Incidentally, I'm trying my largest bird ever - 26 lbs - and I have had to raise the roof of my 22" Weber to accomodate the monster. These cold coals will slowly turn into fuel just as the old ones are ashing out, giving us the closest thing to even heat a charcoaler can get. The real way to do it is to replenish 5-10% of the coal pile with fresh coals every 30 minutes.
#How to cook coke can chicken skin
You get your initial flash of heat twice, and thus have to watch for over-done skin twice. Allowing a batch of charcoal to ash out, then starting with a whole new batch of hot coals, is almost like cooking the bird twice. However, I would like to take you to task for the "new batch of charcoal" thing.
It featured a lot of minutiae I intend to work into my process. I've made beer-can turkeys several times in the past, and discovered yours while looking for a refresher. Nothing seems to compliment the flavor of chicken more.
I preferred the ginger-ale (the book has a great recipe that involves fresh ginger with the ginger-ale). I have also tried cooking a chicken over Coke as well as ginger-ale. Obviously you don't want it airtight but I like to shove an onion wedge in there. Lastly, it helps to plug the neck hole to trap, thus recirculating the steam. With a turkey this is gonna take a lot of beer, but with an average sized chicken, I never wind up using more than three cans or so. Secondly, substitute the brine water with more beer.
#How to cook coke can chicken full
It is full flavored without costing as much as a boutique beer. I like to cook with Yuengling Black And Tan. The darker the beer, the richer the flavor. My technique is based on Steve Raichlen's book Beer-Can Chicken: And 74 Other Offbeat Recipes for the Grill.įirst of all, you must use a dark beer. Poultry is a more difficult meat to infuse, however, so there are a few things you can do to stack the can in your favor. Within minutes your whole house will smell like a brewery. As it comes up to a boil you'll notice the smell immediately. Here's a simple experiment that will disprove your theory: Pour a can of beer into a saucepan and put heat to it. Now, does beer steam impart flavor aromatically? I say yes. Smoke until thigh meat reaches 160☏ (71☌)įirst off, welcome to the wonderful world of beercan cooking. Prepare grill for barbequeing with indirect heat Rub spice rub over skin, under skin, inside cavity Even so, the turkey was complimented on its unexpected juiciness and full flavor. Parts of the drumsticks and the wings were a little dry (when compared to the oven roasted turkey) because they stick out while cooking. The giblet pan gravy can be prepared using the beer from the can (after the oil has been removed) instead of the dry white wine from the gravy article. Be careful because the beer can will still be hot and half full of hot liquid (beer and turkey drippings).Ĭarve (a pictorial is included in the Classic Roast Turkey article) and serve with your favorite accompaniments. Using folded paper towels or oven mitts (which you don't mind getting dirty), lift the turkey and pull out the beer can.
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