Grilled on September 25th, 2008 in Chicken
Have you ever heard of beer can chicken? I had always known about it but have never prepared it and with a few short weeks left before it starts getting really cold, I think I might give it a try. The idea is that you take a chicken, put it on top of an open can of beer, and then cook it over a grill. The beer can acts as the third leg in a tripod and the beer in the can help keep the chicken moist (you’ll want to keep only half a beer in the can). There are full instructions at The Barbecue Bible but the idea of preparing chicken this way is intriguing.
Beer Can Chicken [The Barbecue Bible]
There are three tricks to beer can chicken.
1: Make sure you drink some of the beer out of it. No, not because you are a drunk, but because in a lower temp fire, its hard for a full can of beer to begin to evaporate.
2: Get a beer with a bold taste. Dont waste your time with a lighter beer you enjoy drinking. If you want to taste the beer in the chicken you need a beer that assaults your taste buds.
3: Stuff an onion or potato in the neck. The onion also adds flavor, (use the potato if this isnt what you are going for) but it also corks the beer flavor and forces the chicken to absorb it from the inside out.
My, Husband has made it a few times?:
1) we use Budweiser drink half
2)add seasoning to the beer ( just basics)
It is great!!
Enjoy
I love beer can chicken.
We make it all the time here in canada.
Try getting a nice organic Chicken!
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