Several months ago my husband gave up an addiction of …. Pepsi! And, he gave it up right after my weekly shopping trip in which I brought home about 6 2-liter bottles. Now, what to do with those? My son doesn’t drink soda, I don’t drink soda, and the baby most certainly does not drink soda, so they sat in the pantry waiting for a use.
So on a mission for a chicken marinade my husband pulled one out of the pantry and dumped it in on the chicken with a few other things, and voila! Pepsi BBQ Chicken – and it was delicious.
As I was planning our menu for this upcoming week I was looking for budget friendly meals and this one was right at the very top. I had absolutely everything in my freezer and pantry to make this wonderful chicken and with a few additional ingredients we were able to make a slammin’ good dinner. I hope you guys enjoy it as much as we did.
Pepsi Chicken
Printable Recipe
2 lbs chicken, we use boneless, skinless
Marinade:
3 c. Pepsi
2 tsp. rice vinegar
2 Tbl. smokey paprika
2 tsp. salt
1 1/2 tsp. garlic
1 1/2 tsp. ground cayenne pepper
1 tsp. onion powder
1 tsp. sugar
1.) Mix spices together.
2.) Add chicken to a gallon size Ziploc bag, add in Pepsi, rice vinegar and spices. Make sure chicken is covered. You can add more Pepsi if necessary.
3.) Refrigerate for a minimum of 8 hours, we prefer 24 hours. Turn chicken periodically to make sure it is completely coated.
4.) Bring chicken to room temperature and use the dry rub below on the chicken.
Dry Rub
1 c. brown sugar
1 1/2 Tbl. Kosher salt
1 Tbl. garlic powder
1 Tbl. smokey paprika
1 Tbl. cayenne pepper
1 1/2 tsp. onion powder
1.) Mix the spices well. We use our Magic Bullet to blend our spices.
2.) Rub the spices on the chicken.
3.) Grill chicken for 6 to 8 minutes until the chicken is firm and the juices run clear, turning once.
This chicken is great with dill potato salad and marinated cucumbers. I will post those recipes later.
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This meal was soooooooo good!!!! Oh yeah, Be watching for the dill potato salad….No lie, the BEST potato salad in the world!!!!!!!
He is the hands in the picture. My world class grill master. Thanks for the chicken!
I never tried a chicken cooked with pepsi. I tried beer once and it was very tasty. I guess your recipe must be delicious. Thanks for sharing!
It has a sweet flavor with a bit of a kick depending on the amount of cayenne you use.
That was some goooooooooooooooooooood chicken! I only wish I had more room in my stomach, so I could have eaten more!
Well Saturday is right around the corner and you can have some other tasty treats.
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This recipe is definitely going on my “to try” list! I hope to be able to fit it into next weeks menu plan (or at least the next time chicken is on sale). For calorie counting purposes, I’d like to know: Does the chicken absorb all of the marinade or do you through some of it out?
I am glad you stopped by. The chicken does not absorb all of the marinade, we had quite a bit that we threw away. But, it makes the chicken juicy and the outside is just like a sweet bbq. I hope you guys enjoy it. It is the best loved grilled chicken at our house.
Just tried this recipe, and it was a winner! The husband even said it was a keeper. I cut the recipe in half and made a pound of chicken, and it was all gone in one meal.
I am so glad you guys enjoyed it. I have learned to make a couple of pounds of chicken because my husband will eat it all week long, especially if I have dill potato salad to go with it.
Your recipe looks so good. I would love it if you came over to my party “Cast Party Wednesday” today and shared some of your recipes with us.
Thanks,
I hope to see you there!
Thank you for stopping by. I went and linked up with your ‘Cast Party Wednesday.’ I will be back to check out some of the recipes. It looked like your picks for this week were delicious.