The Best Beer Can Chicken Recipes

Slideshow: Grilled Chicken

Cooking Guide:
Chicken

Propping a whole chicken on an open can of beer and slow-roasting it on the grill may seem a bit wacky, but the result is incredible.

“I don’t care if you’re sophisticated, with a boatload of money,” says Thomas Keller, “roasted chicken makes you feel wonderful.”

After grilling Kerry Simon’s steak, you can use the hot coals to smoke this chicken or set up a new fire, as in this recipe.

Kevin O’Connor, former wine director at Spago restaurant in Beverly Hills, roasts chicken with white wine, whole garlic cloves and plenty of herbs; then he takes some of the fragrant juices left in the pan and mixes them into sautéed morel mushrooms and a lush vinaigrette for watercress.