Smoked Chicken with Tea
1.
Wash the chicken, soak up the water with kitchen paper, wipe the whole chicken body with salt, and evenly wipe the inside and outside; then wipe it with light soy sauce, without covering the plastic wrap, just marinate it overnight.
2.
Take four pieces of tin foil larger than the baking tray, each two as a set; a group of two pieces of tin foil overlap, choose one of the long sides and fold it in about 1 cm (as shown in the upper right picture), and then fold it again for reinforcement
3.
At this time, one side of the two tin foils is connected by the fold, as shown in the lower right picture, spread out and flattened; the other group is also operated in the same way;
4.
Put the folded two pieces of tin foil into the baking tray, put the tea smoked material to remove the green onion, ginger and teabag, and put it on the steaming rack;
5.
Stuff the chicken with green onion, ginger and teabag, and seal with a toothpick
6.
The chicken thighs can be tied with a rope, so it looks compact and good-looking.
7.
Then cover with another set of tin foil, and fold the top and bottom tin foil tightly to avoid air leakage;
8.
Preheat the oven to 180C/350F, put the chicken in the bottom of the oven, bake for 1 hour, then uncover the tin foil (as shown above), turn BROIL to heat, put the chicken in the middle of the oven, bake for 5 to 8 minutes to deepen the color of the chicken body , Chicken skin becomes crispy.
Tips:
Rachel's Note:
1. When the BROIL chicken is finally colored, pay close attention to prevent the chicken from being burnt;
2. Basic tea spices, generally five-spice powder, anise, cinnamon, cumin, tangerine peel or orange peel are good choices.
3. Tea fumigation has 3 key raw materials: tea, tea fragrance, of course, tea is needed, I use green tea here, and it is also said that black tea is easier to produce fragrance; brown sugar, has the effect of coloring, and adds amber to food It also gives food a little bit of sweetness; raw rice acts as fuel and helps other raw materials to emit smoke during roasting. Therefore, you can make your favorite tea smoked food based on these characteristics.
4. This method can also smoke ducks, but it takes 3 hours.
