still enjoy doing it none-the-less.
So as I was asked to try out their new grilling sauce, I said, bring it on, so that I could try my hand at something new and to see if it would remain in my famil’y keeper cookbook! So the recipe is below…and do keep in mind this recipe does has some heat along with it!
Raisin Chipotle Grilling Sauce Recipe
Mix the ingredients below in a saucepan, then cover and simmer for 30 minutes. After cooling, puree in blender or food processor. Here are the ingredients for the Raisin Chipotle Grilling Sauce:
- 1 cup prepared barbecue sauce
- 1-1/2 cup California raisins
- 1 cup husked and chopped tomatillos
- 1/2 cup lime juice
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/3 cup chopped onions
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 to 2 chipotle chiles, canned in adobo, minced, and sauce, to taste
I decided to use this on chicken, though I think that you could also use this on beef or pork. If you are at all concerned with the chiles, you could potentially leave this off and see what it tastes like, but I have come to find that just because you use chiles, it is not always hot (spicy). I decideed to pre-marinade and leave a bit on the side for crushing on during the grilling of the meat as I find that this tends to help with the overall flavor.
I did try the sauce with the chiles and tested it out before working with the meat and found it to be very tasty! As I mentioned also, the chiles gave it a little bite, but it was not spicy at all!
The sauce was easy to prepare and I found that I did tend to make a little more that the recipe called for to have some for pre-marinating and basting later, but it was worth it. I cooked the chicken on indirect heat and this extra grilling time allowed the flavor to truly cook on making the chicken taste delicious!
We ended up serving this with some Garlic Mashed potatoes and fresh green beans amd everyone was very happy with the results, especially me. This recipe will devinitely remain in my cookbook for the future! If you are looking for a tasty sauce for your grilling cookbook, try this out, you will not be disappointed!
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