Root Beer Barbecue Chicken

By lorik

Great recipe for making barbecue chicken for a crowd since, just double or triple recipe as needed. To insure juicy chicken, brine first, then proceed with recipe, eliminating any additional salt on chicken.

Ingredients

• For the sauce:
• 1 chicken, cut into 8 pieces (about 3 1/2 lbs)
• vegetable oil
• salt and pepper, (pepper only if chicken has been brined)
• 2 Tbsp olive oil
• 1/2 cup onion, diced
• 1 Tbsp garlic, minced
• 2 cups root beer
• 3/4 cup ketchup
• 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup yellow mustard
• 2 Tbsp molasses
• 1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tsp red pepper flakes
• Juice of 1/2 lime

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400. Rub chicken with vegetable oil, season with salt and pepper; arrange on a baking sheet. Roast for 45 minutes. Meanwhile make the sauce.

Saute onion and garlic for the sauce in olive oil in a saute pan over medium heat 2-3 minutes. Add root beer, bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer until reduced to 1/2 cup, about 15 minutes. Stir in ketchup, vinegar, brown sugar, mustard, molasses, Worcestershire, and pepper flakes; simmer 5 minutes. Off heat, add lime juice.

Preheat grill to medium high. Dip chicken into barbecue sauce to coat, then grill 5 minutes. Dip pieces again, turn over, and grill until charred and crisp, about 5 minutes longer.