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Beer Can Chicken
INGREDIENTS: • 4-pound whole chicken
• can of beer • tablespoons salt • teaspoon
black pepper • tablespoons of your favorite dry spice rub
• tablespoons vegetable oil
DIRECTIONS:
Remove neck and giblets. Discard. Rinse chicken inside and out—pat
dry with paper towels. Rub chicken lightly with oil then rub inside
and out with salt, pepper and dry rub. Set aside.
1. Open beer can and take several gulps (make them big gulps so
that the can is half full). Place beer can on a solid surface. Grabbing
a chicken leg in each hand, plunk the bird cavity over the beer
can. Transfer the bird-on-a-can to your grill and place in the center
of the grate, balancing the bird on its two legs and the can like
a tripod.
2. Cook chicken over medium-high, indirect heat (i.e. no coals
or burners on directly under the bird), with the grill cover on,
for approximately 1 1/4 hours or until the internal temperature
registers 165°F in the breast area and 180°F in the thigh,
or until the thigh juice runs clear when stabbed with a sharp knife.
Remove from grill and let rest for 10 minutes before carving.
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