Best Chicken Evvva!

tarheelmatt

Didn't miss the Egg for this cook at all!  We upgraded to a true convection oven and have started doing a lot of cooking in it.  It really does a great job on roasting and baking when needed.  

So, the details.  I didn't get any pictures before hand, though I wish I would have.  

Started off this morning made a dry brine that consisted of the following: 

2-3 teaspoons kosher salt
2-3 teaspoons cracked pepper
Zest of one lemon
Parsley flake (1-2 teaspoons)
1-2 teaspoons dried oregano
1 teaspoon seasoning salt

Spatched the chicken, dried well, and placed on a raised baking sheet.  

Applied the mixture above under the skin and on top of the skin.  Placed in the fridge until time to cook.  Wished I would have started last night.  

Got my 15" CI pan hot with a little canola and some butter.  

Cooked skin side down until a nice crust.  Flipped on the bottom side, and placed in oven at 375° for about an hour.  

Added some carrots, celery, and green onions just before going into the oven.  

I may dream about this chicken tonight.  


Made some mac and cheese to go along with it.  Had some white american that needed to be cooked, so it is basically all white.  Made a cheese sauce (simple roux, added white american, cream cheese, salt, and pepper).  It was pretty good too. 


1 - The love





2 - The mac and cheese

Sweet100s

The Greek family I grew up with next door would always make their roast chickens with lemon zest and dried oregano. Delicious.

Mattman3969

Very nice, sir!!!!

grege345

not too shabby. 

SGH

Yeah buddy, I like what I see brother Tar. Those iron pan chickens are a great change of pace for sure. On a very serious note, I would devour that pan of m&c in one sitting. It's one of my all time favorites. Great job from take off to touch down brother Tar  

tarheelmatt

Thanks fellas! 

theyolksonyou

Go on wit yo bad self!

Botch

Damn, that first pic is magazine-worthy food pr0n!!  

Monty77

Yum, looks awesome!

4Runner

Looks good   Still would go Egg with that bad boy.   Avoid heating the house. 

caliking

That looks pretty damn good! I'm going to try that dry brine technique some time. thanks for posting the details.

SmokeyPitt

That looks great Matt.  You have sold me on the CI dispatch technique. Did you use convection? 

tarheelmatt

theyolksonyou said:

Go on wit yo bad self!

Thanks Jason!  As I am doing the Carlton dance....

Botch said:

Damn, that first pic is magazine-worthy food pr0n!!  

Thanks @Botch !

Monty77 said:

Yum, looks awesome!

Thanks @Monty77 !

4Runner said:

Looks good   Still would go Egg with that bad boy.   Avoid heating the house. 

Thanks @4Runner !  I honestly feel the best tool for this technique is the oven.  That way you don't have to wait from going from sear to roast.  Heating the house was minimal really.  

caliking said:

That looks pretty damn good! I'm going to try that dry brine technique some time. thanks for posting the details.

You're welcome and thanks for taking a look!  

SmokeyPitt said:

That looks great Matt.  You have sold me on the CI dispatch technique. Did you use convection? 

Thanks @SmokeyPitt !  I used convection roast setting.  

Griffin

Nailed it!!

tarheelmatt

Griffin said:

Nailed it!!

Thanks @Griffin !

Griffin

I still have not tried that method. Totally forgot about it until you posted this. Wish I would have seen it yesterday. Don't tell anybody, but I roasted a chicken in the oven last night so Mrs. G could use it in a casserole. Didn't feel like messing with the Egg and I wanted to spend time with Duke.

tarheelmatt

Griffin said:

I still have not tried that method. Totally forgot about it until you posted this. Wish I would have seen it yesterday. Don't tell anybody, but I roasted a chicken in the oven last night so Mrs. G could use it in a casserole. Didn't feel like messing with the Egg and I wanted to spend time with Duke.

@Griffin , I haven't been cooking much on the Egg lately either, and to be honest, I think this was better than any chicken I have hauled off the Egg.  

I understand completely about spending that extra time with your son.  Priorities sure do change with these little ones.  My little girl just turned 16 months old and man is it getting fun.  Cooking and other interests have went to the back burner.  

Photo Egg

tarheelmatt said:

Didn't miss the Egg for this cook at all!  We upgraded to a true convection oven and have started doing a lot of cooking in it.  It really does a great job on roasting and baking when needed.  

So, the details.  I didn't get any pictures before hand, though I wish I would have.  

Started off this morning made a dry brine that consisted of the following: 

2-3 teaspoons kosher salt
2-3 teaspoons cracked pepper
Zest of one lemon
Parsley flake (1-2 teaspoons)
1-2 teaspoons dried oregano
1 teaspoon seasoning salt

Spatched the chicken, dried well, and placed on a raised baking sheet.  

Applied the mixture above under the skin and on top of the skin.  Placed in the fridge until time to cook.  Wished I would have started last night.  

Got my 15" CI pan hot with a little canola and some butter.  

Cooked skin side down until a nice crust.  Flipped on the bottom side, and placed in oven at 375° for about an hour.  

Added some carrots, celery, and green onions just before going into the oven.  

I may dream about this chicken tonight.  


Made some mac and cheese to go along with it.  Had some white american that needed to be cooked, so it is basically all white.  Made a cheese sauce (simple roux, added white american, cream cheese, salt, and pepper).  It was pretty good too. 


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So..."Dry Brine" and no mess it is this year...Thanks again!

NPHuskerFL

Nice!

Tbent

Yahtzee!! I don't think I've cooked a whole chicken any other way than in a CI pan in over year and I cook them a lot. They come out great in the oven and in the egg. Excellent meal there, man! Looks exceptional.  

JohnnyTarheel

Solid cook my man!! 

Tinyfish

That cook looks delicious but I lost my focus once I got to @NPHuskerFL post. I had to shake my head cause my eyes were stuck.

tarheelmatt

Thanks gents!  If you've never tried dry brine on poultry, try it out, it's fantastic.  

WAHOO_EGGER_CVILLE

This looks amazing!!!!!!  Thank you for sharing!

northGAcock

NPHuskerFL said:

Nice!

I sure wish she would remove that visor. I seem to be missing something I would like to see. 

blind99

@northGAcock NOOOO!!! She removes her visor, half the forum has a massive MI from all the bacon grease in our coronaries. 

northGAcock

blind99 said:

@northGAcock NOOOO!!! She removes her visor, half the forum has a massive MI from all the bacon grease in our coronaries. 

Blind.....you are right...you are right. I guess I was thinking there with my hat fetish impacting my judgment. On to rehab. Oh and @tarheelmatt ......great looking chicken my friend.

Angus1978

Looks great!!