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Beer butt chicken
Chicken
Beer butt chicken
Ingredients
- 1 chicken
- 1 small can lager
- for the BBQ rub:
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsp garlic powder or 3 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp brown sugar
- ½ lemon, zested and juiced
- olive oil
Method
Prep time:
10 min
PT10M
Cooking time:
1h
30 min
PT1H30M
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Step 1
Make the BBQ rub by combining all of the rub ingredients. Open the beer, drink one third and mix one third with the BBQ rub. Smear half the beer/spice mix over the chicken – inside and out. Light the BBQ or heat the oven to 180°C/Gas Mark 4. -
Step 2
Warm the remaining beer - still in the can - using a pan of hot water; the hotter it is the more it will steam. Push the chicken over the beer can to make a sort of tripod with the legs, and carefully place on the BBQ or in the oven for 90 minutes. If using a BBQ you ideally need a small (20cm) deflector plate so the bottom of the chicken doesn't frazzle. Shut the lid and BBQ until cooked, basting with the rest of the rub everyn20 minutes or so.