Beer-Brined Chicken. Beer-Brined Chicken

You can cook Beer-Brined Chicken using 11 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Beer-Brined Chicken
  1. You need 4 cup of water.
  2. You need 3 cup of stout or dark beer.
  3. Prepare 2 cup of apple juice.
  4. Prepare 1/2 cup of salt.
  5. You need 1/2 cup of light brown sugar.
  6. You need 1 tsp of paprika.
  7. It’s 1 each of sprig fresh rosemary and 1 tablespoon chopped.
  8. Prepare 1 each of bay leaf.
  9. Prepare 1 each of whole chicken 3.5 to 5lbs.
  10. It’s 1/4 tsp of black pepper.
  11. You need 1/2 stick of melted butter.
Beer-Brined Chicken instructions

  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..