Description
Cooking a chicken on a beer can.
Ingredients
- 1 (2 to 3 pound) whole chicken
- 1 (12 fluid ounce) can beer
- 5 tablespoons poultry seasoning
- 4 dashes liquid smoke flavoring
- 4 bay leaves
- 1 long metal skewer
Instructions
- Rinse and dry chicken. Remove excess fat and leave skin on. Lift skin from breast and thigh areas; slide bay leaves under skin. Coat chicken with poultry seasoning.
- Drink 1/2 of the can of beer; pour liquid smoke into remaining beer. Raise tab on beer can until it is in the straight-up position.
- Insert beer can into chicken from the bottom until even with bottom of chicken. Insert skewer through wing
- ribs
- beer can tab
- and out the opposite side. (This keeps the can from falling out of chicken.)
- Preheat the grill by lighting the coals. Spread the coals to form a ring around the outside edge of the grill.
- Place chicken in the center
- standing up on the can to cook. Close grill; cook for 2 hours. A meat thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).
- Remove chicken carefully from the grill so as not to spill the contents of the can. Remove skewer and beer can; let chicken sit for 15 minutes before cutting.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 2 hrs
Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins
Servings: 4