Mmmmmmmmm. Yes, the carne asada seasoning works just fine on beer can chicken.

The last time I was at a Mexican restaurant, I had the carne asada, a wonderful seasoned steak. When in the grocery store a day or two later, I saw Chef Merito carne asada seasoning in the Latino foods aisle and bought it. I tried it on beef and it was good.

Well, tonight I had a chicken and planned to make beer can chicken (in the oven, not on the grill). I love cooking beer can chicken, and it’s a great Friday project because I can eat leftover chicken all weekend.

When you make beer can chicken, you generally use a dry seasoning, and I started to wonder what it would be like to use the carne asada seasoning, not on carne, but on pollo. Yes, it’s labeled as being for red meat. (I see on the web site that the same company makes a chicken seasoning, which I don’t recall seeing at the grocery.) But I felt like the flavor of the seasoning would be just as good on chicken. Call me a rebel, but don’t call me late for supper.

I am now watching the digital readout of my probe thermometer with great anticipation, waiting for it to get to the target temperature. I will let you know how it turns out.