McRat's Beer Can Chicken:

[McRat]

Get your grill going about medium. 350 deg if you have a thermo.

Take a whole chicken that hasn't been abused. Remove the gizzards, rinse with cold water, then pat dry.

Cut a lemon in 1/2, and rub the whole body down with the lemon, squeezing now and then to get the lemon juice flowing.

Sprinkle carcass with coarse salt and black pepper (Montreal Steak Seasoning from Costco works well). Also sprinkle inside.

Drink half a beer out of a can. Squeeze some of the lemon in the top. Cram it up the bird's ass.

Grill about 1.5 hours or until a meat thermo in the breast reads 180 deg. Beer in can is HOT, remove it carefully and serve.

 

[03 D-max]

Sounds good:food:

Whats the second half of the beer taste like

 

[McRat]

No alcohol left in it, so I sure wouldn't drink it.

 

[mytmousemalibu]

Beer-Can Chicken is the bestest, moistest, delicous chicky EVER! :drool:

 

[LarryJewell]

where, the sauce from the last few grillings, your grill is way too clean

 

[motohed]

you actually put the can in the bird?

so the beer evaporates into the chicken then you pull the can? it doesn't leave a funny cannish taste?

 

[MMLMM]

Hell yea, we call it beer butt chicken. mmmmmmmmmm

 

[TIM Z]

Im hungry.

What beer tastes the best?

Im betting Schlitz aint gonna cut it.

 

[mytmousemalibu]

Boulevard Unfiltered Wheat is a good match, IMO :beer:

 

[McRat]

The beer can steams the inside of the bird and helps transfer heat to cook the inside. By standing it up, it helps the bird baste itself, you don't need to baste.

I'll be honest, I don't cook anything that isn't simple. I don't like 20 ingredients or 20 minute prep time. Screw marinading overnight.

Beer Can Chicken is easy, quick (prep), and tastes most excellent.

 

[McRat]

You might notice the hickory chips smoking off to the side. It will make the skin taste better (a little), but really has no effect on the meat.

Take some hickory or apple wood chips and soak them for 15 min in beer while you're getting the other stuff ready. Put them on a side burner away from the chicken, and turn it up to high. When the chips starts to smoke, turn them down.

 

[McRat]

where, the sauce from the last few grillings, your grill is way too clean

Kat bought me a new grill for our anniversary in April. I wore the last 3 out. Cheap Chinese grills don't stand up well over time, but I like the features.

 

[SmokeShow]

yeah, beer chicken is the BOMB!!!


And I also just bought that Montreal Seasoning Pat mentioned and used it for the first time this paast weekend on some pork chops. They were yummy but I think that seasoning is mostly just course salt and pepper??? Not much else to it that I could tell.



C-ya

 

[McRat]

yeah, beer chicken is the BOMB!!!


And I also just bought that Montreal Seasoning Pat mentioned and used it for the first time this paast weekend on some pork chops. They were yummy but I think that seasoning is mostly just course salt and pepper??? Not much else to it that I could tell.



C-ya

Yup, MSS is mostly just a time saver. Has both the salt and pepper in the right ratio and the right size grains in a handy shaker. Has some other seasonings including paprika, cumin, and garlic in small amounts, IIRC.

I use it on everything but ice cream where I need salt and pepper.

 

[Max Power]

I trized to macke dis for sum dinner 2nite hickup asserr. I keept forgettinng to stop drinking hickup the half whole damn beer mmmmmmmmmmm beer so goood look at those booobies mmmmm chicken wuld be good noow after 12 beerz why do those dumbys macke only 12 beer per packk women goo get me some more beer mmmmmmm beer argggp no more beer hickup.. anyaway mcbeer thanks for the good rat can bbbq beeer recipe maybe tumoorrow i try again goodnite hickup shes back wtih more beer mmmm beer argga yur looking good in those jeans deer why dont you come here and make me sooom chicken finger licking good mmm chicken

 

[mytmousemalibu]

:laughing4::laughing4::laughing4: :shots:

:rofl: Someones gonna have a rough morning:rofl:














:joker::hug:

 

[LBZ]

I hang maple bacon over the outside of it after I season it all up!

De-fricken-licious!

 

[durallymax]

i personally hate chicken and turkey and such because it is just too dry no matter who makes it.

But beer butt chicken is one ill have to try next weekend when the gf is home

 

[ripmf666]

I like deep frying my birds.But will try the beer can and some bacon like Dale said.
Pat I know what you mean about cheap grills, I love the Jen Air I have.

 

[ruffmanatv]

I think I know what will be on the grill Friday night. :food: