Before I get on to dinner – thanks to everyone who responded to my previous BSI post – I am glad that everyone seems to be in my side! That being said, maybe its just easiest to cut and paste this post, adding the next weeks host to the top of the list for that week – does that make sense?! And the prize you win is simply token – a loaf of homemade bread – whatever seems appropriate for that weeks host. We don’t need to be breaking the bank or anything!
Tonight’s dinner was an easy decision since my local grocery store and whole chickens on sale for .59 cents a pound. This baby cost all of $2.86 cents! I always put herbs in my beer can to infuse just a bit of extra flavor:
Tony added soaked hickory wood to the grill – a very smokey grill was created – but look at how crispy (believe me, this is not burnt) our chicky is – and look how the leg is falling off its so tender!
On the side I made garlic green beans. Only one problem – the outside of these beans are not edible! They were from my CSA, and Tony discovered that the inside beans were really good!
The only hard part about beer can chicken – getting it off the can! Hannah held the “legs” and I pulled it off:
My plate was 3 ounces breast meat, the chicken wing with skin, the inside of the beans! and a cup of quinoa.
It was the perfect magazine day at my house! Tony got Popular Science, Hannah got Entertainment Weekly and I got Wine Spectator. They have a series of articles about Julia Child. One is about her, and then several other chefs who were influenced by her. I love this picture – Food Network at its beginning!
But in particular was
we made beer butt chicken last weekend! so good 🙂
Wow that chicken looks so crispy and delicious!
oh and i sent you a friend request too on FB! : )
i definitely want to see that movie, it looks like fun!
i think the chicken has something stuck up his butt.. ; )lol that is so cool though- think i could do that with fish and margarita mix? lol
Julia was the best, no one can top her. The chicken looks wonderful!
That looks great! The black and white picture is too funny. Reminds me of when I cook and all my little & big kids are standing around waiting for it to be done!
Hehehe, that chicken cracks me up too. And I LOVE that picture! Thank you for sharing it. Definitely bookmarked 🙂
I love that picture! How funny to see them all crouching down. I was watching a show on Food Network and Mario Batali was saying that when he first started there wasn’t even an oven. He was told to bend down and put the pan on a shelf and then kick the baseboard of the counter to sound as if he’d closed the door! hehe
Oh, the movie is great, I just wrote a post about it 🙂
Your beer chicken looks fearless and amazing!
Too bad the beans were inedible, they look super yummy!