This weekend was a bit colder than normal which us allowed to do a favorite cold weather recipe of mine, beer can chicken. What’s so great about this recipe is that not only is it delicious but it makes the entire house smell amazing as you prepare it.
Ingredients You’ll Need
- One chicken, I prefer organic but it’s up to you.
- One small bag of baby red potatoes.
- One small bag of baby yellow potatoes.
- Rub for the bird, I used my Father in Law’s proprietary blend.
- Two cups of Chicken stock (I used the homemade stock we discussed in our first post).
- One can of the beer of your choice.
Food Prep
- Check the chicken for gizzards, you really don’t want to be baking those accidentally in your meal.
- Put the beer can inside of the beer can chicken rack and put the chicken on top.
- Put the chicken & rack on a deep baking pan
- Apply the rub on the chicken, it’s ok if some of it falls to the bottom of the pan, which will add to the flavor of the potatoes. In fact I often apply my Father in Law’s rub liberally because it makes the potatoes taste a whole lot better.
- Cut the baby potatoes into halves and place them inside of the baking pan.
- Pour the chicken stock on top of the potatoes.
- Wrap the chicken completely in aluminum foil, this will help to keep the juices inside of the bird.
Cooking
Once the prep is done you have literally done 99% of the work to make this dish. All that’s left to do is heat your oven up to 400 degrees, put the bird inside and wait. On my oven, it normally takes about 1:45 minutes.
You will want to make sure you keep an eye on the internal temperature of the chicken so you don’t overcook the bird, 165 degrees is your magic number.
What I love about this recipe is how juicy the chicken turns out. It’s a combination of the beer moisturizing from the inside while the foil keeps the juices trap from the outside. The juices that do fall down go to the potatoes, infusing them with flavor.
If you don’t have the beer can chicken rack, here is the link to Amazon.
Give this recipe a try and let us know what you think!
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