Miso Honey Chicken

Canugghead

@Botch 's Rusty Cheekun thread lead me to Foodwishes/Chef John site, I was like a kid in candy store, thanks @Botch .
Decided to try the Miso Honey chicken, wow it's a keeper for sure.  Definitely will try Rusty chicken too.

Four half spatchcocks, slashed the thick parts, vac sealed to marinade for 3 hours only (due to late decision), cooked on Traeger at 350 with a few flips till thigh IT 175. Followed the recipe almost to the T, plus added my favourite Red Boat fish sauce to give it an unami boost. Delicious!

WildmanWilson

Looks great ! 

Canugghead

Thanks @WildmanWilson

The Cen-Tex Smoker

If it tastes as good as it looks, that’s a winner. 

lousubcap

Great colour right there.  Congrats.

Fred19Flintstone

That looks like you nailed it!

caliking

Looks darn good, Gary!

WildmanWilson

Can you post the recipe you used?

fence0407

That looks delicious!

Canugghead

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

If it tastes as good as it looks, that’s a winner. 

Thanks! Indeed, everyone loved it, definitely a keeper.

Canugghead

lousubcap said:

Great colour right there.  Congrats.

Thanks! It's the honey in the marinade, I was worried about skin charring too fast but it turned out alright in the Traeger. 

Canugghead

@Fred19Flintstone Thanks!

Canugghead

WildmanWilson said:

Can you post the recipe you used?

@WildmanWilson   @fence0407 https://foodwishes.blogspot.com/2018/04/miso-honey-chicken-because-honey-miso.html
I added 1 ts of fish sauce.

Canugghead

caliking said:

Looks darn good, Gary!

Thanks Ashish, love the simplicity of just 5 or 6 ingredients. Using the Traeger was almost hands off and I was able to multitask with pizzas on the Ardore.

Canugghead

fence0407 said:

That looks delicious!

Thanks! 

marysvilleksegghead

Great looking cook!

Canugghead

Decided to whip up a small batch of wings with the leftover marinade, also got the chance to test my modified flat basket on the diy XL joetisserie. It worked well with one logistical problem though: Due to tight compression, to prevent wing pieces from sliding, it was tedious to release each piece with the skin intact. Next time I may try the tumble basket instead.  However, at the end of the day I'll probably just go back to making wings on the Traeger.

caliking

Canugghead said:

Decided to whip up a small batch of wings with the leftover marinade, also got the chance to test my modified flat basket on the diy XL joetisserie. It worked well with one logistical problem though: Due to tight compression, to prevent wing pieces from sliding, it was tedious to release each piece with the skin intact. Next time I may try the tumble basket instead.  However, at the end of the day I'll probably just go back to making wings on the Traeger.

Do you really need the wings to be locked in place though? Maybe sliding around a bit wouldn’t be a bad thing?

Another thought is to line the basket with frogmats, so that they are between the metal and the wings. Hardly anything sticks to those. 

Canugghead

Great idea, thanks @caliking . Guess I got too anal    As for frogmats, I'm trying to stop getting more toys.

caliking

Canugghead said:

Great idea, thanks @caliking . Guess I got too anal    As for frogmats, I'm trying to stop getting more toys.

From what I have seen, you are failing miserably  

that’s just the envy talking...

WildmanWilson

So how do you rate the wings ?

Botch

Canugghead said:

As for frogmats, I'm trying to stop getting more toys.

Ban Him!  
 
    And I need to google "frogmats", haven't heard of them before.  I do have a set of "frogtogs", but they're for motorcycling in rain, and we don't get rain anymore.  

Canugghead

WildmanWilson said:

So how do you rate the wings ?

Crispy outside, tender inside. The taste was good but not as flavourful as the original half chickens since the marinade was recycled. 

NDG

looks amazing - thanks for post !

Canugghead

NDG said:

looks amazing - thanks for post !

Thanks! Credit @Botch for his rusty cheekun post that led me to Chef John's blog.

Atl_Buckeye

Looks really good. I really haven't had any success with chicken on the Traeger. I have a hard time keeping temps steady above 300deg. I prefer to do chicken closer to 400 which is much more in the BGE wheelhouse

Canugghead

@Atl_Buckeye
Thanks! I can get 400 on the PRO 34.  Love my Ranger, gets to 450 easily.

I would contact Traeger support to trouble shoot, may be you need a new controller.

JethroBodeen

Where in the grocery store would find said, Miso? All I can find is soup mix with all kinds of other stuff in it...

Canugghead

JethroBodeen said:

Where in the grocery store would find said, Miso? All I can find is soup mix with all kinds of other stuff in it...

Try Asian supermarket (Chinese, Japanese, Korean...)

JethroBodeen

Canugghead said:

JethroBodeen said:

Where in the grocery store would find said, Miso? All I can find is soup mix with all kinds of other stuff in it...

Try Asian supermarket (Chinese, Japanese, Korean...)

I'll do it. Thanks!

thetrim

Looks incredible!