Simple Irn Bru Glaze Recipe

This simple Irn Bru glaze recipe started as part of another of our recipes, the Slow-Cooked Irn Bru Ham, and it was too good not to share the Irn Bru glaze recipe separately so it can be used on other things too!

Our Irn Bru glaze can be used as a marinade for chicken baked in the oven or grilled on the barbeque, for pork as well, or whatever you like really.

The mix may be simple, but it combines several Scottish-based ingredients that really make it shine.

For the purposes of the recipe we made enough to cover a medium sized oven tray of chicken drumsticks, but you could easily halve the recipe if you don’t need quite so much, and adjust the cooking time to suit whatever meat you’re using.

It’s also delicious used as a marinade on chicken that’s then cooked on the barbecue and brushed with more glaze.

What is Irn Bru?

Irn Bru is basically the national soft drink of Scotland. It’s often said to be the only place in the world where another soft drink out-sells Coca-Cola.

The taste is hard to describe, as despite it’s bright orange colour it’s not orange in flavour. Some liken it to American Bubble Gum, and others say it tastes a bit like cream soda.

It’s really something you need to try for yourself! And luckily, it can now be bought on Amazon so you can order from there if it’s not available in a store near you.

Ingredients for Irn Bru Glaze Recipe

3 tbsp Honey
3 tbsp Marmalade
1.5tbsp Dijon Mustard
4 tbsp Irn Bru
6 tbsp Brown Sugar

Honey

Bonus points for using Scottish Honey! We use runny honey to help the glaze be sticky.

Marmalade

A bitter marmalade is best as the other ingredients like honey, Irn Bru, and brown sugar will add the sweetness. We like to use Seville Orange Marmalade, and there are often some wonderful options for marmalade’s from MacKays with added Scottish Whisky too.

Irn Bru

As we mentioned, the flavour of Irn Bru is very distinct! In this case it adds a sweetness to the glaze. Don’t expect it to taste all of Irn Bru, it’s more about the mixture of all of the flavours. As it’s very liquid not too much can be added otherwise the glaze won’t stick.

How to make Irn Bru Glazed Chicken – Step by Step Method

Mix together all of the ingredients for the glaze.

As an added step, you can marinate the meat in the glaze in the fridge for several hours/overnight if you like.

Line a baking tray/dish with paper or tin foil to stop the glaze from sticking too much.

Cover the meat (in our case, chicken) with the glaze, making sure to brush as much as possible on the meat itself.

We cooked the chicken for around 30 minutes due to the size of the drumsticks, brushing the glaze over again halfway through as it thickened with cooking.

If barbequing, you can start the meat in the oven to help thicken the glaze and then finish off on the barbeque for extra flavour, brushing with the glaze frequently.

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