Beer-Brined Chicken in the Big Easy Oil-Less Fryer

September 23, 2019 0 Comments

Today's recipe is for Beer-Brined Chicken in the Big Easy Oil-Less Fryer. Brining always helps make chicken juicy and beer has tenderizing tendencies.

Beer-Brined Chicken in the Big Easy Oil-Less Fryer

Recipe Ingredients

  • 48 oz water
  • 1 cup Kosher salt
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup orange juice
  • 4, 12 oz. bottles Blue Moon Belgian White Beer 
  • Approximately 20 cloves
  • 1 chicken
  • Duck fat in a can (helps to make the chicken skin crispy)
  • 1 - 1.5 tsp Dried rosemary
  • 1 - 1.5 tsp Black pepper
  • 1 tsp Saffron salt (or Kosher salt)

Making the Beer Brine

Recipe Instructions

  1. Mix water, orange juice, salt and sugar in a large non-metallic pot until salt and sugar are fully dissolved.
  2. Add the beer and cloves, stir and then add the chicken.
  3. Place a lid on the pot and refigerate the chicken over night.
  4. The next day, discard the beer brine and use paper towels to wipe any excess salt from the surface of the chicken.
  5. Spray the chicken with duck fat oil as a binder. 
  6. Season all sides with the rosemary, salt and pepper.
  7. Place the chicken in the Big Easy basket and then put in the pre-heated Big Easy Oil-Less Fryer on high heat.
  8. Cook the chicken until the thick part of the breast is 165 degrees F or 170 - 175 F in the thigh. Total cook time for a chicken in the Big Easy is ususally 2 hours plus or minus. More importantly cook the chicken until the safe internal temperatures are achieved.
  9. Remove the chicken from the basket and serve!





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