Clean Slate Looking for a different/unique way to make a baked/roast whole chicken. sm - MichelleJ Sat Dec 30 11:55:11 2006 I usually use tarragon, garlic, and a little seasoned salt and then roast the chicken in the oven. A friend of mine some years back lived in the Middle East after the first Gulf War and said they have a different way of rosting chicken. They use butter between the skin and meat, then sprinkled it with cinnamon and..... some other spices. I can't remember what they were. Seems like maybe curry, but I wouldn't swear to it. Does anyone know what these spices would be? Or, alternatively, does anyone else have a unique and tasty way of baking a chicken? Thanks! • Looking for a different/unique way to make a baked/roast whole chicken. sm - MichelleJ Sat Dec 30 11:55:11 2006 MichelleJ I usually use tarragon, garlic, and a little seasoned salt and then roast the chicken in the oven. A friend of mine some years back lived in the Middle East after the first Gulf War and said they have a different way of rosting chicken. They use butter between the skin and meat, then sprinkled it with cinnamon and..... some other spices. I can't remember what they were. Seems like maybe curry, but I wouldn't swear to it. Does anyone know what these spices would be? Or, alternatively, does anyone else have a unique and tasty way of baking a chicken? Thanks! *** • These all sound yummy! Thanks for the ideas. nm - MichelleJ Sat Dec 30 14:59:03 2006 MichelleJ *** • I take a small pumpkin, stick it in cavity and roast it in oven. - Sam Sat Dec 30 12:51:39 2006 Sam Hmmmmm, what flavor! *** • looks pretty good - found this Sat Dec 30 12:36:22 2006 found this INGREDIENTS: 1 fryer chicken, cut into pieces 1/2 cup dry sherry 6 tablespoons honey 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon curry powder 1 teaspoon garlic salt PREPARATION: Combine dry sherry, honey, cinnamon, curry powder and garlic salt in a bowl and mix. Place chicken in a shallow baking dish and coat evenly with marinade. Place in refrigerator and let sit for at least 1 hour. Preheat grill. Remove Chicken from marinade and place chicken pieces on grill over medium fire and grill for about 10 to 12 minutes per side. Because of the honey in the marinade for this recipe you will need to keep a close eye on the chicken while it is grilling to be sure it doesn't burn. Remove chicken from grill when done and serve. Chicken is done when there is no longer any pink inside and the juices run clear. *** • I cut an orange or tangerine in half, rub the skin with it, quarter it and put it ..sm - me Sat Dec 30 12:07:27 2006 me in the cavity. You can make a compound butter by mixing softened butter, crushed garlic and any fresh herbs (I like thyme, mint and rosemary) and separate the skin from the meat and shove the compound butter in. I also put a quartered sweet onion and some celery in the cavity. I recently made a turkey in this manner, adn it was really good. I also cook my chicken or turkey with the breast down, and sprinkle some "seasoned salt" on the exposed skin after rubbing it with some of the compound butter. If you are going to grill just the chicken breast, dust it heavily with a really good quality curry powder, cover with plain (unsweetened) yogurt and some organic meat tenderizer ( I use the one made with papaya), let it sit for 4-5 hours or overnight and then grill. Leftovers I serve in a pita bread with cucumber sauce. ****** • Oh, oranges. That sounds yummy. We've always used bananas and kiwi fruit in ours - Debra Sat Dec 30 12:52:59 2006 Debra ********* • We tried the bananas and kiwi before too (sm) - Nanna M. in ME Sat Dec 30 12:58:16 2006 Nanna M. in ME but have found that a fresh pineapple is tastier. And when we want our chicken to have that extra zing, we'll throw in a couple of whole mangos (unpeeled) for good measure and it comes out perfect. Mr. Chow's/Spagos has nothing on us! ************ • LOL. Sorry, but how the heck to you squeeze all that into a chicken? - nm Sat Dec 30 13:00:35 2006 nm *************** • SM - Nanna M. in ME Sat Dec 30 13:04:12 2006 Nanna M. in ME Every chicken has a hole (cavity). You simply take the fruit, pop it (or stuff it) in the hole (cavity) and bake it all. When it's done, go inside the hole (cavity) and pull out the fruit. Round file it. Put the chicken on a plate, slice and serve. It comes out very juicy and moist. ****************** • Sounds good. I'll have to try it. - elllap Sat Dec 30 13:14:44 2006 elllap *** • - hope you like it Sat Dec 30 12:04:51 2006 hope you like it roll 2 lemons on the counter to loosen the juice and then prick all over the lemons with a fork. put the lemons inside the chicken with a spring of parsley and thyme. Mix some garlic, salt, pepper, parsley and olive oil. Place that in between the skin and meat and also on the outside of the skin. *** • I use a lot of taco seasoning when baking chicken nowadays (sm) - hvlmt Sat Dec 30 12:04:36 2006 hvlmt I sometimes roll pieces in melted butter and then coat with taco seasoning - sometimes I mix taco seasoning in potato buds and bake.... strange as it seems - it is not as spicy as you would think. Good luck! ****** • Try this - nm Sat Dec 30 13:07:17 2006 nm we have found dusting a whole chicken in cocoa is much better than taco seasoning. The end result is a chocolate chicken. Here in our house, we LOVE chicken and LOVE chocolate so this recipe is a match made in heaven to us! ********* • Can't for the life of me even imagine that but you know what? Going to try it! Thx. :) nm - hvlmt Sat Dec 30 17:32:51 2006 hvlmt ********* • We've tried that before. <Sm> - Charlotte Sat Dec 30 13:34:22 2006 Charlotte But around the Christmas holidays, for that extra festive touch, we stuff the chicken cavity with maraschino cherries so the outcome is a chocolate covered cherry chicken. It's delicious and so pretty too because the juice from the cherries dyes the chicken red, and with the cocoa dusting it comes out of the oven a brown color with red hue... NAME: SUBJECT: MESSAGE: LINK: