Pollo alla Birra {Chicken in Beer}
Bok Bok Bok Bok! Yep it’s chicken time again! Don’t act surprised. LOL You know I’m on a mission! Plus, I bought a few HUGE family packs of thighs & well I have to put them to good use! Up this time … it’s Pollo alla Birra {Chicken in Beer}. I’m not a beer drinker, I’m sure I’ve mentioned that before. You know I’m a wine girl myself. But this really doesn’t have an overwhelming BEER taste in it. Trust me, if so I wouldn’t be eating it. I know it calls for TWO whole cans of beer. Yes, it does. But it cooks down for like an hour people and reduces into this beautiful amazing sauce!
It’s chock full of veggies too! You’ve got carrots, onions, celery & leeks! Yes, LEEKS! If you’ve never tried them you’re in for a treat. You’ll find them in just about every grocery these days. Trust me if my local grocery carries it in my dinky little, ehem I mean charming little town yours will too! But heads up, you only want to use the white portion of the Leek. You can discard the rest (which yes is a large portion, but if you’d like to hang onto it you can use it to make homemade veggie stock, just a thought)
This is a meal you can throw in your dutch oven & let it just cook away all by it’s little lonesome! Come back in a bit & you’ve got a fantastic meal! Now how’s that for easy peasy!
Baci!
What you’ll need:
4-6 chicken thighs - bone in
4 tbsp of unsalted butter
2 cans of a light colored beer
1 garlic clove - crushed
1 carrot - minced
1 small red onion - minced
1 celery stalk - minced
1 leek - minced
s/p
What to do:
Into a large dutch oven, melt the butter over med heat. Pat your chicken thighs dry & season with s/p. When butter is melted, add the chicken to pan and brown well on all sides. Once chicken is golden brown, Add the garlic, carrot, onion, celery & leek to pan. Pour in the cans of beer and season with s/p. Reduce heat to low and allow to cook for approx 50-60 mins until beer has evaporated and reduced into a sauce. Turn chicken a few times during cooking. Remove garlic clove & discard.
Buon Appetito!
any recipe that calls for 2 cans of beer has to be great! thanks for sharing
This looks delicious. Your photographs are wonderful. Yum!
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Jessica
Bok! Bok! Bok! I love the look of all those veggies! Leeks are one of my faves too, so you’ve made me ultra happy with this one. I’m on pins and needles waiting to see what you do with the rest of those thighs!
Oh I’ve heard nice things about chicken in beer lately. This looks fabulous!
this looks amazing and your pictures are delicious looking.
Looks amazing! I am sure that chicken is incredibly tender.
Love it! I did a beer pork chop on my site today…great mind think alike
Love the recipes that let you have your drink and eat it too!
Yum… looks tasty! I actually have some beer in the fridge to use up. Neither hubs or I are big beer drinkers… we prefer wine, as well. We should know better than to buy it because it always sits in the fridge. Now I have the perfect use for it!
I’ve tried cooking beef with beef but not yet with chicken. Now, i have another reason to use beer.
Looks good! I love braised chicken thighs and beer, so this makes for a no-brainer for me!
Congratulations on being in the top 9!
Yum!!! Sounds so good!
Heh. I think there’s hope for you as a beer drinker yet!
This looks fabulous… bet that sauce is uber flavorful. And the beer probably tenderizes the chicken beautifully!
I just served sweet crepes with beer in the batter to my children… so I can definitively make chicken with beer. This sounds delicious!
I love this, Paula. I don’t need that fork though. Just a nice loaf of crusty bread…
This was the most flavorful chicken dish I have ever made! My whole family ate it up without any complaints (including 2 small, picky children, so that is a huge deal). Thanks so much for this great recipe!