Ale steamed chicken..

[lettucegrow!]

Did anyone see the article on outdoor cooking in yesterdays Times magazine. They showed a recipe for cooking a whole chicken stuffed with herbs and covered in foil cooked perched on a can of Tanglefoot!! Steam from the ale cooks the breast of the bird while the heat from the bbq cooks the lower part. Thought we'd give this a go this afternoon -an outdoor Sunday lunch yum.

[blackkitty]

We have something called a beer bird and its a metal frame that you place your can of beer or cider on with the chicken on top and then cook it in a kettle barbecue. I can definitely recommend the idea, although we don't cover ours in tin foil. what you get is a wonderfully moist slightly smokey flavoured chicken. I can recommend duck cooked with cider as well.

[Two_Sheds]

What a waste of Tanglefoot !
(I'm a veggie)

[bubblewrap]

What a waste of Tanglefoot !
(I'm a veggie)

I'll second that Carling black label would have done just as well.

[murphy99]

its usually called "beer can chicken" there are loads of different variations on the internet and a few books on the subject.

[Alison Adams]

we have a Cobb bbq/oven and I use that to do a rib of beef in a similar way, but with red wine - steaming wine keeps it moist, bbq roasts it perfectly (med-rare), result is the best roast beef Ive ever had. We even did it on Xmas day to go alongside the goose !

[Mustard]

its usually called "beer can chicken" there are loads of different variations on the internet and a few books on the subject.

Such as this, looks really good, might try it next BBQ time