CharcoaL griLLed whole CHickeN

hello there friends and family a warmwelcome to you all thank you so much forjoining us again on the novice kitchentoday we have on the menu charcoalgrilled chicken using some of that greenchili sauce / oil raining from GhanaWest Africa and I have already uploadedthe video on that a few days ago so ifyou haven’t checked on it yet please besure to do so it’s linked in thedescription box below now we are goingto be learning how to butterfly ourchicken so you need a whole chickenyou’re going to locate the spine thischicken is going washed already andyou’re going to locate the spine and cuttwo parallel lines all the way to thetail okay so this is the backbone andonce you cut the backbone out you’reable to open the chicken up and it ispartially butterflied at this point outthis piece here reserve it for yourchicken stock do not throw it away solet’s see you can open it however youstill don’t have a flat yet so wehaven’t completed yet of the processabout applying it you’re going to findthe soft cartilage bone at the neck areaon the breast bone okay and you’re goingto make two more parallel lines and thenyou’re able to open it up completely tobutterfly it this chicken has beenthrough some things honey look at thatskin you don’t know what you’re gettingreally does is package when you buy ituntil you get home and remove thepackage and find out that the skin isall tore up and it’s not the previous ofchicken but it’s fresh so it’s gonnataste good now I also snip off thepointy parts off the wings that’s justhow I was taught to clean chicken andimmerse the chicken in some water somesalt and some lime juice to clean itagain Pat it dry and we are ready sothrow some flavor at this chickens wayif a great presentation just tacked thechicken wings underneath its breast andthen I have a dry rub here I have timefresh black pepper and some saltthe assault amountit’s per your preference but it’s goodto season your chicken well for it totaste like meat and not bland so once Ipour that on there I’m going to rub thisdry rub onto the chicken even get itunderneath the skin and every nook andcranny and we’re ready to throw on somemore flavor so we have our greenchillies salt it is slightly spicy butas it ages the spiciness sort ofdwindles which I absolutely love aboutthe sauce so I have mostly the oil andlook at how green that oil is it’s soprettyand I have a little bit of the sauceitself and I drizzle it onto the chickenand rub it in really well and marinateour chicken for three hours so I justput my cling film on there once it’swrapped nicely and let it just rest inthe refrigerator the most bottom part ofthe refrigerator that is and let it restthere marinate for three hours so makesure you have time to marinate yourchicken the longer marinades that theysear it is we we only want tasty foodokayall right so our charcoal grill is readyI put it into the basket butterfly stylecook it for about six minutes on theskin side down first and just look atthat color we’re already getting oh andthe aroma these neighbors are here sorryy’all okay so this is looking reallygood so I continue to flip back andforth you cannot really regulate theheat especially when your charcoalgrilling which you do the best you canand then toward the end of it it tookabout 20 minutes the charcoal grill thiswhile we’re controlling the heat bymoving the charcoals around andsprinkling some water on it to bring thetemperature down you know how it is andonce you take it off of the grill youlet it rest for about 30 minutes beforeyou cut through it otherwise you’ll loseall the juices why do you want to dothatoh yes so just look at how juicy it isnow you’re going to use a kitchenthermometer or cooking thermometer andinsert it into the thigh make sure youget 160 degrees Fahrenheit or more somake sure that your chicken iscompletely cooked in dip some of thatpiece of chicken into that green saucewhy not and let me tell you that biteyes ethnic okay it is so good this sauceyou absolutely have to make some foryourself and store it in yourrefrigerator it comes in so handy it isfirst at all and it’s delicious weserved it also with some potato wedgeshomemade recipe coming up soon so keepstaying tuned thank you so much for yourlove and support I appreciate you allmake it a great day my friends andfamily and have fun especially in thatkitchen