Beer can chicken

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power i

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Jan 25, 2010 12:30 PM
I've always heard others talk about this but never tried it. Saturday the hubby decides we're gonna do it and it was THE BEST chicken I've ever had. Moist doesn't even begin to describe it. I will most definetely be making this again. And again. :D

I just rubbed some EVOO on the bird then rubbed it with a pre-made poultry seasoning I got at the store. Hubby drank half the beer and put some seasoning in the can. Put the can in the hole, put it in an aluminum pan and left it on the grill for an hour and fifteen minutes over low, indirect heat.

So who's made it and how to you make yours?
Jan 25, 2010 12:30pm
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Mr. 300

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Jan 25, 2010 12:47 PM
My wife just did one last week. Italian spices for seasoning........was it good!!!!!!!!
Jan 25, 2010 12:47pm
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Jan 25, 2010 12:48 PM
I have never made it but have had it several occasions, good stuff!
Jan 25, 2010 12:48pm
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Scarlet_Fever

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Jan 25, 2010 1:06 PM
Make it pretty much the same way you make yours. I put a small onion or half a potato in the neck. Keeps the juices in.
Jan 25, 2010 1:06pm
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Jan 25, 2010 1:20 PM
my mother in law made it once. pretty good. I have no clue what she used to cook it.
Jan 25, 2010 1:20pm
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Jan 25, 2010 1:48 PM
My mom makes it sometimes when we're home on break and it is def some of the best chicken ever
Jan 25, 2010 1:48pm
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Jan 25, 2010 2:00 PM
Use full beers not half. Season inside the bird too. Like the steam stopper as a small onion placed in the neck. I use the oven and cook it low and slow for about 4 hours at 200 degrees. I don't use premade seasoning, I use some homemade stuff, garlic, seasoned salt, rosemary and thyme.
Jan 25, 2010 2:00pm
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se-alum

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Jan 25, 2010 2:31 PM
Easily the best way to make chicken, and it's super easy. Little trick is to peel the skin back and season as well, this helps the rub infuse w/ the meat.
Jan 25, 2010 2:31pm
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ernest_t_bass

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Jan 25, 2010 2:42 PM
Wait, what do you do to the bird? I don't get it.
Jan 25, 2010 2:42pm
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Jan 25, 2010 5:29 PM
we have a professor here and its his specialty dish....
Jan 25, 2010 5:29pm
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spartan

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Jan 25, 2010 6:32 PM
fresh rosemary stuffed down the cavity is good too.
Jan 25, 2010 6:32pm
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Gobuckeyes1

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Jan 25, 2010 6:54 PM
Watching the fumes roll off of an aluminum can after you throw it into the fire is enough to make me pass on the beer can chicken idea. I know we're not talking about the same temperatures here, but still...

I have yet to find anything better to do with a chicken than quartering it, marinating it in italian dressing all day, cooking it over a charcoal fire, and slathering it with BBQ sauce.
Jan 25, 2010 6:54pm
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Jan 25, 2010 7:10 PM
ernest_t_bass wrote: Wait, what do you do to the bird? I don't get it.
Jan 25, 2010 7:10pm