The greatest aspects of tacos are combined in this recipe and baked into a casserole. If desired, add sour cream on top.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Additional Time: | 50 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr |
| Servings: | 16 |
| Yield: | 1 gallon |
Ingredients
- ¾ cup kosher salt
- ¾ cup light brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons minced garlic
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground cayenne pepper
- 1 gallon warm water
- ¼ cup molasses
- ¼ cup soy sauce
Instructions
- Mix salt, brown sugar, garlic, and cayenne pepper together in a large bowl. Pour in water; stir until dissolved. Mix in molasses and soy sauce. Let stand until brine comes to room temperature, about 50 minutes.
- To use, place chicken in brine, cover, and refrigerate for 4 hours (or overnight for whole chickens). Drain and pat chicken dry before cooking.
Reviews
I use this recipe all the time! I do add different little things like mountain sauce instead of soy and dark brown sugar instead of light brown. A richer deeper taste.
Followed the directions as written using bone-in chicken breasts and they were great and very moist. My husband absolutely loved them.
I Used This Brine Recipe for My Beer Can Chicken & I Can Tell You that The Chicken Was FANTISTAC , Tender & Moist
It had a very distinct flavor, it made the chicken very tender and juicy. I actually put the birds on the grill!!!
I used this recipe as stated. Did not change anything. Had a 8 plus pound turkey and smoked it without any wood chips. Sooooo moist ! This is a keeper.
Great marinade. Grilled on a gas grill. Juiciest chicken I’ve ever grilled. Not over flavoured and not to salty. Will be a regular meal during grilling season.
This brine combined with a bourbon brown sugar seasoning/ bbq sauce that I smoked then grilled produced the best boneless chicken thighs I’ve ever had.
Hubs fired up the smoker over the weekend and I decided to give this one a try with 6 pounds of chicken leg quarters I had in the freezer. I’ve learned that the smoker drys chicken out pretty quick so I like to brine. The legs turned out super moist and tender. It was a little on the sweet side so next time I’d reduce the amount of brown sugar. Easy fix. Overall good brine and one I’d make again.
This was so easy and came out amazing! So moist and tender with great flavor! Thank you! I will warn that when I first started roasting my entire kitchen smelled like soy sauce and I was apprehensive that this chicken was going to taste like soy. As the roast went on, it smelled delicious. There’s a good balance to all the flavors.
Used it for Turkey. It was amazing!