Another Beer Can Chicken Success {pics}
 

Did another beer can chicken on the Q on Sunday -- and it was the best yet.

Blocked the neck hole with a whole clove of garlic, used a can of Creemore Springs Ale, and seasoned the bird with sea salt, mixed herbs, and seaweed.

The gravy I made with the drippings, and the beer with some garlic.

Soooo tasty :thumbsup

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Would go nicely with some salsa picante. Yumm!

Will say it again. Try a brine :winkwink:

damn, i need to fire my current chef and hire you

And I promise you -- I will. I have some friends coming round on the 16th, and I am going to do a capon on the Q. I will soak it in the brine over night, as you have instructed, and cannot wait to taste it. I know it is a piss poor excuse, but I just didn't have time to do the brine soak this weekend :(

Make me an offer :thumbsup I make an awesome fish curry as well.

Do pre taste any gravy you make from a brined bird though before adding additional salt. Often it has plenty.

I gotta try that one day,looks good

That's true, pretty salty but the bird tastes so good ;) ASM is a great cook :thumbsup

poor chicken got assraped :(

The chicken loved every moment of it -- can't you tell...?

goddamn that looks funny. i expect it to start dancing ..

mmm tasty

how long does that take to cook and at what temp on the grill?

This chicken wasn't that big -- and was on the grill for about 2 hours. I keep the temp at about 350F for the first 1 1/2 hours, and then crank it to 450 for the last 25 minutes to crisp / brown it off.

What's the premise behind this? (ie, the beer / object insertion ;)

is there any health risk with the can cooked in your chicken? the ink and aluminum thing stands out to me.

The liquid in the container (can) will eventually steam/boil and thus steam the bird from the inside. The steam can/will carry some of the flavors of the liquid used, penetrating the meat. It also has the additional benefit of keeping the the breast meat more moist. Though I personally feel that the membrane around the ribs blocks a lot of it, so you should pierce it many times (inside cavity that is).

You could swap out the aluminum can for nearly any other object, like say a stainless vegetable can. I do not have issue with aluminum being used for cooking in general though since I use it as foil, cake pans, etc. As for the inks - no damn idea and is also why I have typically used other cans.

Fish curry? That sounds horrible, the only way I can eat fish is if it's grilled or baked, soups, stews, etc. totally freak me out.

nice chick...

looks fucking insanely tasty

That is so weird

it made me starving!

not to be confused with a chicken in a can
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PS
i hear aluminum is bad for you.

I was just about to post those after seeing it at SA. The stuff of nightmares :Oh crap

Looks tasty. Yum...

mmmm.... miam miam!!!

Well, aluminum foil is used in cooking all the time. And the can is not exposed to a direct flame -- so there is very little chance of it melting.

On a side note. That chicken in a can is the grossest thing I think I have ever seen. I cannot imagine eating that :(

WTF!!!!! :helpme

This is one of the most disgusting thing I have ever seen!! No way I can eat that shit!

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh don't think it's eatable

They are actually pretty good.

Nice looking bird...umm not the one in the can

Cook off...

Agree with you dude :thumbsup

I am so gonna hit up some beer can chicken this coming weekend

Fish curry is the staple diet in coastal regions of India (Goa, Kerala, etc.). I first had it at the Cafe Spice Namaste in London, and it was quite delicious. I recently made curried Basa (catfish) with jambalaya :)

wtf happened there :Oh crap

high five...!