Root Beer Barbecue Chicken

By Yish65

from Beth Harris

Ingredients

• 1 chicken cut into 8 pieces
• 1/2 cup diced onion
• 1 Tbsp minced garlic
• 2 Tbsp olive oil
• 2 cups root beer
• 3/4 cup ketchup
• 1/2 cup cider vinegar
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup prepared yellow mustard
• 2 Tbsp molasses
• 1 Tbsp worchestire sauce
• 1 tsp red pepper flakes
• juice of 1/2 lime

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400 degrees
Coat chicken with vegetable oil, salt and pepper, arrange on a baking sheet and roast 45 minutes.
Meanwhile make the sauce.

Preheat grill to medium-high
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 30 minutes). Stir in ketchup, vinegar, brown sugar, mustard, molasses, worchestire and pepper flakes; simmer 5 minutes. Remove pan from heat and add lime juice.
Dip chicken into BBQ sauce to coat, then grill, covered, for 5 minutes. Dip pieces in sauce again, turn over, and grill until charred and crisp, 5 minutes more.