Orange Grilled Beer-Can Chickens

Name: Orange Grilled Beer-Can Chickens
Prep time: 1 h 55 min
Cook time: 1 h 55 min
Total time: 1 h 55 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 680 grams cans each) beer; 4 kilograms whole chickens (about each), washed, dried and giblets removed; 4 cloves garlic; 4 teaspoons olive oil; 2 oranges, each cut in half and 1 half cut into quarters; 4 Tbsps seasoned salt or dry rub

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Orange Grilled Beer-Can Chickens It is perfect for The Fourth Of July. If you have beer, olive oil, seasoned salt, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the olive oil you could follow this main course with the Sauteed Banana, Granolan and Yogurt Parfait as a dessert. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and dairy free diet.

Instructions

Heat gas or charcoal grill for indirect grilling. Rub chickens with oil.

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Chicken

Cooking Oil

Dry Seasoning Rub

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Grill

Sprinkle seasoned salt over each chicken and inside cavities.

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Seasoned Salt

Whole Chicken

Discard half of beer in each can, leaving remaining half in each can.

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Beer

Place 2 garlic cloves in each can.

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Whole Garlic Cloves

Place each chicken over top of beer can by holding chicken up and pressing can into cavity.

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Whole Chicken

Beer

Place 1 quarter of orange in top cavity of each chicken. Insert ovenproof meat thermometer in each chicken so tip of thermometer is in thickest part of inside thigh muscle and does not touch bone.

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Meat

Orange

Bone

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Kitchen Thermometer

Balance chickens on beer cans; place on grill over indirect medium heat. Cover grill; cook about 1 hour 30 minutes or until thermometers read at least 165F and legs move easily when lifted or twisted.

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Chicken

Beer

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Grill

Place orange halves and remaining quarters, flesh side down, directly on grill; cover and cook 3 to 5 minutes.

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Orange

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Grill

Remove chickens and oranges from grill; let chickens rest on beer cans 10 to 15 minutes before attempting to remove cans and carve chickens. Before serving, squeeze 2 of the orange halves over tops of chickens; serve others on the side.

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Chicken

Orange

Beer

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Grill