BBQ Uh-Oh Baked Potatoes

Someone might think that it isn't possible at all to screw up a baked potato recipe, although somehow I managed to do just that.  


It was time to make the Neely's Barbecue Sauce it needed to go for 1 hour on the stove so I started this first, since I didn't do it the day before. I still wonder why I didn't think to prepare myself I just dove right in with a wonderful hallucination that everything would run as smooth and effortless as on the cooking shows. 
Ingredients needed: Ketchup, water, light brown sugar, black pepper, onion powder, lemon juice, Worcestershire Sauce, apple cider vinegar, light corn syrup and Neely's Barbecue Seasoning. 
In our to make the Barbecue Sauce I needed the Barbecue Seasoning, to even start the potatoes baking I needed the seasoning and it was already 6:00 and I hadn't even begun.


I only made half of the recipe for many reasons #1 I still didn't have a lot of Tupperware and #2 I still didn't have a lot of storage space. When I was done making the seasoning I thought it looked a little off from the picture but I went on a long because I was rushing. I hurriedly moved on to getting the potatoes going I prepared the potatoes stuck them in the oven and I felt like I was almost there.
I felt like this was finely going smoothly as I was mixing all of the ingredients for the barbecue sauce into the largest pan that I had at the time. Mind you we were still living out of our Unaccompanied Baggage which didn't contain a lot of pots or pans. Until the rest of of Household Goods arrived which should have been here by now but that's a completely different blog I would have to start. I would call it "PCSing Out, your worst nightmare".....=).
 And then it happened I realized I didn't have any Worcestershire sauce. Instead I used soy sauce, after all I live in a country that has rows upon rows of soy sauce in any local elephant store and the commissary was to far away (Fumble #1).
The barbecue sauce began to boil and it started to smell spectacular I wanted to stick my finger in it right then an there (but I didn't).  Which is also when I noticed that it smelled .........a lot like onion. But of course........the cause of the extra whiteness from the Neely's Barbecue Seasoning can you guess? It wasn't from the sugar but from too much onion powder. While I was busily trying to divide measurements in my head I read cups instead and tablespoons (Fumble #2).


Otherwise all I had to do was brown my ground meat and add the barbecue sauce. It sort of looked like a bunch of taco meat but with barbecue sauce. From there everyone added had there own split baked potato with the barbecue meat and they all added their own toppings cheese, green onions and sour cream. The meal was a hit, kid friendly and very filling for the hubby who had been patiently waiting for his dinner the time well after 8:00.


What did I learn from this experience? Stock up on groceries needed to cook from the cookbook and make sure I don't half the ingredients to make the Neely Knowledge items (I.E Barbecue Seasoning, Barbecue Sauce, Chicken Stock). Which means I need more Tupperware...........