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One Chicken Serves Two

Preparation: Wash whole chicken removing any neckpieces or giblet packages. In large bowl prepare a brine: 1/4 cup of sea salt, 1/4 cup brown sugar, teaspoon thyme, teaspoon ground rosemary, teaspoon sage. Pour 2 cups of hot water; stir until salt and sugar are completely dissolved. Place washed chicken into bowl and top with enough cold water to submerge it completely. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and place in fridge for no less than 4 and up to 24 hours.

INGREDIENTS

1 small to medium fresh Chicken

1 can of beer

Bunch of Fresh Herb of Choice (Recommend 5 sprigs of fresh Thyme, bruised)

2 cloves garlic with skin on, smashed to release oil

1 cup of your favourite Barbecue or Basting Sauce. The choice is yours. Be creative and don't be afraid to experiment with your sauce ingredients.

DIRECTIONS:
To cook chicken on the barbecue, you would use the "Indirect Heat Method" of cooking. Ignite only one side of your barbecue leaving the other side off. With the cover down allow barbecue to reach 300 degrees (Medium High).

Using a can opener, cut the top off the can of beer. Place the herbs and whole cloves of garlic into the can. Place entire chicken over the beer can and position so the whole chicken is able to stand upright.

Place chicken on a drip tray and place on the side of your barbecue that is not ignited. Put the barbecue lid down for 15 minutes, then open and complete your first sauce baste, covering your chicken completely. Close the lid, turn your heat side down to Medium and continue cooking at 250 degrees. Every 15 minuets turn chicken one-quarter rotation and complete another light basting with your sauce. Cook for 1.5 to 2 hours until the internal temperature of your chicken reaches 165 degrees.

If using a conventional oven, preheat to 250 degrees and cook using the same basting and rotation techniques as described above.

Smoke Option:

Make 2-foil pouches, 6" square, of wet hickory wood chips. Place one pouch on the heated side of your barbeque and replace with the second one after one hour of cooking.