Jamaica-How was Cleo's chicken?

Yodajo

I have one in my freezer and am awaiting your review before I try it too!

Jamaica_Bride

Okay- so maybe it wasn't eaxctly the same recipe but I cooked it the same.

The recipe calls for over night marination (is that even a word??) and I didn't. I had zero dry thyme or white pepper in the house. I just made a rub with garlic powder, kosher salt, peper and Adobo. I seasoned that sucked inside and out. I did pop a onions and a 1/2 of a head of garlic into the cavity.

I baked it all day at 250- like 5.5 hours- but mine was a big bird. I did turn on the broiler for a few minutes at the end to crisp up the skin and make it pretty. I did not baste it, not once.

It was the best chicken I have ever made in the oven. I came really close to the chicken I make on the rotisserie in the grill.

Yodajo

Good to know.  Thanks!

The heating element went on my oven last night, so once its fixed, I'll give it a try.

 

camrude

I too was curious - I think I'm going to have to try this.

 

Jamaica_Bride

Yuck! That sucks!! Does that mean a new oven or just some creepy guy coming to your house to fix it??

Jamaica_Bride

I should add that my guys never really *like* chicken. They will chew it forever- maybe I should take a hint )

...but they both chowed it last night!

Oh and I saved the carcass to make soup- it's all so carmelized and falling apart I couldn't waste it.

Yodajo

It sounds great!  It was called sticky chicken, right?  I saved the post, but am too lazy to look right now.  Was it sticky?  That sounds weird, but I'm just curious if the outside was carmelized or something.

No, no new stove just yet.  When we redo the kitchen, I'll get one then.  I need to head to an appliance store to get an element.  Max is sick though, so I'm not sure how that will work.  MH is working all the time and won't get off until the stores are all closed.  Maybe we'll eat take out until he's better?

melmax

Sorry to butt in, but I made this (I think this is the same recipe you all are talking about, Joseys gave me the link) on Thursday, and it was DELISH!!!!!!

I didn't have white pepper, but I just subbed regular pepper, and I didn't have cayenne, so I threw in some red pepper flakes and I rubbed the skin with butter before putting the rub on. I only marinated it from about 10 am till about 2 when I put it in.....but it was so moist and yummy!

newwifey

I made it too. I also was out of thyme and white pepper and only got to marinate a few hours. But it really was great. definitely will use this receipe again!

CleoKitty

Isn't that recipe awesome? I've made it a few times when I didn't have any time to marinate at all- just rub on the spices and stuck it straight into the oven. Still turns out good. Oh, and I also often sub the spices. Recently though I went to the store where you can buy spices from the bulk bins and bought 10X the amount of every spice needed. Mixed it all together and keep it in a mason jar. It's much faster when the seasoning blend is premade.

I do usually make two chickens at once- figure that if I have to keep the oven on all day that I might as well get more bang for my buck, so to speak. This also make a great meal the next time to have to take something to someone who just had a baby- keep one chicken for yourself and take the other to the new mom with a bag of salad, a loaf of good crusty bread and one other side.