Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, beer can turkey. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Carefully lower turkey onto beer can, legs down. Adjust turkey legs so it stands vertical stably. Steven Raichlen's beer can turkey is a great alternative to try at Thanksgiving.

Beer Can Turkey is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look wonderful. Beer Can Turkey is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have beer can turkey using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Beer Can Turkey:

1. Get 1 Turkey
2. Take 14 oz can of beer (like Guinness)
3. Make ready 5 oz Savory dried herb mix (e.g. tarragon, rosemary, sage, parsley, thyme)
4. Make ready 1/2 tbsp fresh ground pepper
5. Get 1/3 oz fresh ground salt
6. Take 1 tsp cayenne pepper
7. Get honey
8. Make ready olive oil

In order to prepare beer can turkey, a beer can is necessary. See more ideas about Beer can turkey, Beer can, Turkey. Make the absolute best Thanksgiving turkey this year with this beer can turkey recipe. Open the beer and pour a couple of tablespoons out.

Instructions to make Beer Can Turkey:

1. Prep the turkey by removing the innards and tucking back the wings. Pat it dry so the rub will stick to it.
2. Mix the spices with the honey and oil until it is a well mixed paste but not too stiff or too runny
3. Take your beer can and remove the entire lid and the nitro ball. You can also mix some of the spices into the can too. Slide the turkey around the can, using the legs and can as a tripod to keep it upright.
4. Plaster them seasonings all over your bird
5. Layer some foil around dat bird and stick it in the oven at 400 for 8 minutes, then lower it to 325 and cook about 2.5 hours. Remove the foil the last 30 minutes to brown the skin up.
6. Grind up the giblets and turkey juices with the remaining beer and some flour to make your gravy. Mmmmmmm!

Place the beer can in an aluminum roasting pan, then place the turkey over the beer can. Use the turkey's legs as a tripod to keep the bird steady. Once you've loosened the skin of the turkey and rubbed your butter mixture underneath, simply place the turkey cavity (legs side down) on top of your beer can. Has anyone ever done a beer-can turkey? Like maybe a big can like a Foster's?

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