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Classic Beer Can Chicken

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Recipe

Learn how to make beer can chicken. Tender, fall-off-the-bone grilled chicken that's moist on the inside, crispy on the outside.

 

Yield

12 servings

Prep

20 min

Cook

3 hrs

Ready

3 hrs
Trans-fat Free, Low Carb

Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
4 pounds chicken
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Sauce
1 cup white vinegar
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1 cup apple juice
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6 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
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1 tablespoon lemon juice
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Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
1.8 kg chicken
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Sauce
237 ml white vinegar
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237 ml apple juice
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9E+1 ml worcestershire sauce
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15 ml lemon juice
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Directions

Remove any fat lumps in the cavity, trim and excess fat away from the chicken to help prevent flareups.

Wash chicken well; blot dry.

Season the bird inside and out with salt, black pepper, onion and garlic powder, paprika, or other desired dry rub seasonings.

Pop the tab of a beer can.

Stand the chicken upright and inserting the beer can into the cavity.

Spread out the legs to form a sort of tripod with the beer can so the chicken stands upright.

Place the chicken in a smoker or a grill set up as a smoker.

Smoke-cook, the chicken for 2½ to 3 hours or until fall-off-the-bone tender.

Serve the chicken upright on the beer can on a platter.



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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 202g (7.1 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 30633% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 11g 17%
Saturated Fat 3g 15%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 135mg 45%
Sodium 214mg 9%
Total Carbohydrate 1g 1%
Dietary Fiber 0g 0%
Sugars g
Protein 88g
Vitamin A 2% Vitamin C 17%
Calcium 3% Iron 13%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
 

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