Black Pepper Beer Roasted Chicken

Ingredients

1 whole chicken
1 lime
1/2 can beer
1 tablespoon sea salt
1 cup water
1 tablespoon ground black pepper

Method


Preheat the oven to 175 degrees C
Season the chicken inside and out with salt and black pepper. Squeeze the juice from the lime over the whole chicken. Set the half full beer can in the center of a roasting pan or baking dish, and place the chicken over it in an upright position with the beer can inserted into the cavity. Pour water into the bottom of the pan and wrap chicken with aluminium foil and place roasting pan into the oven.
Roast the chicken for about 1 1/2 hours in the preheated oven, removing foil during the last 20 minutes. Baste occasionally with the drippings.Let the chicken rest for about 10 minutes before serving.Chop chicken into bite size and serve hot.