VERTICAL APPLE HICKORY ROASTED CHICKEN

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We love this method of cooking chicken. The prep time is minimal and the results are the most succulent, juiciest chicken. The meat just falls off the bone. Yum!

Provided by Nancy Lopez @Amareels

Categories     Chicken

Number Of Ingredients 6

1 - whole chicken (roaster or fryer can be used)
1 small apple (any kind), diced
1 can(s) ginger ale, 12 oz.
2 teaspoon(s) hickory liquid smoke
- smoked paprika
- salt & pepper

Steps:

  • Dice up your apple and put in the circular chimney-like tube.
  • Add the liquid smoke (I used hickory, but any liquid smoke will do) and pour the ginger ale to the top of the vessel.
  • Rinse and pat dry your chicken.
  • Season with smoked paprika, salt, and pepper. You can use any seasoning that you prefer. In this recipe, I used the smoke paprika because I wanted to give the chicken skin a bit of color.
  • Slide the chicken on to the flavor-filled vessel. Plug the neck hole with a ball of foil.
  • Place the vertical chicken in your cold oven. Turn the temperature to 375 and cook for 1 1/2 hours.
  • If you don't have one of the vertical roasters, I have seen pictures of a chicken on a beer can. The end result is a very moist meat. The skin is not crispy because of the tin foil plug. If you omit the plug your chicken skin will get crispy and the meat is more dry.

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