CAPTION: Â Oven-Barbecued Chicken
By Kevin Williams
Okay, the Amish will use the word "barbecue" in a very broad sense, not the narrow sense in which you have people smoking meat for hours in an expensive grill.  So, using our broad definition, here are at least 5 awesome Amish barbecuing recipes
The first one comes from an Amish woman in Oklahoma (where homemade barbecue sauces and barbecuing is  more popular than other Amish communities).  She doesn't even a formal recipe, just a short written set of instructions for Oven-Baked Barbecue Chicken.
OVEN-BAKED BARBECUE CHICKEN: Preheat oven to 350. Â Roll chicken and place single layer in a pan sprayed with cooking spray. Â Top chicken with butter pats, salt, and pepper. Cover with foil and bake for 1 1 /2 hours. Â Drain juice from pan. Â Cover chicken with barbecue sauce (see recipe link below) and bake uncovered for 30 minutes.
Related recipe:  Amish Homemade Barbecue Sauce and Best Ever Oven Barbecued Chicken
Ha, this next recipe made me laugh, I think a barbecue purist would gag at this, but it doesn't sound bad!
AMANDA GINGERICH'S BABRBECUE CHIP CHICKEN
1 bag barbecue potato chips, crushed
3 tablespoons Parmesean cheese
1 /2 cup flour
cut-up chicken
Mix together everything but the chicen. Dip chicken into crumbs and bake at 350 for 45 minutes, more or less depending on thickness of chicken. Â There is no need to drip chicken in oil or milk, the chips have enough grease on them.
This next recipe is a fun-sounding one for the home "barbecue" enthusiast, a stove-top barbecue chicken.
Related recipe: Mennonite Coca-Cola Chicken
- 1 cup cola (Pepsi, Coke, or RC)
- 1 cup ketchup
- 3 or 4 boneless chicken breasts (any type of chicken piece will do, with or without bone)
- Pour cola and ketchup in frying pan.
- Stir and bring to a boil.
- Add meat in pan, turn heat low and simmer 1 hour.
- Check and turn after 30 minutes.
Barbecued meatballs are among the most popular recipes in Amish and Mennonite homes. This is a recipe if you are having a HUGE crowd. Â If you aren't having a huge crowd but are still wanting barbecue meatballs, try this Amish recipe for a smaller quantity.
- 45 pounds ground beef
- 15 5 ounce cans of evaporated milk
- 7 1 /2 quarts quick oats
- 7 cups chopped onions
- 10 tablespoons salt
- 3 1 /2 teaspoons pepper
- 30 eggs.
- Sauce:
- 7 1 /2 quarts catsup
- 4 quarts brown sugar
- 5 tablespoons liquid smoke
- 7 cups onions (optional)
- Mix all ingredients together.
- Shape into 1 1 /2 to 2-inch balls.
- Put on cookie sheets to prebake.
- Fix 2 layers of 45 balls to each layer (90 meatballs to a roaster).
- Pour 4 cups sauce over top and bake at 350 for 1 hour.
- Makes approximately 630 balls and fills 7 roasters and serves 300 people.
This is a delicious hamburger dish that Amish cook Freda Yoder likes to make. Â She says she puts these into the oven while at Bible school or Sunday school and they are done when you get home. Â I wouldn't advise cooking something unattended, hopefully someone is home. Â By the way, this recipe comes from "Home Cookin'" by Freda Yoder, an Amish bishop's wife in Inola, Oklahoma. Â You can order her book by sending $25 to Freda Yoder, 9621 West 600 Road, Inola, OK 74036, it is full of southern and western inspired Amish recipes.
- 3 pounds hamburger
- 1 1 /2 cups cracker crumbs
- 1 1 /2 cups quick oats
- 2 eggs
- 1 /2 teaspoon pepper
- 13 ounces of milk
- 1 cup onion fine, chopped
- 1 /2 teaspoons garlic power
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 2 teaspoons salt
- Sauce:
- 2 cups ketchup
- 1 1 /2 cups brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons liquid smoke
- 1 /2 teaspoon teaspoons garlic powder
- 1 /2 cup chopped onions
- Mix the hamburger ingredients together and shape into patties.
- These can be staggered or layered in a pan.
- Mix together sauce and pour on top.
- Bake 2 hours at 300, covered with foil or if the pan is really full, bake longer.
- Eat with a bun or a cooked meal.
Related recipes:
Yoder's Barbecued Chicken Brine
5 Amish grilling out sauces and marinades
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