Grill a whole chicken
The days are getting longer - the temperatures are rising. What does that tell you? Right: it's time for a barbecue evening again! This time, avoid fatty grilled meat and high-calorie sausages. Why don't you grill a whole chicken. To prevent your poultry from drying out when grilling, you can simply place them on an open beer can. The evaporating beer makes the meat tender and juicy. Give it a try - you can find the recipe here.
What you need:
- Grill and charcoal
- a chicken
- oil
- Chicken seasoning
- a can of beer
- an onion
- Beef needles
- a large ovenproof saucepan or aluminum foil
A whole chicken barbecuing is not too difficult - but you need patience because the rooster will spend an hour and a half to two hours on your grill. So if you have little time and want to eat quickly, you should have the chicken before grilling cut up - it is guaranteed to "land" on the plate faster.
How to cook a whole chicken
But it is nicer if you can take the time to grill. Relax - enjoy the fresh air and the smell of your grilled chicken. Let's go: turn on the grill.
- Prepare your poultry for the grill: wash it thoroughly and then dry it with paper towels. Now carefully oil your whole chicken - inside and out.
- Then you need to season the poultry. Spread the spice mixture evenly on the chicken skin - also put some of the spice inside the chicken.
- Complete? Then you can take a sip now beer authorize. Open the beer can and drink - but not too much, because you need the beer - and the can - for your chicken now.
- And that's exactly why you should now place the rear part of the chicken on the can as quickly as possible - you close the top of the chicken with a peeled onion. You can fix the onion with beef needles so that everything stays in place.
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Grill the poultry on the can
Off to the grill - grill your whole chicken on the beer can.
- Now place the chicken on the can on the grill and cover it. A large saucepan is suitable for this - please make sure that the saucepan is fireproof. Alternatively, you can "tinker" a cover out of aluminum foil. The chicken must be covered for the entire duration of the cooking time.
- Now we have to wait and see. The tap on the can must now linger on the grill for one and a half to two hours. If you want, you can have a fresh one while you wait salad to prepare - it goes perfectly with your grilled poultry.
Well then: Bon appetit!
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