It's been a long time since I've had a complete, full-out, spectacularly failed recipe.
This one might just have broken the streak.
It sounds like it should be good. At least the title captured my attention. Let's have a look at what made this tasty-sounding treat a toss-out.
INGREDIENTS
| 8 | chicken breasts or cut up chicken parts |
| 1/3 | cup butter, melted |
| 1 1/2 | cups lemon juice |
| 1 | can beer |
| 1 | teaspoon garlic salt or 2-3 cloves minced fresh garlic |
| 1 | teaspoon lemon pepper |
DIRECTIONS
- Combine butter, beer, lemon juice, garlic and lemon pepper.
- Pour over chicken pieces, and cover; store in refrigerater 4-6 hours to marinate.
- On a grill, barbecue pieces, brushing sauce over chicken as you turn them.
- Grill about 15-20 mins per side.
The "1 1/2 cups lemon juice" probably should have been a warning sign. I mean, really? A full one and a half cups? I can see 1 1/2 TABLESPOONS. Or even a half cup. But when the full amount of lemon this recipe called for hit the beer and butter it almost instantly curdled. I nearly tossed out the entire thing right there. I probably would have been better off.
It was lemony. And not in a good way. It wasn't inedible, at least not by my husband. But then again he was starving and probably more willing than I to suffer through it. I wasn't. I tossed it.
Actually, I cut it up into pieces for my salad, and then tossed it the next day when I realized I couldn't bring myself to put something on my salad so vile. Salads are hard enough.
So what do you think? Is there any redeeming value to this recipe? I'd like to know if you have any suggestions.
1 comment:
I think they meant tbsp and not cups. No dressing should ever talk about lemon juice in terms of cups.... On that note, I highly recommend the beer chicken where you buy an entire chicken, throw it over a beer can and grill it. Very tender(and a great way to get rid of any crappy beer you may have hanging around!).
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