When it comes to summer, we don’t feel like cooking, or is it just turning on the oven? Here’s an idea: make one batch of BBQ Fig Sauce to use as the basis for what to cook the rest of the week. Our Fig Chipotle Barbecue Sauce is sweet, smoky, and a bit spicy and a fig fan favorite. Homemade bbq sauce is easy to make and so versatile.
Mission Figs Make BBQ Sauce So Much More
The chipotle BBQ sauce is sweet from the brown sugar and mission figs. Worcestershire sauce adds a savory edge and chipotle adds smoky heat. The flavor of the Orchard Choice and Sun-Maid Mission Figs is deeply fruity and rich. What makes our Mission Figs so flavorful is that they are sun-ripened on the branches to harvest perfection. Fig lovers enjoy them as a nutritious snack and as an ingredient, they add a bit of robust fruity flair to so many applications. If you check out our dried fig recipes, you’ll see just how versatile they are!
Here are ideas for how to use the Fig BBQ Sauce on chicken, pork, ribs, beef, and more.
Burgers with Chipotle Barbeque Sauce
A mainstay at diners, chipotle BBQ burgers are one of those combinations you can find on menus at restaurants. What you’ll love about the fig barbecue sauce on burgers is how the tangy sharp cheddar teams and salty savory bacon complement the fruitiness of the mission dried figs. Try it with silky caramelized onions or crunchy onion rings on top. The BBQ fig sauce elevates burgers and makes them gourmet. Try this chopped sirloin burger recipe with meat that’s rich in flavor.
Barbecue Chicken
Brushing figgy chipotle BBQ sauce on chicken thighs or chicken breast is a simple way to make chicken less boring than just salt and pepper. Ideas for barbecue chicken with sides: macaroni and cheese, fried okra, collard greens, cole slaw.
Pulled Pork Sandwiches
Pulled pork is traditional at restaurants that serve barbecue. Cooking pork shoulder or butt until tender is easy to shred to use for pulled pork sandwiches, great with chipotle barbecue sauce. Figs and pork are notoriously good together. The fig barbecue sauce works especially well on pulled pork sandwiches. Try them with fresh cilantro, slaw, and jalapeño slices.
Chicken Wings
Buffalo or BBQ? Chicken wings are a game day staple, but they turn up the heat as a terrific appetizer for parties. During the summer, BBQ chicken wings are a switch with barbecue chicken, you could even say they’re finger-licking good. Try them alongside the usual suspects of barbecue chicken: potato salad, macaroni salad, or BBQ beans. Slice up some celery and carrot sticks and add a side of ranch with the fig BBQ chipotle sauce wings. Use this recipe and swap in Fig chipotle BBQ Sauce.
Baby Back Ribs
What is one thing you always order when you go out for barbecue? If it’s baby back ribs, try making them at home? Whether you’re grilling baby back ribs or roasting them in the oven, brush on homemade BBQ sauce. The pork and mission fig flavor combination can’t be beat. Here’s how to grill baby back ribs.
Chopped Salad with BBQ Ranch Dressing
Whisking barbecue sauce into ranch dressing gives you a sauce to drizzle over salad that’s sweet, savory, and incredibly good. The chopped salad includes sharp cheddar cheese cubes, crunchy jicama, sweet corn kernels, slaw, slices of crisp bell pepper and creamy avocado. We add chopped Mission Figs into the mix along with smoky crunchy chickpeas. It’s a full meal that makes a satisfying lunch.
Plus, use chipotle barbecue sauce as a dipping sauce for chicken nuggets, use it as a condiment on sauteed chicken breast sandwiches, brush it onto crispy tofu or tempeh, or thin it out with sherry vinegar for a marinade for broccoli or meat to skewer onto kebabs. There are so many ways to use the barbecue sauce. You’ll love the fruity kick of mission figs and chipotle chiles.