Hotter than Hell BBQ Chicken

ScottD · 05-13-2004, 05:49 PM

Hotter than Hell BBQ Chicken

The superb spicy sauce that tops this chicken can do wonders for most any meat-and it’s party perfect, since its flavor only improves with age. You can just keep reheating the chicken if your guests don’t all come to the table at once, as often happens at a swim party, after tennis, and so forth.

¼ cup bacon drippings from reg. Bacon plus 1 Tbl. maple syrup
1 cup chopped onion
4 large cloves garlic, crushed
1 (44-oz.) bottle ketchup
¼ cup cider vinegar
¼ cup dark molasses
¼ cup Worchestshire sauce
½ cup beer
2 Tbl. coarse-grained Dijon-style mustard
1 Tbl. Liquid smoke
1 tsp. Pequin Quebrado or crushed red pepper flakes
1 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
1 Tbl. finely minced pickled jalapeno chiles
2 (3-lb.) broiler chicken, cut for frying or buffalo wings

To make BBQ sauce, melt bacon drippings in a heavy 3-quart or larger pot. Then add onion and garlic and cook about 3 minutes. Add ktchup, vinegar, molasses, Worchestshire sauce, beer, mustard, liquid smaoke, pequin and jalapenos. Stir well, then cover and simmer for 30 minutes to combine flavors. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 400F. Place chicken, skin side up, in 2 large, shallow roasting pans. Bake 30 to 40 minutes or until skin is parched, then turn pieces over and reduce oven temperature to 350F. Generously baste each piece with sauce, using 3 cups of the sauce; bake 15 minutes longer. Turn; baste skin side with pan dripping and 1 cup more sauce. Bake 20 to 30 minutes longer or until sauce is glazed and tips of chicken pieces are lightly browned. Makes 8 to 12 serving, depending on the rest of the menu.

NRAJOE · 05-13-2004, 05:57 PM

YUMMY! :right:

ScottD · 05-13-2004, 07:35 PM

Having it right now and the tears keep a com'n. Drool!!! So good. Yum!! Cold Beer! Cold Beer! Hurry! Ahhh!!!

Chris · 05-13-2004, 09:38 PM

That sounds really good!

Too many carbs tho!

ScottD · 05-13-2004, 11:54 PM

Who counts?

Chris · 05-14-2004, 12:08 AM

My gut does

toolman · 05-16-2004, 12:10 PM

Better make it lite beer then Chris!

05-13-2004, 05:49 PM	#1
ScottD Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Evanston, IL Posts: 1,020	Hotter than Hell BBQ Chicken Hotter than Hell BBQ Chicken The superb spicy sauce that tops this chicken can do wonders for most any meat-and it’s party perfect, since its flavor only improves with age. You can just keep reheating the chicken if your guests don’t all come to the table at once, as often happens at a swim party, after tennis, and so forth. ¼ cup bacon drippings from reg. Bacon plus 1 Tbl. maple syrup 1 cup chopped onion 4 large cloves garlic, crushed 1 (44-oz.) bottle ketchup ¼ cup cider vinegar ¼ cup dark molasses ¼ cup Worchestshire sauce ½ cup beer 2 Tbl. coarse-grained Dijon-style mustard 1 Tbl. Liquid smoke 1 tsp. Pequin Quebrado or crushed red pepper flakes 1 tsp. freshly ground black pepper 1 Tbl. finely minced pickled jalapeno chiles 2 (3-lb.) broiler chicken, cut for frying or buffalo wings To make BBQ sauce, melt bacon drippings in a heavy 3-quart or larger pot. Then add onion and garlic and cook about 3 minutes. Add ktchup, vinegar, molasses, Worchestshire sauce, beer, mustard, liquid smaoke, pequin and jalapenos. Stir well, then cover and simmer for 30 minutes to combine flavors. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 400F. Place chicken, skin side up, in 2 large, shallow roasting pans. Bake 30 to 40 minutes or until skin is parched, then turn pieces over and reduce oven temperature to 350F. Generously baste each piece with sauce, using 3 cups of the sauce; bake 15 minutes longer. Turn; baste skin side with pan dripping and 1 cup more sauce. Bake 20 to 30 minutes longer or until sauce is glazed and tips of chicken pieces are lightly browned. Makes 8 to 12 serving, depending on the rest of the menu. __________________ "Some people can not live without wilderness"-Aldo Leopold

05-13-2004, 05:57 PM	#2
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,043 Images: 3	YUMMY! :right: __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany

05-13-2004, 07:35 PM	#3
ScottD Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Evanston, IL Posts: 1,020	Having it right now and the tears keep a com'n. Drool!!! So good. Yum!! Cold Beer! Cold Beer! Hurry! Ahhh!!! __________________ "Some people can not live without wilderness"-Aldo Leopold

05-13-2004, 09:38 PM	#4
Chris HMFIC Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 3,834,165 Images: 19 Blog Entries: 18	That sounds really good! Too many carbs tho! __________________ Rules \| Contributing Members No one has the right to deny my personal safety Please be descriptive in your thread titles!

05-13-2004, 11:54 PM	#5
ScottD Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Evanston, IL Posts: 1,020	Who counts? __________________ "Some people can not live without wilderness"-Aldo Leopold

05-14-2004, 12:08 AM	#6
Chris HMFIC Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 3,834,165 Images: 19 Blog Entries: 18	My gut does __________________ Rules \| Contributing Members No one has the right to deny my personal safety Please be descriptive in your thread titles!

05-16-2004, 12:10 PM	#7
toolman Mr. Fixit Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: abilene,tx Posts: 5,562 Blog Entries: 22	Better make it lite beer then Chris! __________________ Don't be messin' with my gun!