If you haven’t tried this yet you must have been living under a rock my friend. Beer can chicken is easy and fun to make, funny to look at to. It always makes me laugh when I open up my Traeger Smoker to see the boy’s standing up there heck it looks like there ready to bust out dancing or something, ok maybe I had too much to drink but you tell me what you think when you see your first one.

It redicuosly easy to make this ultra tasty treat. All you need is some whole chickens and few cans of beer at least a 6 pack more than you use for the chickens- more on that later.

Get your smoker or barbique ready to go.

It doesn’t matter whether you use a smoker or bbq grill, once we got our Traeger smoker it became our preferred way over the grill as it locks in that flavor better in our opinion.

 

 

Another couple of sites worth visiting are the following,

www.the smokering.com  and  www.thebbqguy.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Clean your bird removing the gizzards and such.

2. Wash your bird and pat dry with paper towel

3. Rub or spray some olive oil all over the bird

4. Rub on your favorite spices like Montreal, garlic, pepper or Johny Salt, you get the idea. don’t scimp here.

5. Add some more spices to the inside cavity

6. I like to add some onions and garlic to the cavity

7. Now your ready to load your chicken onto a can of your favorite CAN not bottle of beer.

They also make some nice stainless holders which makes this all easier, you just put the can of beer in the middle and just slide your bird over the can.

You might have to make some adjustments to get it to stand upright on the can of beer.

8. The beer keeps your bird moist and basted from the inside.

9. Your bird will take anywhere from 60-90 minutes or more depending upon the size of your chicken. Keep the heat medium

10. Time to remove your chicken, BE VERY CAREFUL here, the beer is near boiling and will spill and burn the hell out of you if your not careful. Use large tong’s and a plate to slide your chicken off your grill or smoker. This will take 2 hands or help from a friend till you get this part down.

Now back to the 6 pack of extra beer you will need to cook your beer can chicken, I know what your thinking ok so you pour some of the extra beer over the outside to baste it while its cooking. Hell no that beer is for you, this is hard work and you will need to stay hydrated and those beers will tide you over till your ready to eat. Now if you have family or friends over get more beer but you knew that didn’t  you.

No you can’t drink that can or beer that was sitting under your bird throw it away after it cools, it’s done it’s job.

Time to eat and your in for a treat, this is real easy and fast to make and you can’t screw it up. This will become a go to way to eat chicken year round off the grill.

You can even do this in your oven if you don’t have an outdoor grill, just remember to put a pan under the oven rack to catch the juices and beer drippings.

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