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Smoked Chicken



I was so happy when I saw Elin of  Elinluv's Tidbits Corner posted the recipe for Smoked Chicken.  I quickly bookmarked it as  sometimes I'm at a loss at what to prepare for dinner and this recipe comes in handy as it's simple to prepare.  This is a tasty  dish and it's finger licking good, trust me!








Recipe for Smoked Chicken  (adapted from 'here')

    Ingredients

    • 1/2 free range chicken, with skin
    • 1/2 Tbsp five spice powder
    • 1/2 tsp  freshly ground black pepper
    • 1 tsp seasalt
    • some tea leaves (I used Chinese tea leaves)
    • sugar
    Method
    1. Marinate the chicken with the five spice powder, black pepper and seasalt for a few hours.  (I did it overnight and kept in the fridge).
    2. Pan sear and cook the chicken in a non-stick pan till it's 3/4 cooked.
    3. Line a wok with a piece of foil.
    4. Sprinkle some tea leaves and sugar over the foil.
    5. Place a steamer rack over the foil.
    6. On medium heat, heat up the wok till smoke emits.
    7. Place chicken on the rack, cover and smoke for 20 mins.
    8. Turn off heat, cool chicken, cut it up and serve.


Comments

  1. Hi Cheah , love chicken and this is another way to make it , so sim[le but yet delicious . Thanks for sharing :)

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  2. Glad you like this method of cooking your chicken...i love it too ... It is really finger licking good . Thanks for the mention and link up ;)

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    1. You're most welcome and thanks for sharing the recipe, Elin!

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  3. Ooo I can smell your smoked chicken from this far ;D (all in my imagination, haha) . Your chicken truly looks delicious.

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    1. Thank you, Veronica. Give it a try and I'm sure you won't be disappointed.

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  4. Looks so succulent! Great with a glass of well chilled beer.

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  5. Love how easy it is to smoke a chicken, will definitely try it out one day, looks delicious!

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  6. I must try this....looks so delicious....

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  7. This smoked chicken is finger licking good...first time here ..happily following you

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    1. So nice of you to drop by, Gloria. Will hop over to your blog soon!

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  8. This is interesting, so this is how we can get the smoky flavor at home. Thanks for sharing!

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  9. I suspect that this chicken was really really good :)

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  10. interesting..never knew this is the way we can make smoked chicken

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