The Chicken Beer Can Recipe
No fancy recipe here, you simply need a good old backyard grill, a grill plate , a Weber Oven plate or my favourite the Weber Beer Can Poultry Roaster. Don't forget a can of beer and the indicated ingredients, then follow our recipe and cooking instructions.
Equipment
- Weber Beer Can Poultry Roaster
Ingredients
- 1 whole chicken remove the giblets,
- pat dry
- half a can of your favourite beer or soda
- 2 tsp Garlic powder
- 2 tsp Onion powder
- 1 tsp oregano-dried
- 172 tsp Black pepper
- 1 tsp Chille powder
- 1 tbsp Couursely ground pepper
- 2 tbsp tsb Kosher salt
- 1 tsp Paprika sweet
- 2 tbsp Canola Oil
- 1 tbsp Cumin
Instructions
- Preheat the grill to 400 degrees F, or set up your charcoal for indirect cooking.
- Pour your beer or soda into the fluid container of the Weber Beer Can Oven Dish.
Insert the chicken over the centrepiece.
- Add your seasoning of choice (as indicated) or your favourite rub.
- Place chicken and pan on the indirect side of your preheated grill.
- Do not cook over hot burners or coals.
- Close the grill lid and cook the chicken for 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes (size & heat dependent).
- Use a thermometer to check the internal cooking temperature to determine when it's ready. (Download our free temperature and cooking time chart). Chicken is done when thigh meat is cooked to 180 degrees F, and the breast meat is 65 degrees F.
- Remove from the grill and rest for 10 minutes before carving.
