Drunken Chicken Tex Mex Style Recipes

DRUNKEN CHICKEN RECIPE

Steps:

• On saute setting, add oil until warm.
• Add flour and stir continuously to make a roux. Continue to stir until flour begins to thicken and becomes the color of peanut butter.
• Add dry seasoning while stirring constantly.
• Add broth and 1 15oz can of diced tomatoes, molasses and bay leaves. Stir
• Place chicken breasts in the liquid mixture, stir.
• Pour the remaining can of tomatoes and the beer over top of the chicken.
• Placed lid on pressure cooker in sealed position. Cook on Manual for 15 minutes. Allow pressure to release naturally for 10 minutes, then quick release.
• Remove bay leaves and chicken. Shred chicken with forks. Replace chicken back into pot and stir. Let sit 10 minutes with the lid removed before serving. If desired, you can thicken with corn starch. Mixture will thicken as it cools/stands.
• In a heavy pot, add oil and add your flour (if using coconut oil, melt the oil before you add the flour). Cook until your roux is the color of peanut butter.
• When your roux is a nice brown, add all your ingredients except for your the chicken. Stir.
• In a crock pot, place your chicken in the bottom of the insert. Pour your roux/tomato/spice blend over the chicken. Stir. Place the lid on your crock pot and cook on high for 1 hour. Turn down to low and cook for an additional 5 hours.
• When your chicken is cooked, remove the bay leaves and take two forks and shred your chicken. Replace chicken back into pot and stir. Let sit 10 minutes with the lid removed before serving.
• If desired, you can thicken with corn starch. Mixture will thicken as it cools/stands.

DRUNKEN CHICKEN TEX-MEX STYLE / BEER CAN

Steps:

• Rinse and pat dry hen.
• Drink 1/2 the beer and set aside the rest in the can.
• Then pour a shot of tequila and drink with a slice of lime.
• Spray can with 1/2 beer with cooking spray.
• Have another shot of tequila with lime.
• Put some of the oregano, a couple of the peppers, a couple of the garlic cloves, a pinch of cumin and a pinch of chili powder in the neck cavity of the hen.
• Stuff opening with a wad of aluminum foil to seal cavity.
• Have another shot of tequila and lime and while you're at it add a shot to the beer can with a piece of lime, the rest of the oregano, peppers, and garlic cloves.
• Push the can into to rear end of the chicken so that the hen can sit up.
• Place the chicken in a foil pie pan or square cake pan.
• Have another tequila shot, then rub the rest of the cumin, chili powder, and the salt onto the outside of the chicken.
• Have a couple more shots while your coals get ready on the pit.
• Place the pan with the chicken on the pit and close the grill.
• Let chicken cook for 1 hour on medium hot pit.
• (Of course, this means more tequila shots.) Baste hen with juices in pan.
• Take off grill when done and let rest 10 minutes before serving with a squeeze of lime and some drippings.
• If there is any Tequila left be sure to serve with the chicken also.
• This can be done in the oven as well on 350 degrees for 1 hour.

DRUNK CHICKEN

Steps:

• Rinse and dry the chicken. Remove excess fat and leave skin on. Lift skin from breast and thigh areas, slide bay leaves under skin. Coat chicken with poultry seasoning.
• Drink half the can of beer, pour liquid smoke into remaining beer. Raise tab on beer can until it is in the straight up position.
• Insert beer can into chicken from the bottom until even with bottom of chicken. Insert skewer through the wing, ribs, tab on beer can, and out the opposite side. (this keeps the can from falling out the chicken).
• Prepare grill: light the coals, and when they are ready, spread coals to form a ring around the outside edge of the grill.
• Place chicken in center standing up on can to cook. Cover and cook for two hours.
• Remove carefully from grill so as not to spill the contents of the can. Remove skewer and beer can, let chicken sit for fifteen minutes before cutting.

BORRACHO CHICKEN ( DRUNKEN / BEER CAN CHICKEN )

Steps:

• Season the chicken inside and out with salt and pepper. Fill the can of beer with finely chopped onion and garlic and a generous amount of jalapeno juice. Put the beer can inside the chicken's cavity and prop the chicken on the grill. Cook over indirect heat for about 1 to 1 1/2 hours with the grill lid closed.

CAJUN BORRACHO CHICKEN ( DRUNKEN / BEER CAN CHICKEN )

Steps:

• Wash chicken and remove excess fat. Season the chicken inside and out with the crab boil seasoning. Insert the half can of beer inside the cavity of the chicken. Prop the chicken up on the grill. Grill for 1 to 1 1/2 hours withthe grill lid closed.