Portuguese-Style Grilled Chicken in Pale Ale

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Ingredients (serves 6)

1.8kg Ingham's Chicken
1 tbsp Garlic Powder
1 tbsp Sweet Paprika
2 tsp Dried Oregano
2 tsp Raw Caster Sugar
1/2 tsp Chilli Powder
1 tbsp Cider Vinegar
1/4 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
2 heads Garlic
330ml Australian Pale Ale
1/4 bunch Thyme Leaves
2 tbsp Golden Syrup
Pinch Sea Salt Flakes and Freshly Ground Black Pepper

Method

Preheat oven to 180C. Use a sharp pair of kitchen scissors to remove the chicken’s backbone, then pat dry with kitchen paper Portuguese. Mix the garlic powder, paprika, oregano, sugar, chilli powder and vinegar with 2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil, then rub onto the chicken. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours.
Wrap the garlic heads in foil and bake for 1 hour. Allow to cool, then squeeze out the garlic paste. Pour the beer into a medium saucepan and set over a moderate heat. Boil to reduce by half, then stir in the thyme, golden syrup and garlic. Season with salt and pepper.
Season the chicken with salt and pepper, then arrange over a moderate barbecue grill. Cook for 45 minutes, turning several times, until firm to touch and the juices run clear when pierced at the hip. Begin basting the chicken with the beer mixture after the first twenty minutes of cooking, and continue basting every five minutes until cooked.

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22 Comments

- - cassy26 said
  - 05 Nov 2022
    10:28 am
Oh this looks super tasty! What a great way to cook a chicken.

- - meedee said
  - 17 Sep 2022
    8:29 am
i would love to see what this tastes like.

- - happymum2018 said
  - 18 May 2019
    5:18 pm
Looks like a great filler for a chicken and salad sandwhich also looks lovely too thanks for sharing!

- - mom112023 said
  - 02 Dec 2018
    10:58 am
Thanks for the recipe. Like the flavour combination in this.

- - youngoldlady said
  - 11 Jul 2018
    9:28 pm
Thank you for sharing and love some of the things going on here.

- - mom101628 said
  - 11 Jul 2018
    8:47 pm
So simple – thanks for sharing.

- - curlytops said
  - 04 Jul 2018
    8:01 am
Fresh chilli would be lovely with this.

- - mom111059 said
  - 02 Jul 2018
    7:51 am
A great recipe. Thanks for that.

- - kjgarner said
  - 30 Jun 2018
    8:04 pm
Our family loves chicken recipes thanks

- - mom62624 said
  - 30 Jun 2018
    7:42 pm
Delicious and so many wonderful flavours.

- - taynik46 said
  - 30 Jun 2018
    3:11 pm
oh this sounds very tasty – thank you so much for sharing – I am looking forward to taste testing this recipe

- - cherz said
  - 29 Jun 2018
    11:39 am
Not over fussed on the oregano or thyme but the rest sounds delicious.

- - nadine_hill said
  - 28 Jun 2018
    3:19 pm
Awesome recipe – the flavour blends sound delicious!

- - mom112217 said
  - 27 Jun 2018
    4:14 pm
A delicious chicken meal full of flavour!

- - mom90758 said
  - 27 Jun 2018
    3:37 pm
So many interesting recipe from Ingham’s. Very inspiring.

- - Cookfromscratchmum said
  - 27 Jun 2018
    1:36 pm
Love Portuguese style chickens they are delicious

- - Staceylee101 said
  - 27 Jun 2018
    11:10 am
Aw I love cooking with pale ale and apple cider! This should be good
- mom93821 replied
  
  28 Jun 2018 , 4:36 am
  I love cooking with ale and cider too – gives a delicious flavour.
- - mom81879 said
  - 27 Jun 2018
    8:38 am
I’ve cooked with beer before and didn’t like the fact I could still taste the beer after cooking. I hope this recipe is different
- cherz replied
  
  29 Jun 2018 , 11:47 am
  Hi mom81879 Google states : Pale ale: Fruity, crisp and copper in color, pale ales are your session beers. They are on the robust side, but generally hold back on having an overpowering hoppy flavor. … The beer that is most likely not to taste like a beer.
  Do hope they are right as I really do not want a overly beery chook as well. Do hope this helps you.
- - mom93821 said
  - 27 Jun 2018
    7:30 am
Now that is one mighty mouth watering looking cooked chicken – thanks!

- - mom297125 said
  - 27 Jun 2018
    6:11 am
Looks mouth watering. Might need to try this recipe this winter. Thanks for sharing.