Smoked Beer Can Chicken
Tender and juicy whole chicken that is perfectly seasoned, smoked on your pellet grill. The Cookinpellets.com 100% Black Cherry pellets infuse a light sweet smoky flavor that pairs wonderfully with the beer can chicken. This easy recipe is great for dinner or game day!
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Ingredients
- whole chicken
- olive oil
- Seasoning of Your Choice We used PS Seasonings Cock-A-Doodle Brew beer can chicken rub
- Beer of Your Choice We used Busch Light Apple
- Beer Can Holder Optional
- Cookinpellets 100% Black Cherry Pellets
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Instructions
Prep
- Remove chicken from packaging and pat dry.
- Remove giblets and anything else from inside the cavity of the chicken.
- Apply a light coating of olive oil all over the chicken.
- Season the chicken with the seasoning of your choice.
- Put your chicken on the beer can chicken holder.
- Tuck the wings behind the chicken.
- Apply rub to touch up any spots that were messed up when putting the chicken on the beer can chicken holder.
Cooking
- Fill the hopper on your pellet grill with Cookinpellets.com 100% Black Cherry Pellets.
- Set the smoker to 325º.
- Once the smoker is to temp, put your chicken in the smoker.
- Smoke your beer can chicken until it reaches an internal temperature of 165º F in the thickest part of the chicken breast (Approximately 1.5-2 hours).
- Once the chicken reaches 165º F in the thickest part of the breast, remove it from the smoker and let it rest for 10 minutes.
- After the chicken has rested, remove the chicken from the beer can chicken holder and carve the chicken.
- Eat and enjoy!!!
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