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beer-can chicken

beer-can chicken noun: a cooked dish made by standing a prepared chicken upright on a partially filled can of beer and cooking it slowly in a barbecue or oven, so that the beer evaporates and permeates the meat.

beer-can chicken: a cooked dish made by standing a prepared chicken upright on a partially filled can of beer and...
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Noun

beer-can chicken (uncountable)

  1. (US) A cooked dish made by standing a prepared chicken upright on a partially filled can of beer and cooking it slowly in a barbecue or oven, so that the beer evaporates and permeates the meat.

Synonyms of beer-can chicken

Questions about beer-can chicken

What does beer-can chicken mean?
Beer-can chicken means a cooked dish made by standing a prepared chicken upright on a partially filled can of beer and cooking it slowly in a barbecue or oven, so that the beer evaporates and permeates the meat.
What part of speech is beer-can chicken?
Beer-can chicken is a noun.

Words near beer-can chicken in the dictionary

  1. beer-bottle
  2. beer-bottles
  3. beer-bust
  4. beer-busts
  5. beer-butt chicken
  6. beer-can chicken
  7. beer-glass
  8. beer-glasses
  9. beer-gut
  10. beer-guts
  11. Beer-Lambert law

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