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Beer Can Chicken
I suck at BBQ'ing chicken - it's either burnt to a crisp or undercooked. My wife hates it when I try because it puts me in a ratty mood for the rest of the evening. Well, no more. I tried something last night that has transformed me into BBQ chicken chef extraordinaire. What bothers me is that it so simple - anybody can do this.
Turn the BBQ on medium/low. Take a smallish chicken and dress the outside with whatever you like. I like to make a paste out of garlic, salt, sage, and chili powder and stuff it under the skin on the breast and thighs. Take a can of beer and drink about a 1/4 of it. Shove the can into the chest cavity of the chicken. Place the bird on the grill using the bottom of the can as a stand and the 2 legs as supports. My BBQ has 2 burners - I turn one off and put the other on medium/low. Place the chicken over the burner that is off. Close the lid and check it every 10 minutes for skin color. If it's browning too fast, put aluminum foil on it. It should take about an hour. I check mine by cutting down into the hip joint area and looking for color.
You will not have a juicier BBQ'd chicken. And by the way, no - it doesn't taste like beer.
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Dennis,
There's a fair amount of beer left in the can when it's done. Throw it out right away - you do not want to make the mistake of drinking it - yeeeeuuuck.
DavidJ,
I hear ya. Trick is to buy a six pack and not just one beer (that would look pathetic, wouldn't it?). Keep the other 5 cold and on hand. This recipe is so simple you could get away with polishing them off and still ending up with great chicken. Beer gets foamy and bubbly when you heat it up, not sure if wine would have the same effect. Maybe if you used something like Asti Spumante or some other sparkling wine.
Murf,
Maybe you should check my profile - tabarnac.
TC,
Ever stop to think, and forget to start again?
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Tom, not sure if you're just messing with me, but in case you're not. Tamarac is a kind of larch - tabarnac is something quite different. Suffice it to say that the less classy of the local French population use that word to punctuate certain sentences.
So you've been here, eh? We are actually of the very lucky few to have been granted a 10 year renewable lease on some crown land up north. Ever heard of Resevoir Taureau? We're about 70 Km's north of there. We used to have to take a float plane but now there are logging roads.
My house, however, is really in SW Quebec - I mean you can't get much more SW than this. Cornwall Ontario is the closest Canadian city. I actually drive through the US to get there.
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