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                      Garlic Mud Chicken (BGNJ11A)

Recipe By     : Marty Feins (BGNJ11A)
Serving Size  : 4    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Chicken                          Chinese

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   3      lb            Roaster chicken
   3                    Garlic heads (50 cl)
   1      tb            Cajun spices
     3/4  c             Olive oil -- or as needed
   1      c             All purpose flour --
                        - or as needed

As the coating hardens and bakes on the chicken, the flavors and
juices are all sealed in. Best chicken you ever ate.

Preheat oven to 325°F.

Put peeled garlic cloves in blender with 1/2 cup of olive oil and
Cajun spices. Blend until creamy consistency, add more oil if needed.
Place the oil and garlic mixture in a large bowl. Add flour slowly,
mixing until a very heavy, thick, smooth mud like consistency is
achieved.

With string, tie the chicken wings and the legs tight against sides
of carcass. Using a spatula, completely coat chicken with Garlic Mud,
as evenly as possible, using it all. Fill in all crevices between
wings and legs. Place on a rack, breast side up, in a pan and put in
preheated oven. Roast whole chicken about 1-1/2 to 2-1/2 hours or
until coating is browned well. If using cut-up chicken, coat each
piece very well, place on a rack and roast for a shorter time, until
chicken coating is brown. Serve chicken with the crisp pieces of
Garlic coating. I would suggest using a vertical roaster.

It is a wire stand that the chicken slips down on and is vertical.
Set your bottom rack as low as possible to accommodate in oven. Even
a lower heat setting with a longer roast time is even better.

This is a modification of an old Chinese recipe called Beggers
Chicken. They used mud to encase it. Then put into a hot bed of coals
to cook.

Date: Mar 19, 1992, 11:48 AM


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