Ingredients:
1 can of beer
1 7-10lbs chicken
1 lb. thick-cut maple smoked bacon
1 injector with needle
⅓ cup olive oil
1 Italian salad dressing
1/3 tsp. Kosher salt
1/2lb. Brussels sprout
2 banana
1/8 cup sugar and 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
Small bunch of rosemary
1 delicious bourbon glass
1– Using an injection needle/syringe inject Italian dressing in the different parts of the chicken
2– Turn on Forno de Pizza oven gas burner and place 3-4 pieces of debarked oak and heat up oven 20-30 minutes. Once the wood has turned into coals move coal to the middle of the oven to heat up the hearthstone. Your continuous target temp is 350 degrees.
3– In the meantime continue to season the chicken by rubbing dried Italian herbs and kosher salt on the skin.
4– Use 1/2 of warm beer can place it on the beer chicken holder.
5– Place seasoned chicken in the holder
6– Use half a pound of bacon and cover the top of the chicken, laying it flat, covering the entire area, place the chicken in a skillet pan, and pour the remaining beer in the skillet.
7– It should bake for an initial 30 minutes, then remove from the oven and check with an internal probe thermometer. Turn chicken in pan, cover the top with aluminum foil and bake it for another 30 minutes. After the last 30 minutes, temp should be around 180 degrees. Let it rest for 10 minutes prior to cutting
8– Disposal of remaining skillet juices and place skillet back in the oven.
9– Cut remaining bacon into bits
10– Once the skillet is hot add tbsp. of olive oil and adds the other half pound of bacon bits
11– Cut 1/2 lbs. of Brussels sprout in halves and add to skillet( leave all the bacon grease in the skillet)
12– Once Brussels sprouts are slightly brown remove them from heat
13– Using the residual heat from the oven place 3 bourbon-infused bananas on the hearth– do not remove the peel
14– Once bananas are black on the outside and the caramelized banana juices start to escape, remove them from the hearth
15– Place one scoop of vanilla bean ice cream on the dish, cut banana, and place on top of icecream , sprinkle sugar and cinnamon, garnish with a couple of rosemary leaves.
Enjoy!
