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Beer can BBQ chicken Recipe

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Ingredients:  
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1 4 pound chicken
1 Tbsp vegetable oil
1½ Tbsp BBQ chicken rub
1½ tsp salt
1 12 ounce can beer
Directions:
Directions:
Remove neck and giblets from chicken, and reserve for another use. Rinse chicken and pat dry with paper towels. Brush cavity and skin with vegetable oil. Sprinkle rub inside cavity and on outside of chicken. Chill chicken 30 minutes to 12 hours.

Let chicken stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. Light a side of grill, heating to 350 to 400 degrees (medium high). Leave other side unlit. Open beer. Place chicken upright onto beer can, fitting can into cavity. Pull legs forward to form a tripod, so chicken stands upright.

Place chicken on unlit side of grill. Grill, covered with grill lid, 1 to 1½ hours or until golden and instant-read thermometer inserted into thicket part of thigh registers 165 degrees. Carefully remove chicken from can. Cover chicken loosely with aluminum foil and let stand 10 minutes before serving.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
4

 

 

 

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