How to BBQ Bean Can Chicken | Recipe

bbq sauce

🥗Healthier: homemade tomato sauce

💰Cheaper: ketchup

Homemade sauce can reduce sugar and calories.

whole chicken

🥗Healthier: cornish hens

💰Cheaper: chicken thighs

Cornish hens are smaller and can be more flavorful.

Prepare the grill with two zones of charcoal for indirect cooking.

Remove the labels and glue from the cans of baked beans.

Drain some liquid from the cans and add dry mustard, molasses, maple rub, chopped onions, and cooked bacon to the beans.

Preheat the beans over direct coals for a bit.

Rub the chickens with olive oil and maple rub.

Fit each chicken over a can of beans on the grill.

Cover the grill and cook at 350°F for about 1.5 hours.

Baste the chickens with BBQ sauce for the last 45 minutes of cooking.

Check the internal temperature of the chicken, aiming for 170°F.

Remove the chicken from the grill and let it rest before serving.

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