• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Words of Deliciousness

  • Recipes
  • Easy meals
  • Bread Recipes
  • About Me
    • Contact me
You are here: Home / Chicken / Drunken Chicken

Drunken Chicken

March 18, 2015 By Dawn 3 Comments

Sharing is caring!

0 shares
  • Share
  • Tweet
Jump to Recipe Print Recipe

Drunken chicken, make it for dinner tonight. Chicken and beer have a wonderful relationship going on…

Drunken chicken

 

I can remember as a kid one of our biggest treats in the summertime was when my mom made chicken on the grill. The grill wasn’t one of the fancy ones that we see today. It was one of those cheap ones that didn’t have a cover, it had a “hood” that covered half of it. Do you remember those?

Drunken Chicken

But you know what? My mom made some of the best-grilled chicken or as we called charcoal chicken.  She would baste it with butter and beer and the skin would get crispy and the meat would be all moist and tender. I still taste how good this is.

I think I have captured a little of my mom’s chicken in this recipe. Although this is made under the broiler the skin is crispy and the meat is totally moist.  The difference between the two chickens that the recipe that I used is the chicken is not just basted, but marinated in the beer for about 8 hours. Also, there is a little bit of brown sugar that gives the chicken a hint of sweetness.  Good stuff.

You can give me chicken marinated in beer any day of the week… I am sure to be one happy lady.

Drunken Chicken

Drunken Chicken

Drunken Chicken

Print Pin Rate
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Servings: 4 servings
Author: Dawn

Ingredients

  • Chicken I had 4 thighs and 4 drumsticks
  • 12 ounces beer - your favorite kind
  • 1 tablespoon dry mustard
  • 1 teaspoon salt or to taste
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • Juice from 1/2 lime
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil

Instructions

  • Place the thighs and drumsticks in a large Ziploc bag. In a medium bowl mix all of the ingredients for the marinade. Pour into the bag with the chicken. Set the bag of chicken in a container where the bag can lay flat and place in the refrigerator. Let it marinate for about 8 hours; turning the bag every once in a while.
  • Heat the broiler and place the oven rack in about the middle of the oven, so the chicken doesn't brown too quickly.
  • Remove the chicken from the marinade and place on a broiler pan that has been sprayed with a nonstick cooking spray. Place under the broiler and turn about every 15 minutes; basting with the marinade. Broil until the chicken is tender and juices run clear.

Notes

Adapted from the cookbook Joy Of Cooking.

 

Drunken Chicken

Filed Under: Chicken

See what’s cooking. Sign up for the newsletter.

Previous Post: « Orange and Cinnamon Smoothies
Next Post: Orange Cream Cheese Muffins »

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Angie@Angie's Recipes

    March 18, 2015 at 10:49 pm

    The chicken has turned out really tender and I bet the beer must have given it a really nice flavour.

    Reply
  2. Karen @Baking In A Tornado

    March 19, 2015 at 8:23 pm

    Marinating chicken in beer is genius. All of the marinade ingredients sound really interesting together, and I have all of them on hand.

    Reply
  3. Joanne

    March 20, 2015 at 6:38 am

    I love the beer glaze on this! And that you made it in the oven, since we don’t have a grill!

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




Primary Sidebar

Meet the Blogger!

Dawn

Welcome to Words of Deliciousness!
My name is Dawn! I am a wife, mom, grandma and the blogger behind Words of Deliciousness! I love sharing my favorite recipes and I hope some of these become your favorites too.
Read more about Dawn

Get The Newsletter

Feature Your Favorites

Shredded Spicy Chicken

Pumpkin Pull-Apart Bread

Twice-Baked Sweet Potatoes

Never Fail Icing (Butter Cream)

Apple Bars

Pastrami on Rye with Creamy Garlic Dressing

Copyright © 2023 · Privacy Policy

0 shares
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest

Updated on January 30, 2019