Apple Harvest Cider-Can Chicken

Name: Apple Harvest Cider-Can Chicken
Yield: Serves 4 to 6 (Makes 2 chickens)
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons, packed light brown sugar; 2 tablespoons, paprika; 1 tablespoon, table salt; 1 tablespoon, ground black pepper; 1/4 teaspoon, ground cinnamon; 1/4 teaspoon, ground cloves; 2 tablespoons, maple syrup; 2 tablespoons, ketchup; 2 tablespoons, cider vinegar; 2 tablespoons, apple cider; 1 teaspoon, hot sauce; 1 cup, apple cider; 1/4 teaspoon, ground cinnamon; 1/4 teaspoon, ground cloves; 6 pounds, whole chickens (2 total whole chickens, each 3 pounds), patted dry; 4 cups, wood chips

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Appears in Cook's Country August/September 2005

Main Courses

Chicken

Grilling & Barbecue

Don't want to use beer? Try flavoring the chicken with the warm flavors of apple cider, cinnamon, and cloves instead.

SERVES4 to 6 (Makes 2 chickens)

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Based on a classic of the barbecue circuit, Apple Harbest Cider-Can Chicken involves resting a whole chicken upright on a can of beer and grill-roasting it. We lanced the chicken’s skin with a skewer to make holes from which rendering fat c...

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