Recipe For Cooking Dancing Lemonade Chicken

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Dancing Lemonade Chicken

1 Tbsp. lemonade powder
1 Tbsp. brown sugar
1 Tbsp. paprika
2 tea. hickory-smoked salt
1 tea. lemon pepper
1 tea. garlic powder
1 tea. onion powder
1/4 tea. celery seed
1 (12 oz.) can lemonade
1 (3 1/2 to 4 lb.) chicken
2 tea. canola oil

Mix together lemonade powder, brown sugar, paprika, hickory salt, lemon pepper, garlic and onion powders and celery seed in a sm. bowl.

Open the lemonade can, pour out half and reserve for the Lemonade-Mustard Sauce. Make two additional holes in the top of the can.

Remove the giblets; remove and discard the fat just inside the body and neck cavities. Rinse the chicken, inside and out, under cold running water and then drain and blot dry with paper towels. Sprinkle 1 tea. of the rub inside the body cavity and 1/2 tea. inside the neck cavity. Drizzle the oil over the outside of the chicken and rub it all over the skin. Sprinkle the outside of the chicken with 1 Tbsp. rub mix. Set aside 2 tea. of rub for the sauce. Spoon the remaining rub into the lemonade can.

Put the can in a shallow roasting pan. Lower the bird over the can so the can fits into the body cavity. Tuck the tips of the wings behind the chicken\s back. Roast at 350 degrees for 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours. Allow chicken to rest five min. before lifting the chicken off the can. Serve with Lemonade-Mustard Sauce.

Lemonade-Mustard Sauce
1 Tbsp. butter
2 or 3 shallots, or 1 sm. onion, finely chopped (about 1/2 C.)
3/4 C. lemonade
1/2 C. firmly packed light brown sugar
6 Tbsp. Dijon mustard
3 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice, or more to taste
1/2 tea. grated fresh lemon zest
Coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper

Melt the butter in a heavy saucepan over med. heat. Add the shallots and cook until just beginning to brown, about 4 min.

Add the lemonade, raise the heat to high, and boil until reduced to 2 Tbsp. (about 5 min.). Stir in the brown sugar, mustard, lemon juice and lemon zest. Lower the heat to med. and let the sauce simmer until thick, about 5 min., whisking occasionally. Taste for seasoning, adding salt, pepper and more lemon juice to taste.

Serve with Dancing Lemonade Chicken.