Beer Butt Chicken

By susanwadle

From Janet Fremont - source unknown

Ingredients

• 4-5 pound chicken
• 1 tsp dry mustard
• 1 T sea salt
• 1 tsp brown sugar
• 1/4 tsp pepper
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp onion powder
• Basting Spray
• 1/2 Can Beer
• 2 cups cider
• 2 T olive oil
• 2 T balsamic vinegar

Preparation

Step 1

Mix dry ingredients and rub into chicken inside and out.

Open beer and pour ½ into basting spray and mix with other spray ingredients into spray bottle.

Insert beer can into chicken and rest on grill . Cook for about 2 hours over medium hot grill. Spritz chicken with the basting spray while cooking. When done carefully lift bird off the grill and with an oven mitt on remove the can.

Let chicken rest 10 minutes covered then carve and serve.