Can Can Chickens

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Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Braai the Beloved Country

By Jean Nel

Published 2014

  • About

Beer keeps the meat moist during cooking and adds a wonderful flavour. The bird is crispy on the outside and succulent on the inside.

Ingredients

  • 1 lemon, halved
  • 45 ml dried herbs
  • 5 ml salt

Method

Squeeze half a lemon into a small bowl and add the dried herbs, salt and pepper and olive oil. Rub the dried herb mixture onto the inside and outside of the chicken. Insert the fresh herbs and the other half of the lemon into the cavity of the chicken.

Drink a third of the beer. Place the chicken over the can of beer. The chicken should sit upright and the drumsticks should point downwa