Beer BBQ Chicken - Sandra Lee

Submitted by lovey514

"From Semi-Homemade Cooking 2 by Sandra Lee Every meal is a happy hour with this hit-the-spot dish that goes down as easy as a bottle of your favorite brew. A tantalizing blend of cool, refreshing beer and hot, smoky barbeque sauce, it is the meal to make when you want something simple yet sensational. Spoon extra sauce over each serving to intensify the flavor."

 

• Ready In: 7hrs 10mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Serves: 6-8

ingredients

• 1 teaspoon canola oil
• 4 lbs chicken breasts, and thighs rinsed and patted dry
• salt and pepper
• 2 medium onions, cut into wedges
• 1 cup dark beer or 1 cup ale
• 1 1⁄2 cups barbecue sauce

directions

1. In a large skillet, heat: oil over medium-high heat.
2. Season chicken with salt and pepper.
3. Working in batches, brown chicken on both sides.
4. Place browned chicken in a 4- to 5-quart slow cooker.
5. Add onions to slow cooker.
6. In a bowl, combine dark beer and barbecue sauce. Pour mixture over chicken and onions in slow cooker.
7. Cover and cook on high-heat setting for 3 to 4 hours or low-heat setting for 7 to 8 hours.

Reviews

[rosslare]

Incredibly simple to make and good to eat! Super tasty!

 

[ams137]

I used chicken legs and ended up shredding them and combining them with the sauce, which worked out really well. While I plan on repeating the recipe the same way if you do not plan on shreeding your chicken I would suggest using skinless chicken breasts.

 

[Chef RZ Fan]

Loved this too... I used a bag of frozen chicken breasts. I took them out to defrost in the fridge the day before. This was really, really, tasty. I used a dark mexican ale and served this with steamed brown rice and Recipe #181821. DH loved it as well. Thanks !

 

[Kitchen Witch Steph]

I'm not ordinarily a Sandra Lee fan but a friend made this for a meal for our visit over the Holidays. Very tasty and I love how easy the recipe is. We use Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ Sauce and most often I have a Yeungling Lager in the house. I'll probably use this for tailgating in the fall.

 

[kmarques77]

Loved it! I used strictly chicken breasts. I used Cattleman's Honey BBQ sauce and Guinness beer and will use the exact same the next time. This is a keeper!