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Stinky Chicken, not for the faint of heart.

Mud Pig
Mud Pig Posts: 489
edited November -0001 in EggHead Forum
I became inspired by a recipe for Lemon Pepper Chicken wings on the House of Faulkner's website. That recipe called for boiling the wings in apple cider vinegar. So I decided to try my hand at doing this with a whole chicken and then basting it with olive oil, curry, garlic, lemon juice and salt on the grill. Followed my a nice mopping of Sweet Baby Rays sauce.

Now the stinky part comes from the boiling in vinegar. It stunk the whole house up. I took a whole chicken and cut it up into the normal pieces. I then brought apple cider vinegar to a boil, with salt and pepper, and placed the chicken in there for 15 minutes (NEXT TIME: I will boil this outside and cut it back to 10 minutes). My nose was burning at this point.

I then removed the chicken and dressed it with my olive oil and lemon curry sauce. On to the grill for 30 minutes at 450 until it came up to temp. I then pouched it with a little beer and Sweet Baby Rays sauce.Came out beautifully, very tangy with a nice sweet component from the BBQ sauce.

I call it the Stinky Chicken since my house still smells of vinegar this morning. Very strong, but very good flavors here. Great tang from the vinegar, great flavor from the lemon curry, and the sweet from the BBQ sauce rounds it all out. Makes your taste buds go nuts. Not for the faint of heart. Plated with some garlic/salt rice and grilled zuchinni.

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  • Mickey
    Mickey Posts: 19,768
    Got to try Stinky Chicken. Looks good
    Salado TX & 30A  FL: Egg Family: 3 Large and a very well used Mini, added a Mini Max when they came out (I'm good for now). Just given a Mini to add to the herd. 

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  • Braumiester
    Braumiester Posts: 134
    Would it be possible to boil outside on the BGE?? B)
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  • Florida Grillin Girl
    Florida Grillin Girl Posts: 5,013
    I bet you will be cooking the vinegar on the egg the next time! I made seafood stock last night, and today my house smells like a fish house! I have candles burning all over.

    The chicken looks good, it sounds like a very different recipe.
    Happily egging on my original large BGE since 1996... now the owner of 5 eggs. Call me crazy, everyone else does!
     
    3 Large, 1 Small, 1 well-used Mini
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  • Boilermaker Ben
    Boilermaker Ben Posts: 1,956
    Silly MudPig. If you're going to have the egg at 450 to cook the chicken, you might as well use the egg to simmer your vinegar and chicken. No stink in the house.

    Does look good, though. We have the lemon pepper wings often, but I don't take the time to parboil them anymore.
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  • Mud Pig
    Mud Pig Posts: 489
    That is definitely what I will be doing the next time. I couldn't stand to be in the kitchen once the boil was in full affect. Eye's were watering, throat burn.

    Stinky Chicken takes no prisoners.
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  • Mud Pig
    Mud Pig Posts: 489
    You live and you learn. I felt like my house was under siege from the cops and they had deployed the tear gas. Sweet lordy!

    Stinky Chicken was worth it though.
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  • Mainegg
    Mainegg Posts: 7,787
    HA HA if I am our of citric acid I have to use white vinegar to set my wool when I am dying.... if you think that is bad try boiling wet wool and vinegar :sick:
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  • Photo Egg
    Photo Egg Posts: 12,137
    Great post. That vinegar smell lingers. Kind of like shrimp and crab boil.
    We made the wings version a couple times.
    It was hit and miss with people. Some said they liked it, many never ate more than one. Not a single person said "these are great wings". They also taste funky warmed up the next day. The vinegar taste really shines.
    We really like the Georgia Red Wings style that gets posted here all the time. Give it a try if your a wing person. I bet it would be good on larger cuts as well.
    Take care,
    Darian
    Thank you,
    Darian

    Galveston Texas
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  • Mud Pig
    Mud Pig Posts: 489
    I would agree with you on the point of the recipe is not for everyone. It can be a bit much unless you like a nice tangy and sweet chicken. I might dial it back next time and do beer and apple cider vinegar for the boil. The boil really makes the chicken set up nicely on the grill for sure.
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  • Boilermaker Ben
    Boilermaker Ben Posts: 1,956
    I know what you mean. I've been pickling cucumbers and peppers all summer. I also made a batch of hot sauce, but was wise enough to do that on the egg. Next week, it's a batch of habanero hot sauce.

    Before owning an egg, I would routinely have the whole house coughing from cooking spicy food, and there were some foods I just wouldn't make, for fear of having the house smell for a week. Now that we have a kid, I'm especially thankful that I don't have to expose her sensitive sinuses to that stuff.

    Speaking of painful...tonight is jerk chicken! When I was making the marinade last night, I was careful to wear gloves, wipe down the cutting board and wash my knife before taking the gloves off...still got enough juice on my hands that when I rubbed my cheek later in the evening (after washing my hands), my skin burned. Dem habaneros is hot!
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  • Photo Egg
    Photo Egg Posts: 12,137
    Your right. I did the beer and cidar split on my second cook and it was better. I thought about adding some apple juice as a 1/3 part.???
    The boil does render the fat real nice.
    Darian
    Thank you,
    Darian

    Galveston Texas
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  • Mud Pig
    Mud Pig Posts: 489
    It does indeed, I really like how it cuts down on cooking times to to achieve a nice moist, tender chicken.

    I like the idea of the apple juice as well. Next time I think I may try the 1 part apple juice, 1 part beer, and 1 part AC Vinegar boil. Maybe throw a bay leave, some oregano, and a couple of table spoons of honey in there as well.
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  • Mud Pig
    Mud Pig Posts: 489
    One trick I've learned after handling peppers such as habaneros, serranos or jalapenos is that washing your hands simply doesn't cut it. Its all about the hand sanitizer, that stuff kills the hot pretty well.
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  • Photo Egg
    Photo Egg Posts: 12,137
    Sounds like a winner. Shoot me an email if you give that a go. Posts on here move so fast.
    Darian
    Thank you,
    Darian

    Galveston Texas
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  • Rascal
    Rascal Posts: 3,923
    Here's what I use for cooking outdoors:

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  • Photo Egg
    Photo Egg Posts: 12,137
    Your cooking grate fits perfect.
    Darian
    Thank you,
    Darian

    Galveston Texas
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  • Rascal
    Rascal Posts: 3,923
    The grate didn't come with the base unit, but I found the 13" piece at a local Ace H/W. It will handle a good-size pot, but I'll need to grind a bit of handle off a 12" CI pan for a proper fit. Once and a while I like to sear a thick, NY strip in a pan ansd create a grande finale with the aid of JD or Cognac. A 30x40" sheet of ss protects the wood deck underneath. Bon appetite!
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