Sweet Tea-Brined Chicken

Ingredients

• 2 family-size tea bags
• ½ cup firmly packed light brown sugar
• ¼ cup kosher salt
• 1 small sweet onion, thinly sliced
• 1 lemon, thinly sliced
• 3 garlic cloves, halved
• 2 fresh rosemary sprigs
• + 3 more ingredients
• • 1 tablespoon freshly cracked pepper
  • 2 cups ice cubes
  • 1 (about 4 pound) cut-up chicken

1. Bring 4 cups water to a boil in a heavy saucepan; add tea bags. Remove from heat; cover and steep 10 minutes. 2. Discard tea bags. Stir in brown sugar, salt, onion, lemon, garlic, rosemary, and pepper; stir until sugar is dissolved. Cool completely (about 45 minutes); stir in ice. You want th...

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