BBQ Beer Chicken

[Skipper]

I laughed when I first heard about this but it really does result in a great tasting meal.

Take a can of your favorite beer (tall boys work best I find). Drink half of it. (good start eh?) This part is of utmost importance for good BBQ-karma. Dump the beer and this meal will be ruined. ;-)

Take a whole chicken and rub some dijon mustard all over the skin, and then some of that Club House Rub-on marinade (personally I only use a bit of this - just enough to colour the skin). Now, holding the beer can upright, shove it up the chicken's arse and balance the whole thing on your BBQ. The can should be upright with the chicken sitting on top. The only thing touching the grill should be the bottom of the can.

I've only ever done this on a gas BBQ (sorry Mili) but I'm sure you charcoal guys can accomodate. Close the lid on your BBQ, reduce the heat to absolute minimum on both burners and open another beer. Repeat this last step as many times as necessary until about 45 minutes has gone by - FEEL THE JOY. You can check up on the chicken at this point and it should be golden brown.

Remove the chicken from the BBQ, the beer can from the chicken, and let it sit for about 5 minutes before serving. It's by far, the tastiest, juiciest chicken I've ever had. And it's MINIMAL effort. :D

I've heard a variation on this as well which I tried but didn't notice much difference. Basically drink an extra mouthfull of the beer and then add 2 shots of Jack Daniels into the can before you deflower the chicken with it.

[Skipper]

I've only ever done this with Heineken and it works for me.

[xlurker]

Used bud and worked real good,but need to find a good chicken marinade though. Tried to use my secret beef marinade and could not get any taste out of it. Any recomendations?

[Darnat]

xlurker ...Try a real beer next time....your 1-3% alchohol just doesn't cut it...lol
Try a Labatt Blue....5% ...alchohol....now that will give any chicken a taste....:)...or maybe a Blue dry...6+...stick one of these up a chickens ass and you'll find the chicken on Mars...lol.
But this recipe does taste good,have tried it many a time.

[xlurker]

yeah from the BBQ zen master himself.....
use equal parts Brown sugar,salt,pepper and paprika combine them then rub it on the bird before sticking on the grill, works real well and gives a good flavor to the bird.


Gonna try your secret recipe today.Will tell you what the family thinks later. Tell you right now,I got alot of sneezing right now.

[cojones]

You must have cat poop allergies now.

L O L

[Skipper]

My grill has a grease catch and I've found that if I put the bbq on high for a few minutes following removal of the chicken most of the shit burns off the lava rocks. Most importantly though - how was the chicken?