CampRecipes Classic Archive
This recipe is part of the CampRecipes Classic Recipe Archive. It was originally submitted to the CampRecipes community and is preserved as historical outdoor cooking content. Some formatting, ingredient wording, or cooking guidance may reflect the original submission.
Because these are preserved vintage recipes, they have not been reviewed for modern allergen labeling, nutrition accuracy, food-safety guidance, or current outdoor-cooking best practices. Please review the ingredients carefully, use safe food handling, and adapt the recipe as needed for your equipment, location, dietary needs, and current fire restrictions.
Original Date: 2011-06-28
Serves: 3-4
Prep Time: 30-60m
Difficulty: easy
Backpacking: No
Ingredients
- 1 whole chicken
- 12 oz can of beer
- McCormick bbq seasoning
- butter softened
- aluminum foil
Instructions
Clean chicken (remove giblet bag and rinse).
Pat chicken dry with paper towel, smear with butter.
Generously coat in seasoning.
Plase two pieces of foil large enough to wrap chicken in a cross pattern.
Drink 1/2 of beer and set remaining half in the center of the foil.
Place chicken upright onto the open beer can (it should look like its squatting).
Wrap tightly with foil.
Scoot the fire around till the coals are in front and the direct heat is in back.
Place chicken upright directly into coals.
Cook for 45 min then turn chicken so the other side is facing fire; cook for 30 min. Check temp to see if chicken is cooked.
If not done, re-wrap and let cook longer, checking at 15 min intervals.
USE FIRE RESISTANT GLOVES OR LONG TONGS WHEN CHECKING AND TURNING CHICKEN.
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