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Now & Later Beer Chicken

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 6 hours
Total Time 6 hours 10 minutes
Servings 12
Author Meghan Gray

Ingredients

  • 4 lbs skinless chicken thighs
  • salt coarse (kosher or sea)
  • black pepper to taste
  • 20 oz beer
  • 1 medium onion thinly sliced
  • 6 garlic cloves minced
  • 1 Tablespoon fresh Rosemary
  • 2 bay leaves

Instructions

  1. Trim any visible fat from chicken pieces.
  2. Sprinkle chicken lightly with salt and pepper.
  3. Put half of the chicken in the crockpot and half in a ziploc bag.
  4. Add half the onion to the crock and half to the bag.
  5. Combine beer, garlic and rosemary. Divide between the crock pot and the bag.
  6. Add one bay leaf to the crock and one to the bag.
  7. Cook the crock pot on low 4-6 hours. Lay the bag flat in the freezer and freeze.
  8. When ready to have Beer Chicken again, thaw the bag overnight in the fridge and then dump into the crock pot.

Recipe Notes

**You can use your favorite beer in this. We like it best made with Guiness.