Name: Smoky sriracha barbecue chicken
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 110 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Cooking Method
Ingredients: chicken whole, spatchcock; 2 tsp fennel seeds; 1 tsp paprika smoked; 1 tsp demerara sugar; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 1 tsp sea salt; 1 black pepper freshly ground; 200 g demerara sugar; 200 g tomato purée; 200 ml apple juice; 2 Sriracha sauce; 100 ml whiskey; 4 Worcestershire sauce; 4 vinegar balsamic; oranges juice only; 1 fresh coriander handful; 1 salt sea; 8 potatoes medium, for roasting; 1 tsp paprika; sea salt; 2 cup yoghurt; 2 tsp turmeric lightly toasted; 2 tsp cumin seeds, toasted; 1 tsp dried chilli flakes toasted; lemon zest only; sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; celery stalks shaved

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Ingredients (27)

chicken — whole, spatchcock

RUB:

2 tsp	fennel — seeds
1 tsp	paprika — smoked
1 tsp	demerara sugar
1 tsp	cumin — seeds
1 tsp	sea salt
1	black pepper — freshly ground

STICKY BARBECUE SAUCE:

200 g	demerara sugar
200 g	tomato purée
200 ml	apple juice
2	Sriracha sauce
100 ml	whiskey
4	Worcestershire sauce
4	vinegar — balsamic
	oranges — juice only
1	fresh coriander — handful
1	salt — sea

POTATOES:

8	potatoes — medium, for roasting
1 tsp	paprika
	sea salt

YOGHURT DRESSING:

2 cup	yoghurt
2 tsp	turmeric — lightly toasted
2 tsp	cumin — seeds, toasted
1 tsp	dried chilli flakes — toasted
	lemon — zest only
	sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Garnish:

celery stalks — shaved

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Method:

Start the fire in your Weber or closed grill. Alternatively preheat your oven to 180°C.

To make the rub, combine all of the ingredients and grind in a pestle and mortar until all the spices reach a fine consistency.

Cover the chicken with the rub then leave to marinade while you prepare the potatoes.

Make slits 1cm apart all along the one side of each potato. Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with paprika and sea salt.

Once your fire is at the right temperature, pop the chicken and potatoes onto the grill, close the lid and allow to cook for 45 minutes to an hour or until cooked through. You may have to turn the chicken and potatoes once or twice during the cooking process. Alternatively, pop the chicken and potatoes into a roasting tray and into the oven for 45 minutes to an hour or until cooked through.

While the chicken is cooking make the barbecue sauce.

Place all of the ingredients into a pot on the stove over a medium heat. Stir to combine and then allow the mixture to come to the boil. Reduce the heat and leave to simmer for 10 to 15 minutes, or until the sauce is sticky enough to coat the back of a spoon.

Once cooked, remove the chicken from and potatoes from the grill or the oven. If done, remove the potatoes and set aside and keep warm otherwise leave on the fire or in the oven to continue cooking.

If using the oven reduce the temperature to 120°C. Baste the entire chicken with the barbecue sauce. Pop the chicken back on the now cooler fire or back into the oven in the roasting tray for around 10 minutes, or until the chicken is starting to look dark and sticky.

While the chicken is back on the fire or in the oven make the yoghurt. Toast all of the spices in a small pan on the stove until they become fragrant and are lightly toasted. Remove from the heat, allow to cool slightly then mix into the double cream yoghurt. Add in the zest, salt and pepper and stir to combine.

After around 10 minutes, remove the chicken from the fire or oven and baste again with the barbecue sauce. Return the chicken to the fire or oven for a further 10 minutes, or until sticky, glazed and delicious.

Serve with the perfectly roasted potatoes, a handful of fresh, crunchy shaved celery and the zesty yoghurt dressing.

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