• What’s for dinner? How about this delicious smoked chicken!

    Coated in a homemade spice rub, then slow-smoked to tender juicy perfection. It’s full of flavour and couldn’t be any easier to make.

    Smoked chicken

    Serves: 4-6
    Prep Time: 1.5 hours Cooking Time: 1.5–3 hours

    Ingredients

    • 1 whole (1.2–1.6 kg) chicken 1⁄4 cup chicken spice rub
    • 1⁄2 lemon
    • 3 sprigs rosemary
    • 2 cloves garlic
    • 1⁄4 cup honey
    • 1⁄2 cup apple juice or water For the spice rub
    • 2 tbsp black peppercorns 4 rosemary sprigs
    • 1⁄4 cup coarse salt
    • 3 tbsp table salt
    • 1⁄4 cup sugar
    • For smoking
    • 4 cups woodchips
    • 4 rosemary sprigs

    Instructions

    1

    For the spice rub, add ingredients to a blender and pulse to combine. Spread the spice rub all over the chicken and leave to cure for 45 minutes.

    2

    Soak the woodchips and rosemary sprigs in 2 cups water for 30 minutes, then drain. Light the braai and once hot, scatter 11⁄2 cups woodchips over the coals.

    3

    Rinse the chicken and stuff the cavity with lemon and rosemary. Mix garlic, honey and apple juice or water, and use it to ‘baste’ the chicken.

    4

    Once the woodchips are smoking, place the chicken on the grid, breast side up. Cover with the lid. Leave it to smoke, adding extra cups of woodchips, for 11⁄2–3 hours, depending on the heat and size of the chicken. Poke the breast with a skewer: If the liquid runs clear, the chicken is cooked; if it has a pink hue, return it to the smoker for a further 30 minutes.

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