Best Victoryreds Famous Beer Can Chicken Recipes

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BEER-CAN CHICKEN



Beer-Can Chicken image

The moist environment created by smoke-roasting a chicken vertically, atop a half-full can of beer, turns out to be a nearly fail-safe way to achieve barbecue perfection. A smoky-sweet dry rub adds complexity. The dish can also be made in an oven, in a roasting pan. (You can even buy stainless-steel vertical roasting stands for this very purpose.) What follows is a recipe for a traditional, spice-rubbed version of the dish. But once you have dialed in your technique, feel free to experiment. Coating the chicken with a paste of miso, mirin and soy, then replacing the beer in the can with sake, is one way to start.

Provided by Sam Sifton

Categories     dinner, main course

Time 1h30m

Yield 4 to 6 servings

Number Of Ingredients 12

1 whole chicken, approximately 4 to 5 pounds
4 tablespoons sweet paprika, or mild smoked paprika
2 tablespoons chili powder
2 tablespoons ground cumin
1 tablespoon ground coriander
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 tablespoon granulated white sugar
1 tablespoon freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon kosher salt
1 tablespoon chile de arbol or red-pepper flakes, or to taste
1 can beer, ideally yellow in hue, with the top half consumed or poured off
Barbecue sauce (see recipe, or use whichever recipe you like), for basting chicken and for serving (optional)

Steps:

  • Build a fire in your grill, leaving approximately half the grilling area free of coals. If using a gas grill, turn burners to high and then, when ready to cook, turn off the burner on the side where you will place the chicken. If using an oven, heat to 425 degrees.
  • Remove neck and giblets from chicken. Rinse the chicken in cold water. Pat dry.
  • Combine all the spices in a large bowl, then apply the dry rub to the chicken, inside and out.
  • Put the beer can on a solid surface. Pick up the chicken and, taking a leg in each hand, put the cavity over the can and slide the bird down onto it. Carefully transfer the bird and the can to the cool side of your grill, its back to the fire, balancing the chicken upright and using the legs to support it in this position. If using an oven, place the chicken upright in a roasting pan using the same method and place carefully into the heat.
  • Cover the grill and cook for approximately 1 1/4 hours, basting with barbecue sauce twice during the final half-hour if you'd like, until the breast meat registers 165 degrees on an instant-read thermometer or until the legs are loose in their sockets. (If you're using an oven, you can tent the bird with foil after 45 minutes to keep the skin from getting too dark.) De-can and carve.
  • Serve with white barbecue sauce and corn bread.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 403, UnsaturatedFat 16 grams, Carbohydrate 12 grams, Fat 25 grams, Fiber 3 grams, Protein 30 grams, SaturatedFat 7 grams, Sodium 530 milligrams, Sugar 4 grams, TransFat 0 grams

VICTORYRED'S FAMOUS BEER CAN CHICKEN



Victoryred's Famous Beer Can Chicken image

This is a very moist tasty bird with the right combination of six herbs and spices mixed with butter

Provided by bmiene

Categories     Whole Chicken

Time 2h15m

Yield 3-6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 (4 lb) whole chickens
1 (12 ounce) can beer, of your choice
1 cup melted butter
2 tablespoons garlic salt with parsley
2 tablespoons paprika
1 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
1 teaspoon celery salt
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 tablespoon sesame seeds

Steps:

  • preheat oven or grill to 350 degrees if using grill prepare for indirect heat if using oven use a cookie sheet or shallow pan to place the bird on.
  • melt 2 sticks of butter "1 cup" put in medium bowl add the garlic salt with parsely,paprika,pepper,celery salt,onion powder,sesame seed mix well.
  • rinse and dry chicken very well
  • open beer can and pour out about 1/2 of it pour in a little of the seasoned butter in beer can.
  • place beer can in a beer can holder and put chicken on it if you have one or place chicken on beer can.
  • with the other half of the beer you poured out inject the chicken in the legs,breast,theighs with the beer.
  • baste the chicken with the rest of the seasoned butter very good making sure all of the chicken is covered very good
  • if any of the seasoned butter is left pour down the neck of chicken.
  • place chicken in grill or oven preheated at 350 for 1 hour then reduce heat to 325 and cook for 1 more hour enjoy.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 1472.1, Fat 125.4, SaturatedFat 56.9, Cholesterol 447.9, Sodium 814.8, Carbohydrate 8.5, Fiber 2.2, Sugar 0.6, Protein 69.5

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