Acadia's Cherry Sherry "beer Can" Chicken

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 (4 1/2-5 lb) whole frying chicken
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon thyme (dry)
• 1 teaspoon savory (dry)
• 1 tablespoon basil (dry)
• 1 tablespoon parsley (dry)
• 1/2 cup cherry soda
• 1/4 cup sherry wine (sweet)

Recipe

• 1 preheat grill on high. (i use gas).
• 2 remove parts from breast cavity and discard.
• 3 pour soda out of can into a glass. then poor 1/2 cup of soda along with sherry wine back into the can.
• 4 mix olive oil, thyme, savory, basil and parsley together and rub all over chicken.
• 5 place the chicken on the soda can so the can is in the breast cavity right side up.
• 6 place the chicken & soda can in a foil pan inside the grill. (since i have a small grill, i use aluminum foil to cover the top of the chicken so it doesn't hit the top of the lid.).
• 7 reduce the heat to medium and cook the chicken for 1-1/2 hours or until when inserting a thermometer in to the thigh meat, it reads 165 degrees f.
• 8 remove from grill, plus remove soda can and allow the chicken to rest for 15-20 minutes.
• 9 the juices will be red from the cherry soda.