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Skillet Roasted Spatchcock Chicken with Smoked Amber Ale BBQ Sauce

January 7, 2017 by rachelle 28 Comments

Skillet Roasted Spatchcock Chicken with Smoked Amber Ale BBQ Sauce is an easy way to roast a chicken with a homemade craft beer smoked amber ale bbq sauce.

 

There’s something about snow storm that makes me want to BBQ some chicken.

Skillet Roasted Spatchcock Chicken with Smoked Amber Ale BBQ Sauce is an easy way to roast a chicken with a homemade craft beer smoked amber ale bbq sauce.

There is absolutely nothing about a snow storm that sends me running to the grocery to clear the shelves of bread and milk.  I really don’t get it.  I realize that in the south the mere threat of one single snow flake will create the kind of panic that the rest of the world laughs at, but it happens so rarely that we just aren’t equipped to deal with it.  That part makes sense to me.  What doesn’t make sense is the sudden need to stock up with bread and milk.  What are you going to do with it?

Skillet Roasted Spatchcock Chicken with Smoked Amber Ale BBQ Sauce is an easy way to roast a chicken with a homemade craft beer smoked amber ale bbq sauce.

Now, I don’t deny that I join the masses at the grocery just before the snow comes, but you won’t find me in the bread or milk aisles.  You will absolutely find me in the beer aisle because even though we usually have our kegerator and beer fridge stocked up, the mere possibility that we could be snowed in without an abundance of beer will send me to a grocery to pick up some local craft beer and a chicken.  I might also swing by a brewery for a growler.

Skillet Roasted Spatchcock Chicken with Smoked Amber Ale BBQ Sauce is an easy way to roast a chicken with a homemade craft beer smoked amber ale bbq sauce.

Even though I love it when it snows here, there’s something about bbq chicken that feels like a glimmer of summer and a reminder of cookouts that warms up the winter weather for me.  So next time it snows, fix a skillet roasted spatchcock chicken with smoked amber ale bbq sauce.  You won’t even have to go outside and bust out the grill.  You can reminisce about summer and stay warm in front of the fireplace while watching the snow fall out the windows.

Skillet Roasted Spatchcock Chicken with Smoked Amber Ale BBQ Sauce
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Skillet Roasted Spatchcock Chicken with Smoked Amber Ale BBQ Sauce

Ingredients

For the Smoked Amber Ale BBQ Sauce

  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 onion diced
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 1/2 cups beer (I used Triple C's Smoked Amber
  • 28 ounce can tomato sauce
  • 3 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 2 1/4 cups brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons Dijon
  • 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
  • 1/4 cup molasses
  • 2 -3 tablespoons garlic powder
  • 3 - 4 teaspoons onion powder
  • dash Worcestershire sauce
  • 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika
  • 1 10 - 12 pound chicken

Instructions

  1. Heat butter and olive oil over medium-high in a large cast iron skillet or other heavy bottom pan
  2. Add onion and cook until softened and fragrant
  3. Add garlic and cook another minute or so
  4. Add beer
  5. bring to a boil, reduce heat and add tomato sauce, tomato paste, brown sugar, Dijon, apple cider vinegar, molasses, garlic powder, onion powder, Worcestershire, and smoked paprika
  6. Bring to a simmer and cook about 1 hour or until thickness desired
  7. Preheat oven to 450
  8. Arrange chicken in a cast iron skillet back side up
  9. Brush with some Smoked Amber BBQ Sauce
  10. Transfer to oven and cook 4- 50 minutes, brush with more bbq sauce every 5 minutes or so, when temperature reaches 160 degrees remove from oven
  11. Rest 10 minutes

NOTES:

  1. BBQ Sauce will thicken when cooled
  2. Adjust with seasonings to achieve desired taste
  3. For really great instructions on how to spatchcock a bird go check out my friend Chey’s post over here.  You can also ask your butcher to do it for you.  I make Chris do it for me. 🙂

Filed Under: Entrees Tagged With: amber, amber ale, amber ale bbq, amber ale bbq chicken, barbeque, barbeque chicken, bbq, bbq chicken, beer, chicken, red ale, skillet, skillet chicken, smoked, smoked amber ale, spatchcock

Bourbon Barrel Stout Sugar Cookies with Bourbon Barrel Smoked Sugar

December 19, 2016 by rachelle 9 Comments

Bourbon Barrel Stout Sugar Cookies with Bourbon Barrel Smoked Sugar is an update to a traditional sugar cookie recipe for a unique and tasty adult treat!

 

Oops I did it again.

Bourbon Barrel Stout Sugar Cookies with Bourbon Barrel Smoked Sugar is an update to a traditional sugar cookie recipe for a unique and tasty adult treat!

I went a little crazy with the Anderson Valley Brewing Company’s Bourbon Barrel Stout.  I just couldn’t help myself.  Then I happened to find some Bourbon Barrel Smoked Sugar when I stopped into the Savory Spice Shop to pick up a gift card.  Talk about living right.  I decided that the delicious Bourbon Barrel Stout and the Bourbon Barrel Smoked Sugar needed to get together and make a Christmas miracle.  Then the sugar cookies with the longest title ever came to be.

Bourbon Barrel Stout Sugar Cookies with Bourbon Barrel Smoked Sugar is an update to a traditional sugar cookie recipe for a unique and tasty adult treat!

If you’re looking for a traditional cookie made for adults, then this is for you.  And don’t stress if you don’t live near the Savory Spice Shop and can’t get some of this magical sugar.  You can order it online or just leave it out and use some good old fashioned granulated sugar.

Bourbon Barrel Stout Sugar Cookies with Bourbon Barrel Smoked Sugar is an update to a traditional sugar cookie recipe for a unique and tasty adult treat!

If you see some of this beer snatch it up.  If you happen to find a bottle of their Salted Caramel Porter, I drank the last of mine before I could make a recipe with it – it happens sometimes.  So if you could send some my way I’d consider it my own personal Christmas miracle!

Happy Holidays!

 

Bourbon Barrel Stout Sugar Cookies with Bourbon Barrel Smoked Sugar is an update to a traditional sugar cookie recipe for a unique and tasty adult treat!
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Bourbon Barrel Stout Sugar Cookies with Bourbon Barrel Smoked Sugar

Ingredients

  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoons salt
  • 2 sticks butter softened, but not melted
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 egg
  • 3 tablespoons bourbon barrel aged stout
  • flour or powdered sugar for rolling dough
  • 2 - 3 tablespoons bourbon barrel smoked sugar

Instructions

  1. Sift flour, baking powder, salt together
  2. Combine butter and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and beat on medium low until well mixed and light in color
  3. Add egg, vanilla, and beer and mix on low until combined
  4. Add flour a little bit at a time and beat until incorporated
  5. Separate dough into two balls, wrap in plastic, and chill in refrigerator for at least 1 hour or overnight
  6. Preheat oven to 375
  7. Roll dough out on a lightly floured or powdered sugared counter and cut into desired shapes
  8. Transfer shapes to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper spacing them about an inch apart
  9. Bake 8 - 10 minutes or until edges turn a golden brown
  10. Sprinkle bourbon barrel smoked sugar over the tops while still hot from the oven
  11. Cool a couple of minutes on the baking sheet then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely

NOTES:

  1. If you don’t have access to the Bourbon Barrel Smoked Sugar, just skip it or use granulated sugar.
  2. I recommend rotating the pan halfway through the baking process
  3. I have chilled this dough overnight, 1-2 hours, and when I didn’t feel like waiting I stuck it in the freezer for about 45 minutes and they all worked.  The colder (but not frozen) the better.
  4. This will make 24 to 30 cookies depending what size and shape you use to cut them

 

Bourbon Barrel Stout Sugar Cookies with Bourbon Barrel Smoked Sugar is an update to a traditional sugar cookie recipe for a unique and tasty adult treat!

Bourbon Barrel Stout Sugar Cookies with Bourbon Barrel Smoked Sugar is an update to a traditional sugar cookie recipe for a unique and tasty adult treat! | Beer Girl Cooks

Filed Under: Sweets Tagged With: baking, beer, bourbon cookies, bourbon stout, cookies, holiday, smoked, stout, sugar, sugar cookies

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