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[Nimbl Vehicles]

The Rotisserie Chicken

We brined the Chickens in Water and about 1 cup of Salt for a few hours.

Then they were stuffed with Ted’s aka Magellan’s fresh herbs which consisted of chopped rosemary; thyme sage and oregano.
We also put is a few chopped cloves of garlic.

The chickens were given a little massage with olive oil and then a spice rub was applied.

You need to salt them generously; I prefer a fine sea to give them a nice even coat.

Truss them and stick them on the rotisserie spike.

We used mesquite to cook them over. It takes a few hours; so have some beers handy



After about 40 minutes



After about 4 hours of hard work.



Serve with a tossed fresh salad.
The dressing consisted of fresh Lemon Juice; salt and EVOO.

[DirtyDog]

Yes that was excellent Marc thanks for the amazing meal! Can we officially call this "Chicken Gandalf"?



Where did you get the spice rub?

[Dughlas Stiubhart]

Hmmmmmm, good!

[Nimbl Vehicles]

Thanks for the praise.
Was a lot of fun cooking the chickens and drinking your beer.

Spice rub came from Safeway..Had forgotten mine..

But I could come up with a WTW concoction for a spice rub...

[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

Your chickens look so good i can taste them from the pictures. I first got to eating good rotisserie chickens at the Mingos restaurant in Madrid Spain. They serve them with hard apple cider,oh so good.Have you tried putting some cut up lemon inside and also drizzling some balsamic vinegar over the bird while it cooks,it adds a nice color and taste.Thanks for the tasty treat.
Frank

[sdmarkus]

Marc made the rotisserie chicken look so good, I had to give it a shot...

Hard to find fresh herbs in this town


Went with a hybrid approach, brine then stuffed with herbs, garlic, jalapeno, and lemon wedges


Olive oil and a nice rub on the exterior


Gettin' there


Didn't have the temperature/spit height quite right and it was getting late, so three hours or so in we halved them and finished on the grill


Seriously some of the best chicken I have ever made, the chicks were cooked to perfection and had taken nicely to all the flavoring. Thanks for the inspiration Marc!

[DirtyDog]

Looks great SD! Yeah I'd say chicken cooked this way is a 4 hour ordeal at a minimum.

[SunMan]

Looks killer sdmarkus...you just made me hungry.

[sdmarkus]

Almost forgot, we roasted a pig that weekend as well. Kind of an annual tradition for a good friend of mine...I'm sure I don't have to tell you how good this was

[Nimbl Vehicles]

Marc made the rotisserie chicken look so good, I had to give it a shot...



Seriously some of the best chicken I have ever made, the chicks were cooked to perfection and had taken nicely to all the flavoring. Thanks for the inspiration Marc!

Your welcome.
Yes; it takes a few hours to cook them that way