Can Can Chickens

Name: Can Can Chickens
Cuisine: South Africa
Ingredients: 15 ml olive oil; 1.5 kg whole chicken, giblets removed; 1 x 340 ml can beer; 1 lemon, halved; 45 ml dried herbs; 5 ml salt; 5 ml freshly ground black pepper

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

Africa
South Africa
Main course

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