Chicken has definitely lost its flavor as noted by Mark Bittman in a New York Times Magazine article from today titled “Why Take Food Seriously?”
So, if you care not to buy designer chicken – ha! – check out the simplest “make chicken actually taste good again” recipe ever!
1) Preheat oven to 400 degrees. You can also cook on grill but I haven’t done so yet. Wash inside and outside of chicken off.
2) Open a beer and drink 1/3 of it. Pour a few tablespoons of seasoning in the can of beer. Stuff the can of beer in the chicken and stand upright. If you’re using a large whole chicken – seen below – use a wide can of beer. Heineken and Foster’s will get the job done. If you’re using a normal sized whole chicken you can use any size can of beer. Moreover, I don’t think the kind of beer matters. The seasoning does all the flavoring as the beer provides moisture.
3) Rub the chicken down with poultry seasoning. Be generous.
4) Cook in a dutch oven (the chicken will sweat/splatter all over your oven if cooked in a shallow pan) for 2 hours at 400 degrees.
5) Remove can over a sink. Be VERY CAREFUL with the removal! It’s a 2 person job – 1 to hold the chicken and 1 to pull the can out. There will be EXTREMELY hot beer in the can and the removal may require some pulling of a slippery a$$ can.
6) Carve away and enjoy! Whole chickens will feed a family for a few days.
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Awesome! I’ll be trying this, although I’m going to add more drinking in between the steps, just to make sure it is done right!
This was tasty when you made it for my orphaned-Easter feast. Glad your lovely bride saved you from 3rd degree burns!
2 hours at 400?!? is the bird supposed to be black? i usually do it at 375 for 45 minutes to an hour.
Ray, I don’t usually eat my chicken raw. Maybe just watch the timer pop. The above picture was 2 hours at 400 degrees and it turned out – like always – perfect.
What size chicken do you use for this recipe?
D Ann – a large roaster. This was as big as you can get. I think this one was around 8-10 pounds but am not sure.
I just made these. They are delicious and super easy! I have a cooking recipe site as well and I’d like to exchange links with you. Let me know if this is possible. Thanks.
Sure – my email address is thelist@bcclist.com
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I cooked this dish for the main meal last sunday. The whole family enjoyed it, I’ll be offering it often now, it truly is great to get original suggestions for tasty recipes together with easy to understand approaches to cook them. Appreciate your supplying them.
Pearl, thanks for the feedback. I actually had it last night for dinner! Here’s a pic: http://twitpic.com/1hdpfm
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