Beer-Brined Chicken

Name: Beer-Brined Chicken
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 cup water; 3 cup stout or dark beer; 2 cup apple juice; 1/2 cup salt; 1/2 cup light brown sugar; 1 tsp paprika; 1 each sprig fresh rosemary and 1 tablespoon chopped; 1 each bay leaf; 1 each whole chicken 3.5 to 5lbs; 1/4 tsp black pepper; 1/2 stick melted butter

Jim @cook_3956311

Pendleton, Oregon

I love beer and I love chicken! Why not put them together? You won't regret it!

Jim @cook_3956311

Pendleton, Oregon

I love beer and I love chicken! Why not put them together? You won't regret it!

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Ingredients

1 hour

4 servings

4 cupwater
3 cupstout or dark beer
2 cupapple juice
1/2 cupsalt
1/2 cuplight brown sugar
1 tsppaprika
1 eachsprig fresh rosemary and 1 tablespoon chopped
1 eachbay leaf
1 eachwhole chicken 3.5 to 5lbs
1/4 tspblack pepper
1/2 stickmelted butter

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Steps

1 hour

1

Combine water, beer, apple juice, 1/2 cup salt, brown sugar, paprika, rosemary sprig and bay leaf in large Dutch oven. Stir until salt and sugar are dissolved. Add chicken cover refrigerate 2 to 4 hours.
2

Preheat oven to 425°F. Remove chicken from brine, pat dry. Tie drum sticks together to maintain best shape. Place on rack in roasting pan. Cover loosely with foil bake 45 minutes.
3

Remove foil. Combine butter 1 tablespoon of chopped for rosemary remaining half teaspoon of salt and pepper in a small bowl brush over chicken. Big 15 to 20 minutes or until cooked through. Remove chicken to cutting board cover loosely with foil let stand 10 minutes before cutting into pieces.