Root Beer Barbeque Chicken with Home Made Sides

Some time ago, I found a great publication called "Cuisine at Home".  Everyone should try it out.  Go to "cuisineathome.com".  They recently published a book on grilling.  I found the following receipe in that publication.  Enjoy.

Ingredients

• Root Beer Sauce
• 1/2 cup diced onion
• 1 TB minced garlic
• 2 TB olive oil
• 2 cups root beer
• 3/4 cup ketchup
• 1/2 cup cider vinegar
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup prepared yellow mustard
• 2 TB molasses
• 1 TB Worcestershire sauce
• 1 teas. red pepper flakes
• Juice of 1/2 lime
• Sliced tomatoes and homemade potato salad (on the side)
• For the chicken
• 1 chicken cut into 8 pieces (3-1/2 lbs.)
• Vegetable Pol
• Salt and Pepper

Procedure

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Coat chicken with vegetable oil, salt and pepper, arrange on baking sheet and roast for 45 minutes.  Meanwhile, make the sauce.
• Start getting your grill ready - to medium-high heat.  
• Meanwhile, saute onions and garlic, for the sauce, in olive oil for 2-3 minutes over medium heat.
• Add root beer, bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer until reduced to 1/2 cup, about 15 minutes.  
• Stir in ketchup, vinegar brown sugar, mustard, molasses, Worcestershire, and pepper flakes, simmer for 5 minutes. Remove pan from heat and add lime juice.
• Dip chicken into barbeque sacue to coat, then grill, covered, for 5 minutes.  Dip pieces in sauce again, turn over, and grill until charred and crisp, 5 minutes more.
• Serve with tomatoes and potato salad on the side.
• One final tip.  If you want really juicy chicken, then brine it.  See brine process elsewhere in my Blog (Best Grilled Chicken in the World) - (generally, 1 litter of cole plus 1/2 cup kosher salt, brine for 2 hours, drain and pat dry).