Root Beer Barbecue Chicken

By Nanatimesthree

Ingredients

• 3 1/2 lbs chicken
• 1/2 cup diced onion
• 1 Tblsp minced garlic
• 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. molasses
• 1 Tblsp. W-sauce
• juice of 1/2 lime
• Oil
• Salt and pepper

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400. Coat chicken with oil, salt, and pepper, arrange on a baking sheet and roast 45 minutes.

Step 2

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

Step 3

Coat chicken with sauce, then grill 5 minutes. Coat again, turn over, and grill until charred and crisp, 5 more minutes.