Grilled chicken

Grilled chicken

Ingredients:

 

1- Whole chicken with bone and skin.

 

Seasoning ingredients:

 

1- Tablespoon of vinegar.

2- Two slices of onion.

3- Tablespoon of olive oil.

4- Half a teaspoon of ground spices consisting of: black pepper, sweet pepper, cinnamon and cardamom nutmeg.

5- 1 tablespoon of salt.

6- 1 teaspoon of finely chopped garlic.

7- Laurel leaf, cinnamon stick, and lemon slices.

8- Two teaspoons of dried thyme.

 

How to prepare:

1- Season the inside and outside of the chicken with all the ingredients of the marinade except for the salt, put slices of onion in its hollow and keep it in the refrigerator for a full day, and take it out an hour before the start of cooking and add salt to it inside and outside.

 

2- Bring an empty short-necked bottle, fill the bottle with water and put it on a circular tray for the oven with edges, season the chicken skin with thyme and spices, and remove the onions.

 

3- Hold the chicken well above the bottle, fix the wings over the chest with wooden sticks, insert the tray into a high temperature hot oven, pour a quantity of water at the base of the tray, add the lemon slice, bay leaf and cinnamon stick inside.

 

4- Roast the chicken for half an hour over a high heat, reduce the heat to medium and roast it for an additional hour and a half, wrapping the tray approximately every third hour by a quarter of a rotation until the chicken is tender on all sides, and wrap the bottle until the chicken's back and chest are browned.

 

5- Add boiling water to the base of the tray whenever the water dries, take the chicken out of the oven after its ripening and wait a third of an hour, then gently lift it off the bottle.