Beer Can Chicken
- 2 cups water
- 1 (12-ounce) bottle light bodied beer
- 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
- 3 tablespoons coarse sea salt
- 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 (2 1/2-gallon) plastic re-sealable bag
- 2 whole chickens
- 2 (12-ounce) cans favorite beer
- 2 tablespoons lemon pepper
- For the brine: Combine water, beer, brown sugar, salt, and lemon juice in large mixing bowl.
- Stir until salt and sugar dissolve.
- Pour mixture into plastic bag.
- Add chicken and seal bag, remove as much air as possible.
- Refrigerate overnight, turning occasionally.
- For the beer: Pour out 1/4 of beer.
- Add 1 tablespoon of lemon pepper to each beer.
- For the chicken: Preheat barbeque grill to 375 degrees F.
- Remove chickens from refrigerator and from brine and pat dry with a paper towel.
- Place beer cans on a sheet pan.
- Take 1 chicken, neck end up, and place the chicken onto the top of the beer can.
- Repeat with other chicken.
- Take the sheet pan with chickens and place it on the grill.
- Cover and grill for 1 hour.
- Remove from grill, cool for 15 minutes, carve, and serve.
water, brown sugar, salt, lemon juice, chickens, favorite beer, lemon pepper
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/beer-can-chicken-recipe0.html (may not work)