Beer-Brined Chicken

Name: Beer-Brined Chicken
Prep time: 11 h 40 min
Cook time: 11 h 40 min
Total time: 11 h 40 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 680 grams cans or bottles each) beer or nonalcoholic beer, chilled; 59 milliliters packed brown sugar; 0 teaspoons garlic powder; 59 milliliters kosher (coarse) salt; 0 teaspoons onion powder; 3 teaspoons paprika; 0 teaspoons pepper; 1 teaspoons seasoned salt; 2 Tbsps vegetable oil; 473 milliliters water; 1 kilograms whole chicken

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Beer-Brined Chicken a try. One portion of this dish contains about 21g of protein, 21g of fat, and a total of 346 calories. This recipe covers 10% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 6. Head to the store and pick up paprika, brown sugar, pepper, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the kosher salt you could follow this main course with the Low Fat Crumbs Cake (Kosher-Dairy) as a dessert. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and dairy free diet.

Instructions

Line 2-quart bowl or saucepan with 2-gallon resealable food-storage plastic bag.

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Ziploc Bags

Sauce Pan

Bowl

Add water, kosher salt and brown sugar; stir until salt and sugar are dissolved. Stir in beer.

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Brown Sugar

Salt

Sugar

Water

Beer

Add chicken. Tightly seal bag; refrigerate at least 8 hours but no longer than 24 hours.

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Whole Chicken

Line 13x9-inch pan with foil.

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Aluminum Foil

Frying Pan

Remove chicken from brine; rinse thoroughly under cool running water and pat dry with paper towels. Discard brine.

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Whole Chicken

Brine

Water

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Paper Towels

Place chicken, breast side up, in pan. Refrigerate uncovered 1 hour to dry chicken skin. Meanwhile, in small bowl, mix all rub ingredients except oil; set aside.

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Whole Chicken

Cooking Oil

Dry Seasoning Rub

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Bowl

Frying Pan

Heat oven to 375F.

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Oven

Brush oil over chicken.

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Whole Chicken

Cooking Oil

Sprinkle with seasoning mixture; rub into chicken skin.

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Dry Seasoning Rub

Whole Chicken

Bake 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes or until juice of chicken is clear when thickest piece is cut to bone (170F for breasts; 180F for thighs and drumsticks).

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Chicken Drumsticks