Ingredients:
Basic Barbeque Rub (recipe below)
4 to 4 1/2 pound whole broiler-fryer chicken
1 can (12 ounces) beer or lemon-lime soda pop
Basic Barbeque Rub
1 Tablespoon Paprica
2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon garlic flavor
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 teaspoon pepper
Mix together all ingredients.
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Directions:
If using charcoal grill, place drip pan direcly under grilling area and arrange
coals around edge of firebox. Heat coals or gas grill for indirect heat.
Make basic barbeque rub. Fold wings of chicken accross back with tips touching.
Sprinkle rub inside cavity and all over outside of chicken rubbing with fingers.
Pour 1/2 cup beer from can. Hold chicken upright, with opening of body cavity
down; insert beer can into cavity of chicken. Insert barbeque meat thermometer
so that tip is in thickest part of inside thigh muscle and does not touch
bone.
Cover and grill chicken upright over drip pan or over unheated side of gas
grill and 4 to 6 inches from medium heat 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes
until thermometer reads 180 degrees and juice is no longer pink when center
of thighn is cut.
Using tongs, carefully lift bird to rectangular pan, 13x9x2 inches, holding
large metal spatula under beer can for support. Let stand 15 minutes before
carving. Remove beer can and discard. 6 servings |