Brewmeister's Chicken Beer Can Chicken
Using regular salt no wood chips it worked well too. If you don't have beer cans--put beer into pop cans. You can use water, pop, ice tea or lemonade in the cans. On a barbecue with the three burners you will be able to cook 5 chickens at once or maybe 6. The centre burner was turned off. Recipes for the boundless appetite.
Steps
Make the marinade by combining all marinade ingredients: whisk well to mix.
Remove and discard any giblets and fat just inside the body and neck cavities.
Rinse the chicken inside and out under cold running water , then drain and blot dry inside and out with a paper towel.
Place chicken with the marinade inside a large resealable plastic freezer bag and marinate in the refrigerator at least 4 hours , preferably overnight , turning the bird several times to marinate evenly.
Make the rub by combining all rub ingredients.
Set aside.
Open the beer can and pour half the beer over the soaking wood chips.
Remove the chicken from the bag with the marinade.
Discard marinade.
Sprinkle 1 teaspoons of the dry rub inside the neck cavity of the bird.
Drizzle oil over the outside of the bird and rub or brush dry rub all over the skin.
Spoon the remaining dry rub into the half-filled can of beer.
Using a church key can opener , make 2 additional holes in the top of the can.
Hold the bir.
Ingredients
chicken, vegetable oil, dark beer, dijon mustard, soy sauce, lemon juice, onion, garlic, tabasco sauce, coarse salt, fresh ground black pepper, paprika, dry mustard, ground cumin, celery seed, ground nutmeg, wood chips, water