This was our little christmas cooking with chicken instead of turkey...
I stole this from nigella lawson, christmas is so exciting for cooking, fantastic time to cook without fear and limit... Nigella just really understands this on my wavelength... Owww i am excited about Christmas...
So instead of making a big turkey bath I just used the bag the chicken came in and added some extra spare sealed bags I had around, and filled them with water add goodies to make the brine for a moist turkey...
-salt
-pepper
-cloves
-star annise
-mustard seeds
-parsley
-allspice berries
-cinnamon
-a little sugar/maple syrup
-chopped onions
-quartered orange, squeezed and chucked in
-rough chopped ginger
Then this is left in the fridge secured for an afternoon or overnight.
ready to be cooked for a lovely moist and delicious dinner. The bird gets drained off, stuffed and painted with maple syrup for a delicious crunch.
this means the bird is taken out of liquid and left to strain, it will still have a very moist wet skin, it can be basted in butter and maple syrup to give it a lovely richer glow...
Nigella says that a 4-5 kilo bird will take 2.5 hours in the oven...
(try the online bird calculator)
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