{"id":3768,"date":"2009-02-22T21:07:57","date_gmt":"2009-02-23T01:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=3768"},"modified":"2009-02-23T14:20:49","modified_gmt":"2009-02-23T18:20:49","slug":"february-22nd-2009-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2009\/02\/february-22nd-2009-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"February 22nd, 2009: Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi guys!\u00a0 Scott and I braved the elements and got Rocky walked.\u00a0 It was nasty outside.\u00a0 Windy and snow changing to rain and then back to snow again.\u00a0 It’s been doing that most of the day.\u00a0 When I took Rocky out after dinner, the deck was covered in snow with a layer of ice under it.\u00a0 Loverly.\u00a0 So glad I decided on a summertime dinner theme!\u00a0 And it was a first for me and I admit I was a little nervous.<\/p>\n

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beer can chicken <\/p><\/div>\n

Beer can chicken! Doesn’t it look funny sitting like that?\u00a0 Well Scott and I don’t drink beer from a can so it’s actually a pop can that I put beer in.\u00a0 We have 7up at the house in case we have someone over who drinks pop.\u00a0 I dumped out the 7up and filled the can half way with Killian’s.\u00a0 The chicken also had a nice rub on it that it got to know all day long in the fridge.\u00a0 In the bottom of the roasting pan was a little more beer, chicken stock, and some buffalo sauce.\u00a0 And carrots, celery, and a jalapeno just for an added kick.<\/p>\n

For some odd reason I had visions of the can exploding and chicken flying all over the oven.\u00a0 I have no idea why I was nervous about making this!\u00a0 Nothing exploded and the chicken smelled awesome as it was roasting.\u00a0 Allowing the chicken to roast this way means every bit of it gets crispy golden brown.\u00a0 The smell even woke Scott up from his nap! :p<\/p>\n

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dinner time <\/p><\/div>\n

To keep the summer theme going, we had baked beans on the side that I added some limas to for extra bean kick.\u00a0 And some homemade coleslaw.\u00a0 YUM!\u00a0 The chicken was really moist from the beer steam which I was pleasantly surprised by.\u00a0 I didn’t brine the bird first and I was worried it was going to be dry.\u00a0 Not so, and it was very tender resulting in it being super tasty.<\/p>\n

While the chicken was roasting I had three 7 grain pretzel sticks and some raisins with seltzer. I forgot to download the picture though so you’ll just have to imagine it. :p<\/p>\n

Now I’m off to relax on the couch with my hunnies for the rest of the night.\u00a0 Hope you had a great weekend!<\/p>\n

\"Beer

Beer can chicken, you say? Chicken on a beer can? <\/p><\/div>\n

Gotta respect the garden gnome jammies!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi guys!\u00a0 Scott and I braved the elements and got Rocky walked.\u00a0 It was nasty outside.\u00a0 Windy and snow changing to rain and then back to snow again.\u00a0 It’s been doing that most of the day.\u00a0 When I took Rocky out after dinner, the deck was covered in snow with a layer of ice under […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KYWa-YM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3768"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3768\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}