Stout Roasted Chicken

Ingredients:

3 chicken breasts

1 bottle oatmeal stout beer

1 cube frozen homemade pesto, divided

¼ cup apricot preserves, divided

Red onion powder

Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions:

·         Preheat barbecue. Turn to medium heat.

·         Put frozen chicken breasts in roasting pan. Pour oatmeal stout over them. 

·         Place ⅓ of cube of pesto (1 tsp) on each chicken breast to melt.

·         Place 1 TBSP of apricot preserves on each chicken breast to soften.

·         Sprinkle onion powder over chicken breast. 

·         Leave it alone for half an hour, until the chicken breasts are mostly thawed.

·         Scrape pesto and preserves off chicken breast into the beer. Stir to mix evenly.

·         Slice chicken into ½” pieces. 

·         Return chicken to roasting pan; baste with beer mixture. Continue to baste regularly.

·         As chicken cooks, beer mixture will reduce.

·         When chicken is nearly done, move to direct grill surface. Baste with remainder of beer mixture.

·         Serve with roasted potatoes or squash, and good dark beer.