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BEER-CAN CHICKEN CookBook
SKU: BCCCB01
paperback
4 5/8x9
ISBN: 0761120165
BEER-CAN CHICKEN
[And 74 Other Offbeat Recipes for the Grill]
Total Wt.: 2 lbs
Chicken on a beer can? You bet! When America's barbecue guru, says it's the best grilled chicken he's ever tasted, cooks stop and listen.
An essential addition to every grill jockey's library, Beer-Can Chicken presents 75 must-try beer-can variations and other offbeat recipes for the grill. Recipes such as Saigon Chicken with Lacquered Skin and Spicy Peanut Sauce, Root Beer Game Hens, Beer-Can Turkey (uses the 32-ounce Foster's), Stoned Chicken (it's grilled under a brick), Dirty Steak, Fish on a Board (Salmon with Brown Sugar Glaze), Mussels Eclade-grilled under pine needles, Grilled Eggs, Wacky Rumaki, Rotisseried Garlic Rolls-even Grilled Yellow Pepper Soup will have your mouth-watering. Whether on a can, on a stick, under a brick, in a leaf, on a plank, or in the embers, each grilling technique is explained in easy-to-follow steps, with recipes that guarantee no matter how crazy the technique, the results are always outstanding. So pop a cold one and have fun.
Weight per order: 2 lbs.
Recommended by Experts!
CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE BEER DRINKER
"Sometimes when I reflect back on all the beer I drink I feel shamed. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the brewery and all of their hopes and dreams. If I didn't drink this beer, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. Then I say to myself, "It is better that I drink this beer and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver."
~ Jack Handy
"I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. "
~Frank Sinatra
"When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading."
~ Henny Youngman
"24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not."
~ Stephen Wright
"When we drink, we get drunk. When we get drunk, we fall asleep. When we fall asleep, we commit no sin. When we commit no sin, we go to heaven. Sooooo, let's all get drunk and go to heaven!"
~ Brian O'Rourke
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."
~ Benjamin Franklin
"Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind
is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza."
~ Dave Barry
BEER: HELPING UGLY PEOPLE HAVE SEX SINCE 3000 B.C.!!!
~ Unknown
Remember "I" before "E", except in Budweiser.
~ Unknown
To some it's a six-pack, to me it's a Support Group. Salvation in a can!
~ Unknown
And saving the best for last, as explained by Cliff Clavin, of Cheers. One afternoon at Cheers, Cliff Clavin was explaining the Buffalo Theory to his buddy Norm. Here's how it went: "Well ya see, Norm, it's like this... A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers."
Redneck Tipsy Chicken
Mark Hoolihan opened a Southern Humorists' discussion about cooking when he said:
"My wife heard of this way to barbecue a chicken by setting it on a can of beer on the grill... This must be a southern idea. Anyone help me out here?"
"I have heard of cooking a chicken on a beer can. Waste of beer." replied Ben Baker, who has never wasted anything he could eat or drink.
Of course, if you want to know something about barbecue, just ask a group of southerners. It wasn't long until Carrie English came up with a recipe:
"Drink 1/4 of the can of beer, and drink four more beers while you fire up the grill. Coat the chicken with butter, olive oil, or more beer and set it the gobbler on the 1/4 empty beer (very pessimistic when it comes to my beer). Grill for about an hour and voila - the masterpiece is ready."
Pamela "knows-her-chicken" Klein has a slightly different version and even listed the ingredients - both of them.
1 nice chicken
1 can beer
"Brine chicken for about an hour in about 1/4 salt in enough water to submerge. Remove chicken and pat dry, season with pepper and fresh garlic, rub on a lot and push cloves under the skin and into the meat. Make sure you have removed all the bits from the inside of the chicken then insert the OPEN can of beer into the large opening where stuffing would go. Make sure the chicken is balanced, tie the wings next to the body and either grill or bake until juices run clear. The beer helps keep the meat moist and adds a nice flavor."
Phil Jones came up with a more unique method guaranteed to be favored by college students, bachelors, and street people.
"Seems like a lot trouble. Personally, I'd buy a six-pack, drink five of the beers, and then just pour the last one over some KFC."
We scratched our heads and pondered over what to call this recipe so it didn't sound like a northern hoax to Barbara Madden, " who thinks beer-butt chicken is a yankee trick."
"Most people call this Beer Butt Chicken but I agree- we could think of a much better name," Frank G. Van Atta mumbled. Unfortunately, most of the perfectly good names suggested were censored out by Net Nanny, who is a prig.
Hungry for barbeque chicken and tipsy on beer, the Southern Humorists all rushed off to backyards to fire up their grills and report back to the group on the results:
Ern Grover had the earliest report. "Caution. Open the beer tab. Don't ask." He didn't bring back any samples. We don't know why.
Carrie, with a wild look in her eye, added, ". . .the chicken has been known to tip over. I mean, a beer can only hold so much. A 4 pound chicken carcass can be a bit much. And if you spill the beer, you risk the alcohol abuse comments."
We wondered if that's why it was being called "Tipsy Chicken" but decided it was for other reasons.
Mark Motz also had less than perfect results, "Note to self: Open beer can and drain before grilling. I forgot once, and invented the first orbiting roaster." We here at Southern Humorists wish him a speedy recovery.
Pamela, possibly after sampling one of the ingredients, said. "I saw this method described in a grilling supplement to the Naples, FL newspaper back in May. Bill and I tried it as soon as we got home - the hardest part was getting a single can of beer because we drink bottled beer. "
Beth Jacks reported, "We do this a lot at my house. Beer butt chicken is delicious and worth the effort -- which ain't much." We immediately voted to have our next cookout at Beth's house. Don't tell her. We want it to be a surprise!
Karin Vingle regrets she could not report back in person, but she did send us a note from her hideout, rumored to be some place in Iraq.
"I decided to try a variant of your Beer Butt recipe on my ex husband. It was great fun inserting the can and although I can't say for certain whether the beer improved the flavor, as he was already fairly well self-marinated, the meat did seem quite especially juicy (although the high fat content of my ex could have something to do with that)."
dj, you are fantastic. Hmmm. I've been called a dog before, but it was with affection, (I hope)