How to Cook a Chicken With Beer

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Make the brine: Mix together 4-6 cups of water

   Place the chicken in the container, breasts side down, and baste it with the surrounding brine.
   
   Put the container in the fridge and forget about it. (baste it once in a while) , (If you choose to use the same container to cook the chicken, rinse and wash it before reusing it.) Rinse the chicken thoroughly, inside and out. ,, Allow the potatoes and carrots to soak up the caramelized onion flavor and mix all three vegetables. , Finally, take some soft butter and rub it over the chicken’s breast and thighs.
   
   Pour half a bottle of beer on the chicken. , Put the chicken in.
   
   Check on it once in a while.
   
   Sometimes basting it with its own juices, sometimes adding more beer. ,
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   Step 2: ½ cup (and some pinches) of salt

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   Step 3: ½ cup (and some pinches) of brown sugar

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   Step 4: ½ a beer bottle of beer

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   Step 5: generous pinch of onion powder

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   Step 6: smaller pinch of garlic powder.

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   Step 7: Rinse the chicken under clear tap water.

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   Step 8: Mix all ingredients in a container large enough to accommodate the whole chicken.

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   Step 9: Take the chicken out of the brine and dispose of the liquid.

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    Step 10: To complement the chicken

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    Step 11: cut half an onion and caramelize it by sautéing lightly in a pan with some butter till it turns a pale brown.

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    Step 12: Take the onions out of the pan

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    Step 13: put in a bit of butter and add cut potatoes and carrots.

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    Step 14: Use half of it as chicken stuffing

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    Step 15: spread the other half under and around the chicken.

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    Step 16: Preheat the oven the 350 Fahrenheit.

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    Step 17: Finished.

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