Root Beer Barbecue Chicken

  • Average
  • Average budget

Ingredients

  • 3 1/2 pounds chicken
  • Sauce:
  • 1/2 cup onion, diced
  • 1 Tblsp. 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 Tblsp. molasses
  • 1 Tblsp. W-sauce
  • Juice of half a lime

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400.

Step 2

Coat chicken with oil, salt, and pepper; arrange on a baking sheet and roast 45 minutes. Meanwhile, make the sauce, Preheat grill to medium-high.

Step 3

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. Simmer 5 minutes. Off heat, add lime juice.

Step 4

DIp chicken into barbecue sauce to coat, then grill 5 minutes. Dip pieces in sauce again, turn over, and grill until charred and crisp, 5 more minutes.