Beer-in-the-Rear Chicken

Recipe courtesy Paula Deen

Show: Paula's PartyEpisode: Let's Party!

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Cook Time:
1 hr 0 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
2 to 4 servings

Times:

Prep: 10 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 1 hr 0 min
Total:: 1 hr 10 min

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Ingredients

1 (3-pound) chicken
Seasoned salt
Paula's House Seasoning, recipe follows
1 (12-ounce) can beer
1 sprig rosemary
Assorted barbecue and hot sauces, your choice

Directions

Wash and drain the chicken and pat dry. Season the chicken inside and out with the seasoned salt and House Seasoning. Refrigerate until ready to cook.

Prepare the charcoal grill. When the coals are hot and glowing, carefully push them over to the sides of the grill, leaving an open space in the middle of the grill. Open the can of beer and pour off approximately 1/4 cup. Insert the sprig of rosemary into the can, then place the beer can, keeping it upright, into the rear cavity of the chicken. Carefully place the chicken, standing up on the beer can, in the center of the grill, making sure not to spill the beer. Cover the grill and cook the chicken for approximately 1 hour, rotating the chicken as necessary. The chicken is done when the juice runs clear when pierced with a fork.

Carefully remove the beer can from the chicken using mitts and discard the can. Cut the chicken into halves or quarters.

Note: 1 chicken serves 2 to 4, depending on appetites. My crowd can all eat a half a chicken each, easy.

Paula's House Seasoning:

1 cup salt

1/4 cup garlic powder

1/4 cup pepper

Combine ingredients in a small bowl.

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recipe Beer-in-the-Rear Chicken
Sylvia Scottsdale, AZ 08-18-2009
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Wow!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This recipe was great!! I added just a few things. I cut up 2 cloves of garlic, and a little bit of onion and put them into... the beer with the rosemary spring. I also used some cayenne pepper in the seasoning and I squeezed a lemon on the bird before I seasoned it. (My mom told me to always squueze a lemon on poultry before cooking!) Anyway, it was moist and very flavorful! A must try!!! Read more
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Sharon So. Chicago Heights, IL 07-28-2009
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Great!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This is a great recipe! The chicken comes out very nice and juicy. I do it in a foil pan so I can get the drippings so I can... make gravy. I was at my jewel store and they had a big sale on bbq gadgets and I couldnt believe they have a special rack for beer in the rear which the beer can fits right in the middle with 4 support legs. Works Great! I love Paula Deens recipes, they always have lots of flavors. To the question about using all the house seasoning you dont, you save the rest. That way you have it on hand at all times cause alot of Paula recipes call fo her house seasoning.Read more
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Altie Ripon, CA 03-03-2009
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Oh so good!!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This is such a great and easy way to cook a whole chicken. You can certainly take a rack out of the oven and do them in... there, but we actually do ours on out "Holland Grill" it's not a traditional BBQ as there is really no flame that comes up and touches the food, it's more like an oven, it's just outside and looks like a BBQ. At any rate, it does a wonderful job on Beer-in-the-Rear Chicken. We normally do two chickens at one time, that way whatever is left over can go into another recipe the next night (like Paula's Asian Chicken Salad for example). There is just something about the beer steaming into the cavity of the chicken that keeps the meat so very moist and the skin gets nice and crispy. It's a real family pleaser!!Read more
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Eileen North Hollywood, CA 09-08-2008
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Excellent
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Made on gas BBQ, middle burner turned off, two outer burners set to med high (temp gage said 375 degrees). 5 pound bird took... 1 hr 15 min. I cooked the chicken in a foil-lined pie tin, easier to move the chicken & it caught the drippings which I used to make gravy (no mess falling through bottom of BBQ either). Please resist the urge to open BBQ lid (let's out too much heat), I rotated bird once. Since chicken was finished much sooner than I expected I turned off BBQ & let it sit there wrapped in foil for 30 min, the rest time made the chicken so juicy. The chicken flavors can be changed up so easily using different seasonings. What an award winning & easy recipe!!!!Read more
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Kimberly Palos Heights, IL 08-14-2008
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Absolutly wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Everybody enjoyed this!!! But I also took 4 cloves of garlic; chopped fine, 1/4 c. of olive oil, 2 T. of lemon juice &... seperated the skin from the top (so it wouldn't leak out) & rubbed it between the meat/skin. My only complaint is that I am not an expert when it comes to cutting up a whole chicken & was difficult to do this & get all the meat off the bones. Is there a way to make this recipe with either chicken parts with bone or to use boneless/skinless?Read more
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Shannon Kennett Square, PA 07-06-2008
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So easy
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I have been making "beer can chicken" for a long time before I saw this recipe. It is so easy and you can really use any... rub. We have done jerk and other dry rubs and it always comes out great. Sometimes I just cook the chicken and shred it off the bone for other recipe. A great and easy way to make a chicken.Read more