Chicken: Chipotle Beer Can

Chipotle Beer Can Chicken grilled by AJ, aka "Meat Coffin". You've never had chicken on the grill that tasted this good. If you say you have, we will call you a liar and break your toes, all of them.
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Recipe:
1. Blend:
7oz can of chipotle peppers in adobo
juice of 4 limes
8-10 cloves of garlic
salt and pepper to taste
3-4 fresh chopped jalepeno peppers
1tbsp cumin
1 cup chopped cilantro
half a cup of chopped red onion

2. take one whole chicken (around 5 lbs), rinse and pat dry. Rub the whole chicken with some olive oil, just enough to coat it. Separate the skin from the meat by running your fingers in between the skin and meat, being careful not to tear the skin up (this helps the skin crisp up better when cooking).

3. Spread the blended marinade all over the outside of the chicken, between the skin and meat, and in the cavity. Place in a Ziploc bag and marinade in fridge overnight.

4. Once coals are red hot in a chimney, spread around the outside of a Weber, leaving no coals directly in the center, under where the chicken will be placed.

5. Take chicken out and pat dry the skin.

6. Place a half empty beer can (whatever kind is good to chug half of, go cheap, it makes no difference in flavor, especially not with this marinade) in the cavity of the chicken and prop in the center of the grill like a tri-pod consisting of both legs and the can.

7. Cover grill, leaving all vents open.

8. Check every 30 min to make sure bird is cooking evenly. Meat will get done early, but fat needs to melt out of skin and will keep meat moist by basting it as it melts out. Bird will be ready to go in about 2 hours, the skin should be crispy to the point that it seems almost hard.

9. Pull the bird off and enjoy; the bones should easily pull out.

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[chinxx7]

thank god i have redneck friends who introduced me to beer can chiken <3 i fell in love with it

[strongbad73]

@jesgonzal butter it up before u put anything on it but im not sure what to tell u if u marinate it in sauce. i use dry rub. i also use old bay mixed in the beer.

[Ivoryticklermama]

I like y'all and I like this....I am gonna try it. Thank you for posting.... Have a mighty fine day.

~Queen Joan~~louisiana bayou

[jesgonzal]

I have bbqd beer can chicken a couple of times and no doubt it is the best tasting, most tender/juiciest, chicken there is. However, the skin was chewy/leathery. I wonder how I can get it crispy/crunchy.

[ThisReallyIsNotDavid]

Woah, that looks pretty damn delicious.

:D