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Jim and Jan Langdoc's Beer Butt Chicken
From Thou Shalt Not Grill
Tamar Myers
Author's not: Pious people should avoid this recipe, which involves both alcohol and the business end of a chicken. However, yielding to temptation does reward one with a delectable treat.
Ingredients
Hickory or mesquite-scented wood chips
1 can beer
Commercial or homemade "rub"
1 whole chicken, thoroughly washed and patted dry
Vegetable oil as needed
Homemade Rub
¼ cup salt (sea or kosher)
1/3 cup brown sugar (light or dark)
¼ cup paprika (sweet or hot)
3 tablespoons freshly ground pepper
Soak hickory or mesquite-scented wood chips for 30 minutes in half of the beer, leaving the other half of the beer in the can. Spread soaked chips over hot coals in the grill (or if using gas, put in smoker box).
Sprinkle 1 teaspoon of rub into cavity of chicken. Oil the outside of the chicken and sprinkle with 1 tablespoon of the rub. Rub in well.
Put about 1½ tablespoons of rub directly into the opening of the beer can. Punch 2 additional holes in the can, using a sharp object (such as grilling fork). Insert the beer can into the cavity of the chicken.
Place can and chicken on grill, so that the legs and can form a tripod to support the chicken. Cook until meat thermometer reaches 180 degrees without touching bone (between 1 and 1½ hours). The steam from the beer keeps the bird moist and succulent, as well as giving it character. Let the chicken rest 5 minutes before serving.
More about Thou Shalt Not Grill
Tamar Myers
Tamar Myers tantalizes readers with her perfect mix of
mouthwatering recipes and mayhem. Now, the national
bestselling author dishes up a sizzling new mystery that
takes intrepid innkeeper Magdalena Yoder outdoors for some
outrageous sleuthing… If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen…and
head to the Hernia bicentennial barbecue where guests will
partake in some great outdoor cooking and the unearthing of
the 1904 centennial time capsule. Rumor has it that the
capsule contains the key to a great fortune. But when it
goes missing and Magdalena’s guest, Buzzy Porter, is found
dead, suspicions flare. With the police on a perpetual
picnic, Magdalena has to dig into the pasts of her guests
at the Penn Dutch Inn, grill the likely suspects—and
smoke out the killer… INCLUDES A HALF-DOZEN SIZZLING RECIPES FOR THE OUTDOOR
GRILL!
(A Pennsylvania Dutch Mystery with Recipes)
NAL, January 2005
Featuring: Magdalena Yoder
272 pages ISBN: 0451212134
Paperback
$6.50
Also by Tamar Myers:
 Assault And Pepper, February 2005
Custard's Last Stand, January 2004
Custard's Last Stand, February 2003
Gruel and Unusual Punishment, January 2003
The Crepes of Wrath, January 2002
The Hand That Rocked the Ladle, March 2000
Play It Again Spam, August 1999
Eat, Drink, and Be Wary, September 1998
Between a Wok and a Hard Place, March 1998
Just Plain Pickled to Death, October 1997
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Crime, August 1997
No Use Dying Over Spilled Milk, March 1997
Too Many Crooks Spoil the Broth, August 1995
Thou Shalt Not Grill, January 1991
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