Beer Can Chicken

Name: Beer Can Chicken
Prep time: 1 h 35 min
Cook time: 1 h 35 min
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 can beer; 1 teaspoon black pepper; 2 Tbsps salt; 3 Tbsps your favorite dry spice rub; 2 Tbsps vegetable oil; 2 kilograms whole chicken

Need a gluten free, dairy free, and fodmap friendly main course? Beer Can Chicken could be a great recipe to try. One serving contains 565 calories, 41g of protein, and 40g of fat. This recipe serves 4. It is perfect for Father's Day. If you have beer, pepper, spice rub, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the salt you could follow this main course with the Apple Turnovers Recipe as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 35 minutes.

Instructions

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Remove neck and giblets from chicken and discard. Rinse chicken inside and out, and pat dry with paper towels. Rub chicken lightly with oil then rub inside and out with salt, pepper and dry rub. Set aside.

Ingredients you will need

Whole Chicken

Pepper

Salt

Cooking Oil

Dry Seasoning Rub

Equipment you will use

Paper Towels

Open beer can and take several gulps (make them big gulps so that the can is half full).

Ingredients you will need

Beer

Place beer can on a solid surface. Grabbing a chicken leg in each hand, plunk the bird cavity over the beer can.

Ingredients you will need

Chicken Leg

Beer

Transfer the bird-on-a-can to your grill and place in the center of the grate, balancing the bird on its 2 legs and the can like a tripod.

Equipment you will use

Grill

Cook the 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 degrees F in the breast area and 180 degrees F in the thigh, or until the thigh juice runs clear when stabbed with a sharp knife.

Ingredients you will need

Whole Chicken

Juice