There’s a man you might know we’ll call “Barry”.
Thus far, he’s found four gals to marry.
Wife two left this dish,
I’m three – it’s DELISH!
And now make it for Matt, Joe or Gary.
Chicken a la Wife #2
Moderately henpecked and slightly improved by wife #3
Fittingly, this is one hot ‘n spicy bird so I serve it with a mound of brown rice or quinoa and a mouth-cooling salad of shaved radish, white onion, leaves of cress and avocado tossed with a little sea salt, lime juice, a touch of honey and olive oil. Extra delicious combined with the flavorful chicken juices. Feel free to reduce the amount of cayenne for less heat.
Two natural chickens, 3-3 1/2 lbs. each
Rub ingredients:
4 cloves garlic
1 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder
1 1/2 teaspoons sea salt
1 teaspoon toasted ground cumin
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 easpoon ground black pepper
2 teaspoons chili powder
2 teaspoons cayenne pepper
3 tablespoons light olive oil
Crush garlic with a pinch of salt in a mortar and pestle, blend in remaining rub ingredients. Rub each chicken inside and out thoroughly with the resulting paste. Wrap the birds and refrigerate at least several hours or overnight.
Roast chicken in a preheated 425 oven until done – 45 minutes to an hour.
You may divide the rub and made only one bird – the mixture lasts a while wrapped in the refrigerator.
I don’t think I’ll be using this natural Kosher Valley bird again *see comment below which is testimony to my ignorance of kosher bird packaging*. The flavor is fine, but the bird was packaged without neck or giblets, and the wing tips were removed. I want all of those parts with the bird to use in stock.
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Kosher birds never have giblets (though they usually have necks) – because of the blood. Too bad they can’t just package them separately.
I never ever knew that. So, what happened to the wing tips?
Hiedi I have a bird in the fridge right now, salting for a few days. I might just have to get out the cayenne. Never made a spicy chicken before Comes with all the parts. I’ve thought of buying kosher, but never have. Was the taste good?
I always spell Heidi wrong! Sorry.
Angela- a kosher bird is delicious. This was the first time I purchased one outside of the local kosher butcher shop and was surprised at the packaging.
Get out the cayenne and roast!
Looks just beautiful (it is a most handsome and wonderful looking chicken that had a good life imagine, you don’t get that under clingwrap in a supermarket)
I will be trying this.
It is snowing in rome SNOWING IN ROME, all the old ladies are on the balconies shouting.
This looks wonderful and I like the salad (& dressing) you’ve created too. What a lovely meal.
Rach: “all the old ladies are on the balconies shouting.” Fantastic imagery.
Denise: Thank you. And happy you found me so I could find you.
Looks terrific. . .will try soon. I like the limerick touch. What if you worked on some scrod from Nantucket?
LOL I love it! You are such a clever limerick writer….hmmm i’ll have to come up with one of my own soon…
This looks delicious! I am going to pick up a chicken and try this out. Cute limmerick. Are you Heidi that is friends with Abbie S? I believe I helped you with your blog wayyyy back when. Your new website looks great.
Yes, Monica, one and the same! Yeah, I can now upload pics on my own :). Enjoy your chicken!