Ingredients

  • 2 (3 1/2 to 4-pound) chickens
  • 1 heaping teaspoon hot chili powder
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1 teaspoon fennel pollen
  • Dash ground white pepper
  • 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
  • 5 dried morel mushrooms
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 3 carrots, peeled cut into chunks
  • 2 onions, peeled and cut into chunks
  • 3 stalks celery, cut into chunks
  • 26 ounces beer
  • 1 1/2 quarts water
  • Barbeque Sauce, recipe follows
  • 4 cups instant white rice
  • Black Bean and Corn Salsa, recipe follows

Method

  • Break down chickens to get 4 breasts on the bone (with skin) and 4 leg-thigh pieces.
  • Trim all fat and skin from the carcasses and hack into small pieces.
  • In a small bowl, combine chili powder, ground cumin, fennel pollen, white pepper, and fine salt.
  • Rub all over chicken breasts, cover and keep refrigerated.
  • Preheat an outdoor grill for indirect grilling.
  • Season chicken legs with salt and pepper, wrap in aluminum foil to form a pouch.
  • Grill away from the heat source until chicken is very tender, about 1 hour.
  • Place the chicken bones, dried mushrooms, carrots, celery, onion and salt in cheesecloth and tie off with twine.
  • Add beer and water to stock pot and toss in tied up bones.
  • Bring to a boil and lower to a simmer.
  • Simmer for 2 hours.
  • Remove tied up bones.
  • After the legs have cooked for 1 hour, remove from grill.
  • Discard skin and bones, shred chicken meat and set aside.
  • Place dry rubbed chicken breast on grill skin side down over direct heat.
  • Grill chicken, turning once, until cooked through about 5 to 6 minutes per side.
  • Meanwhile, in a saucepan, heat Barbeque Sauce to simmering.
  • Stir in leg meat.
  • When the dish is 5 minutes away from finished, measure out 4 cups hot stock into a clean saucepan.
  • Return to simmer, add white rice, cover and remove from heat.
  • Let sit 5 minutes, then fluff with a fork.
  • Slice chicken breast, serve over rice with leg meat and Corn and Black Bean Salsa.
  • A viewer, who may not be a professional cook, provided this recipe.
  • The Food Network Kitchens chefs have not tested this recipe and therefore, we cannot make representation as to the results.
  • 2/3 cup ketchup (recommended: Heinz)
  • 4 ounces beer
  • 2/3 cup packed light brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon hot chili powder
  • Combine all ingredients in a large bowl.
  • 2 (15-ounce) cans black beans, rinsed and drained
  • 6 ounces frozen corn, thawed
  • 1 large beef steak tomato, seeded and finely diced
  • 1 medium green bell pepper, seeded and finely diced
  • 1 teaspoon chopped fresh cilantro leaves
  • 1 clove garlic, chopped
  • 1 jalapeno, seeded and finely chopped
  • 1 cup tomato juice
  • 1 medium red onion, finely diced
  • 1 lime, juiced
  • In a mixing bowl, toss all of the ingredients together and let sit for 1 hour.