Sitting on the Can

Don't forget to grease the can with some cooking spray or you'll never get it out


Quiet weekend at Chez Phos. Watched the shuttle and space station pass over, did a beer can chicken, and puttered around the house.

I’ve grilled beer can chickens before, but I soaked this one in brine first. It came out very moist and had lots of flavor. I used the brine recipe from one of the specials on Food TV. There are a lot of great recipes on their website. Here is the brine:


Brine:
2 cups water
1 (12-ounce) bottle light bodied beer
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
3 tablespoons coarse sea salt
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 (2 1/2-gallon) plastic re-sealable bag
2 whole chickens

For the brine: Combine water, beer, brown sugar, salt, and lemon
juice in large mixing bowl. Stir until salt and sugar dissolve. Pour
mixture into plastic bag. Add chicken and seal bag, remove as much
air as possible. Refrigerate overnight, turning occasionally.
For the beer: Pour out 1/4 of beer. Add 1 tablespoon of lemon pepper
to each beer.

I did wind up modifying the brine a bit – I only had one chicken, but found the amount of brine wasn’t sufficient to cover the whole bird. This would result in a very salty chicken. I added one more bottle of beer, used a Rubbermaid covered bowl instead of a bag and used a small plate to hold the chicken under the brining solution. It came out great.

Forced to use a soda can, but used beer, lemon juice and added ground pepper, & basil leaves

I took a picture of the moon while shuttle watching the night before and even with my little Powershot it came out pretty nice. I was trying to capture the halo effect from the high cirrus we had that night. Tonight was severe clear again, still no rain.


Hope you all had a great weekend!!