How To Beer Brine a Whole Chicken

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In this article, I’ll show you how I brine a whole chicken (and I brine nearly every piece of meat I cook from tougher cuts like chicken breast to low-and-slow cuts like beef and pork roasts). You will be the ultimate judge of the flavor.
Why Brine?
Salt is like the Pied Piper and the beer, herbs, and spices are like the children.
First of all, let’s clear this question up. Why brine? Flavor? Juicier meat? Yes and yes! Then comes the question as to how brining creates more flavorful and juicier meats. I will mention osmosis only two times (and that was the first time). If you have a source (the meat or even vegetables) that is low in salt and a source (the brine or soup base) that is higher in salt, the salt will want to move into the area that has less salt. It’s through the magic of chemistry that this movement takes place. One salt molecule can hold on to 9 piggybacking water molecules.
A higher salt solution will cause the salt to “move” toward the area with less salt. With brining, the salt moves into the raw, lower-salt meat and takes a few piggybacking water, beer, and seasoning molecules with it to create a juicier, deep-salted meat. And, in a brine made with beer and salt, a lot of that beer will be infused into that meat through this osmotic movement. Just the same, if you add spices and other ingredients to your beer brine, those flavors will follow the salt into the meat as well.
This podcast is to go hand in hand with the article at beer and Iron dot com. It is meant to be a read-along, listen-as-you-cook, or a listen on the go kind of like an audiobook.
The accompanying article has a printable recipe available. We hope you enjoy beer and iron’s ... How to BEER BRINE a WHOLE CHICKEN Recipe.
ENJOY.
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You sound just like Waddie Mitchell!
It’s like cowboy poetry meets cooking.
Great videos and great style.

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Good friend! You are a motivator indeed. Thank you much!!

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Try a rabbit

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Now there's an idea for sure!