3 Videos | Photo: Big Bud's Beer Can Chicken Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 (2 to 3-pound) whole chicken
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon dried sage
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 tablespoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 cloves garlic, smashed
- 1 (12-ounce) can beer
- 1/2 pound bacon
Directions
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Wash chicken with cold water and pat dry with paper towels.
Mix dry ingredients in small bowl. Rub 1/2 of the ingredients on inside cavity of chicken. Gently peel skin away from chicken and rub mixture into meat of chicken. Open beer can pour out about 1/2 cup. Drop the garlic cloves into the beer can. Place chicken, open end down, over the beer can to insert the beer into the cavity. Place chicken, standing up, in large saute pan. Place 1/3 of the bacon in the top cavity of the chicken and drape the remaining 2/3 of the bacon down the outside of the chicken. Pierce the bacon to the chicken with toothpicks.
Place chicken in the oven for 10 minutes and then lower temperature to 325 degrees F and cook for another 1 hour, or until the internal temperature in the thickest part of the thigh reaches 165 degrees F on an instant-read thermometer.
Review This Recipe
You must be signed in to review this recipe.
or Register to Review
Newest Ratings and Reviews
Read all 116 reviews
By arabellochka
on January 24, 2012
Flag
Flag This Review?
Please provide the reason why you think this review is inappropriate.
or Cancel
The chicken turned out to be the best I ever ate! Juicy, flavourful and finger licking yummy. As mentioned in other reviews, it takes 20-30 longer to cook than indicated in recipe.
By diva753
New Jersey
on January 05, 2012
Flag
Flag This Review?
Please provide the reason why you think this review is inappropriate.
or Cancel
Amazing! Taste great! I added the dry rub to my bird 24 hours before I cooked it. Took out of refrigerator and brought to room temp before putting in oven. It did take longer as other reviewers mentioned (about 25 minutes
By bsafelinda-food...
Grove City, OH
on October 22, 2011
Flag
Flag This Review?
Please provide the reason why you think this review is inappropriate.
or Cancel
Drop the bacon, put the Bird on the grill. Turned out to be the best chicken served off the grill in a while. The rub was flavorful and made the chicken moist on inside.
Read all 116 reviews