RCI-MT.006.0116.001
Beer-can Chicken
Southern cuisine
Prep15 min
Cook30 min
Total45 min
Servings4
Difficultybeginner
Ingredients
- recipe spice rub (or use your own recipe)1 unit
- bay leaves2 unitcrumbled
- -ounce can of beer1 12 unit
- chicken (dressed)3-4 pound
Method
1
Poke holes all over chicken to let fat run out during cooking.
2
Rub chicken thoroughly with spice rub: inside and out, and then under skin as far as you can reach
3
Set aside chicken.
4
Remove upper racks from oven.
5
Preheat oven to 350°F.
6
When oven preheated, take a healthy drink of the beer, leaving about 9 or 10 ounces.
7
Crumble bay leaves into beer, in beer can.
8
Insert beer can firmly into chicken cavity.
9
Place chicken upright in shallow heatproof pan.
10
Bake chicken upright until thickest part is 165°F, an hour or an hour and a half.
11
When removing chicken from oven, keep upright.
12
Rest chicken upright 15 minutes before removing beer can.