Recipe courtesy of Jerry Truxell

Beer Can Chicken with Beer and Molasses Bbq Sauce

  • Yield: 8 servings
  • Total: 1 hr 20 min
  • Prep: 30 min
  • Cook: 50 min
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Ingredients

Beer Can Chicken:

1 can, good quality, beer

1 to 2 pounds roaster chicken

Salt

Pepper

Garlic powder

Molasses BBQ sauce, recipe follows

Beer and Molasses BBQ Glaze:

1 1/4 quarts chili sauce

1 1/2 pints molasses

1 1/2 pints light beer

8 tablespoons Dijon mustard

8 tablespoon chili powder

2 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce

2 1/2 tablespoons crystal hot Louisiana sauce

5 tablespoons lemon juice

1 1/3 tablespoons liquid smoke

Directions

  1. Rinse chicken thoroughly. Season inside and outside with salt, pepper, and garlic. Using can opener, open beer can. Place chicken upright on can, so can is inside chicken cavity. Place on a roasting pan and roast in a preheated 350 oven for 50 to 60 minutes or internal temperature of 150 degrees F. Glaze with BBQ sauce and finish cooking on grill.

Beer and Molasses BBQ Glaze:

  1. Combine all ingredients in sauce pot and simmer until reduced by 1/3 of the original volume. Cool completely and pack for transport.

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Jason M.

I took this recipe and turned it into my own, after having two birds, cleaned and gutted, then stuffed a can each of guinness, seasoned the chicken and then popped them into the oven for an hour and a half, yes 1 hour and a half, at 350 degrees, and the meat feel off the bone, as soon as you touched it. My buddies have told me that it was the best chicken, they had ever had! <br />Great recipe this is, but I think all should make cooking, their own

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