Ginger Ale Can Chicken Recipes

BEER CAN CHICKEN IN THE OVEN

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
• Prepare chicken by removing any giblets, etc, and discard. Rinse the chicken and pat dry.
• Rub the chicken with your oil. Use salt, pepper and dry rub all over the inside and outside of the bird. Set aside.
• Pour 1/3 to 1/2 of your can of beer into the base of the roasting pan.
• Place the beer can directly inside the cavity of the chicken.
• Place your chicken into the oven and roast for one hour and fifteen minutes. Check your temp with a meat thermometer - you'll want to see 180 degrees fahrenheit in the thickest part of the thigh, 165 in the breast (internal).
• Let chicken rest for 10 minutes. You can even make a loose tent over the chicken to create a moisture trap. Carve and serve.

PAM'S GINGERALE CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a frying pan and add chicken. Cook until the chicken starts to brown. Add worcestershire sauce and green onion, and stir. Gradually add gingerale, letting it boil down and brown further. Serve with rice or potatoes and your favorite veggies.

GRILLED GINGER-BEER CHICKEN

Steps:

• Rinse the chicken and pat dry. Toss the ginger with 2 tablespoons salt and 1 teaspoon pepper. Sprinkle half of the mixture on the chicken; reserve the rest. Refrigerate the chicken, uncovered, at least 2 hours.
• Meanwhile, make the sauce: Pour the ginger beer into a wide skillet; cover and bring to a boil. Uncover and cook over high heat until reduced by half, about 30 minutes. Remove from the heat, add the tea bags and steep 10 minutes; discard the tea bags. Add the onion, tomatoes, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar and thyme. Return to high heat and cook, stirring occasionally, until thick, about 50 minutes, using a potato masher to crush the tomatoes during the last 5 minutes. Remove the thyme. Set aside half of the sauce for serving.
• Bring the chicken to room temperature about 30 minutes before grilling. Preheat a grill to medium with indirect heat: On a charcoal grill, bank the coals to one side; on a gas grill, turn off half of the burners.
• Brush the chicken with some of the butter and sprinkle with some of the remaining ground ginger mixture. Place skin-side up on the cooler side of the grill; cover and cook until it starts browning, about 18 minutes, basting with more butter and sprinkling with more ground ginger mixture halfway through. Brush the chicken with a thick layer of sauce. Cover and cook until a thermometer inserted into the thickest part registers 160 degrees F, about 20 minutes, basting with more sauce halfway through.
• Brush the chicken with more butter, then turn skin-side down and place on the hotter side of the grill (over direct heat). Cook, uncovered, until marked, about 2 minutes. Rotate the chicken to make crisscross grill marks and cook 2 more minutes. Transfer to a board and let rest about 10 minutes. Season with salt and serve with the reserved sauce.

GINGER "BEER CAN" CHICKEN WITH GINGER ALE GLAZE

Steps:

• 1. Light one side of grill, heating to 400 - 475 degrees (medium high to high) heat; leave other side unlit, placing disposable baking pan under grill grate. Stir together salt and next 5 ingredients; sprinkle mixture inside cavity and on outside of each chicken.
• 2. Reserve just 3/4 cup ginger ale from each can to put toward the 2 cups needed in the glaze. Place chickens upright onto each can, fitting can into cavity. Pull legs forward to form a tripod.
• 3. Pour water to a depth of 1 inch into disposable pan. Place chickens upright on unlit side of grill above pan. Grill, covered with grill lid, - rotating chickens occasionally, 1 hour 20 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes or until golden and a meat thermometer, inserted in thickest portion, registers 165 degrees. Let stand 10 minutes. Remove chicken from cans, and carve. Serve with Ginger Glaze.
• 4. To make the glaze, stir 2 cups ginger ale or ginger beer, 2 tbsp. light brown sugar, 2 tsp. fresh grated ginger and 1/8 tsp. ground red pepper together in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat; reduce heat to medium, and cook (stirring occasionally)15-20 minutes or until reduced to about 1/4 cup.