Welcome to the EGGhead Forum - a great place to visit and packed with tips and EGGspert advice! You can also join the conversation and get more information and amazing kamado recipes by following Big Green Egg to Experience our World of Flavor™ at:
Want to see how the EGG is made? Click to Watch
Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Pinterest | Youtube | Vimeo
Share your photos by tagging us and using the hashtag #BigGreenEgg.
Share your photos by tagging us and using the hashtag #BigGreenEgg.
Want to see how the EGG is made? Click to Watch
Chickens w/ Herb Butter
Gator Bait
Posts: 5,244
Hi All,
I had a couple chickens from Sam's that I had picked up for 70¢ a pound and decided to go old school and do a herb butter for them.
For the herb butter I used:
3 Sticks of Butter softened
4 T Herbs de Provence
2 T Granulated Garlic
1 T Sea Salt
1 t Black Pepper
The Herbs de Provence is homemade and is:
4 T Thyme
3 T Marjoram
1 T Oregano
1 T Basil
1 t Rosemary ground
1 t Sage ground
1.5 t Anise Seed ground
The Anise Seed is optional and not traditional.
I chopped up a couple large sweet onions and sliced a couple lemons and used them to stuff the birds. I then rubbed plenty of herb butter under the skin and tied everything up. I have a medium egg so I tied the drum sticks tight to the body for now. Half way through I untied them and the birds fit my egg much better. In the end they were done the same time as the breast. I had expected the herbs to run down the sides of the chicken with the butter so I had used plenty. As it turned out the herbs stayed right where they were applied.
The egg was set up with a raised grate, indirect and DigiQ dialed in to 340º pit temperature and 165º food temperature. I was guessing about 2 hours and I was right on.
These are the most tender and juiciest chickens I have ever had! The flavors are great. The leg and wing sections needed almost no carving and almost fell off in my hand.
Have a great Memorial Day All,
Blair
Comments
-
Blair:
U R amazing! :silly:
great look'n cook!aka marysvilleksegghead
Lrg 2008
mini 2009
XL 2021 (sold 8/24/23)
Henny Youngman:
I said to my wife, 'Where do you want to go for our anniversary?' She said, 'I want to go somewhere I've never been before.' I said, 'Try the kitchen.'
Bob Hope: When I wake up in the morning, I don’t feel anything until noon, and then it’s time for my nap -
Thank you Sir, these are probably very typical of millions of chickens cooked in millions of kitchens over the centuries around the Mediterranean. Old school.
Blair
-
Very nice Blair, love that color. Thanks for the recipe.
Stay tuned.Molly
Colorado Springs
"Loney Queen"
"Respect your fellow human being, treat them fairly, disagree with them honestly, enjoy their friendship, explore your thoughts about one another candidly, work together for a common goal and help one another achieve it."
Bill Bradley; American hall of fame basketball player, Rhodes scholar, former U.S. Senator from New Jersey
LBGE, MBGE, SBGE , MiniBGE and a Mini Mini BGE -
Blair those look fantastic so tender & juicy, the herb combination sounds really tasty
-
Thanks Molly, I think the budda gives the skin great color and flavors the whole bird nicely. The herbs can be what ever you like. The Herbs de Provence is traditional French and is whatever the chef's would find growing on the hillsides outside their kitchen door.
Staying tuned my friend,
Blair
-
Thanks Beli, I was surprised how tender and juicy they came out, these are probably the best chicken I have egged so far.
Blair
-
Looks good enough to eat :laugh: Thanks for posting the recipes.Large, small and mini now Egging in Rowlett Tx
-
Thanks Joan, my pleasure. I see leftovers in my future!
Blair
-
NYUM-NYUM-NYUM~!!! That is BEAUTIFUL!
-
Thanks Hoss.
Blair
-
my mouth is watering!
succulent -
Hahahaha, I can say the same about your sausage! Thanks Kari.
Blair
-
-
Great Job!!!
Those are some tasty looking chickens!!!
Congrats!!! -
Very nice Blair
Thanks for including the recipe
Shane -
Oh my gosh those are delectable looking birds! Great job.
-
Thanks Lobicho, they are pretty easy and have nice flavor.
Blair
-
Thanks Shane, this is a very old method for chicken and you can make the herb butter anyway that sounds good to you. Just some Thyme mixed in the butter does a good job and salt and pepper the outside of the bird works. I like the herb butter inside and out and decided to add my salt and pepper to it instead of applying it and the garlic separately. This is a great way to use fresh herbs as well!
Blair
-
Thanks Teresa, this is my favorite easy chicken recipe. Not a great deal of prep work and it can all go together fairly quickly and the results are wonderful and on the egg are even more wonderfuller.
Blair
-
Perferction Blair!
Nothing like a roasted chicken on the egg. -
Thanks Rebecca, I have to agree, the egg is wonderful for roast chicken. I was thinking yesterday as I was cooking these that I have yet to Spatchcock a chicken. After eating of these I am wondering if I ever will! :laugh:
Blair
Categories
- All Categories
- 182.7K EggHead Forum
- 15.7K Forum List
- 459 EGGtoberfest
- 1.9K Forum Feedback
- 10.3K Off Topic
- 2.2K EGG Table Forum
- 1 Rules & Disclaimer
- 9K Cookbook
- 12 Valentines Day
- 91 Holiday Recipes
- 223 Appetizers
- 516 Baking
- 2.4K Beef
- 88 Desserts
- 163 Lamb
- 2.4K Pork
- 1.5K Poultry
- 30 Salads and Dressings
- 320 Sauces, Rubs, Marinades
- 543 Seafood
- 175 Sides
- 121 Soups, Stews, Chilis
- 35 Vegetarian
- 100 Vegetables
- 312 Health
- 292 Weight Loss Forum