source: Glamour magazine 2010
Tamara Reynolds, coauthor of Forking Fantastic!, created this recipe and tested it on her husband. “It went over like gangbusters here,” she says. “I hope your guy likes it too.” Pour a cup of beer for the chicken and enjoy the rest with your date.
Beer Can Chicken
Beer can chicken (also known as chicken on a throne, beer butt chicken, coq au can, or dancing chicken) is a barbecued chicken dish and method of indirect grilling using a partially-filled can of beer that is placed in the chicken’s cavity prior to cooking. Now stand the chicken up on the can and its legs vertically, and slow-cooked over indirect heat, usually over a propane gas or charcoal grill. The process is meant to add moisture to the dish, and some believe that steam from the beer serves to steam the chicken from the inside and add flavor to the dish. Some people are avid proponents of the dish. In contrast, others have contended that the efficacy of beer is overrated and that the science regarding beer can chicken is debatable. It has been suggested that the dish possibly originated in the U.S. state of Louisiana. (Wikipedia)
Ingredients
1 tablespoon butter
2 chicken drumsticks
2 chicken thighs
salt and pepper
1 leek
1/2 cup chopped onion
2 teaspoons minced garlic
two small potatoes, quartered
2 bay leaves
1/2 cup chopped carrot
1 cup light lager like Heineken
1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
1/2 cup vegetable broth
How to put this all together
Directions
Melt butter over moderate heat in a medium-sized saucepan. Season chicken with salt and pepper and place skin side down in the pan. Cook for 5 minutes or until skin begins to turn brown and crispy. Then turn pieces over and cook for 2 more minutes. Remove chicken and set aside.
Chop the white part of the leek into bite-size pieces and discard the green part. Saute in a pan with onion and garlic for 4 minutes. Return chicken to the pan and add potatoes, bay leaves, and carrots.
Add beer, vinegar, and broth. Cover and simmer over low heat for 25 minutes.
Serve in bowls, with crusty bread if he’s a carb lover. Enjoy!
Serves 2
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