Herbed Beer Can Chicken Recipe

Yield: 4 Servings

Photo by Taste of Home©

Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons canola oil
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh tarragon or 1 teaspoon dried tarragon
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh basil or 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 2 teaspoons minced fresh parsley
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 3 garlic cloves, minced, divided
• 1 broiler/fryer chicken (3 to 4 pounds)
• 1 fresh rosemary sprig
• 1 can (12 ounces) beer

Directions: 

1. In a small bowl, combine the first seven ingredients; stir in half of the minced garlic. Rub mixture over outside and inside of chicken. Tuck wings under chicken.
2. Prepare grill for indirect heat. Completely cover all sides of an 8- or 9-in. round baking pan with foil. Place a beer-can chicken rack in pan. Remove 1/3 cup beer from can; save for another use. Using a can opener, make additional large holes in top of can. Insert rosemary and remaining garlic into can. Add beer can to rack.
3. Place chicken vertically onto rack. Place pan on grill rack.
4. Grill, covered, over indirect medium heat 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 hours or until a thermometer inserted in thigh reads 180°.
5. Remove pan from grill; tent chicken with foil. Let stand 15 minutes. Carefully remove chicken from rack.

Nutritional Facts:
6 ounces cooked chicken equals 474 calories, 28 g fat (6 g saturated fat), 131 mg cholesterol, 412 mg sodium, 4 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 42 g protein.

 

 

Originally published as Herbed Beer Can Chicken in Taste of Home June/July 2013

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