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roasting pan with cooked whole chicken on a beer can with limes and cilantro
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Cilantro Lime Beer Can Chicken

This juicy cilantro lime beer can chicken taste even better than that store bought rotisserie chicken and only takes a little over an hour to cook.
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Keyword chicken dinner, cilantro lime beer can chicken, oven chicken
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 828kcal

Ingredients

  • 5 lb whole chicken
  • 1 can of lime flavored beer
  • 3 limes
  • 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
  • 2 TBSP softened butter
  • 1 TBSP olive oil

Seasoning

  • 3 TSP salt
  • 2 TSP garlic powder
  • 1 TSP chili powder
  • 1 TSP paprika
  • 1/2 TSP pepper
  • 1/4 TSP cayenne pepper
  • 1/2 TSP cumin

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 425 degrees and move rack to the third of the bottom row
  • Take the insides out of the chicken and pat dry with paper towels
  • In a small bowl add salt, garlic powder, paprika, cumin, cayenne pepper, pepper, and chili pepper and mix together and set aside
  • Add 1/4 of the seasoning mixture to softened butter and mix together well
  • Rub the butter mixture on the chicken under the skin on both sides
  • Next add the cilantro under the skin of the chicken on both sides
  • Slice the limes in rounds and slide them under the skin
  • Take half of the olive oil and rub it on one side of the chicken skin, then rub with half of the seasoning
  • Repeat with the other side of the chicken
  • Open the beer pour out a couple sips and punch extra holes in the top of the can with a knife and place the can in the middle of a baking pan
  • Place the chicken over the beer can where the can is sitting up straight. Carefully place the chicken in the oven for a hour and 20 minutes
  • When finished carefully pull the can out from the chicken and cut and serve

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Notes

  • If using a frozen chicken be sure it is defrosted before cooking. Sometimes the outside looks defrosted, but then the inside will be frozen.
  • Do not skip patting dry the chicken before seasoning. You want the seasoning to stick and any extra fluid from the chicken will prevent this.
  • Be careful when stuffing the limes and cilantro under the skin because you don't want to rip the skin
  • Don't try and grab the can with your bare hands after it has been in the oven for over an hour. Either lift the chicken off the can or use tongs to remove the can
  • Let the chicken rest for 20 minutes before slicing into it

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 828kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 61g | Fat: 58g | Saturated Fat: 18g | Cholesterol: 260mg | Sodium: 1159mg | Potassium: 688mg | Fiber: 1g | Vitamin A: 1085IU | Vitamin C: 20.4mg | Calcium: 53mg | Iron: 3.4mg