Drunken Chicken

Beer. Chicken. Crock Pot.  The trifecta. The 3 Musketeers, if you will.  I like chicken...I like beer...and I like my crock pot. As if I need more reasons than that to try this.  Of course, I found this recipe on, where else, Pinterest.  If you are not familiar with this website, you need to be.  They have SO many recipes, in addition to pretty much anything else you could want to find on the internet like exercises, quotes, home decor ideas, photography tips, fashion ideas, and cute animal pictures,  just to name a few.

Anywhos, back to the drunken chicken. I actually took two different drunken meat recipes and meshed them together. The crockpot and chicken are from one, the ingredients are from another so I really hoped it would turn out.

Here's what you'll need:
- 2 or 3 large chicken breasts (or more if you need...the recipe I found called for 4-6 chicken breasts with the same amount of beer listed)
- one bottle of beer (your choice) I used Newcastle for this recipe.
- 1/3 cup of ketchup
- 1/4 cup of brown sugar
- Anything you want to add to it. I added garlic powder for flavor and some red pepper flakes for an extra kick.

I carefully poured the bottle of beer into the crock pot (to reduce foam but I don't think it really matters) and I chose Newcastle because it was in my fridge and it has all the flavor of a darker beer but it's not as heavy as say...Guinness. Plus, I made a drunken pork chop recipe months ago  and used Leinie's Classic Amber, the same amount of ketchup as above, and the same amount of brown sugar and the sauce was SWEET. It tasted really good but it was just so sweet. I didn't want to have this turn out just as sweet so that's why I used a darker beer.  I also didn't want the sauce to be too bitter, which is why I didn't adjust the ketchup or brown sugar amounts.

After pouring in the beer, add the ketchup and brown sugar and stir until it's pretty well-mixed. I added 1/2 tsp of garlic powder and stirred it in, then I put the chicken breasts, still fully frozen, into the crock pot.  I then added a couple shakes of red pepper to the mix and covered the crock pot. Cook on low for 4-5 hours or high for 2-3 hours.

The sauce actually was still kind of sweet (not as bad as last time though) and had a beer taste to it.  I think it would've been delicious as a gravy over mashed potatoes.

Until next time...Fire Away!