Rotisserie Chicken Recipe
Creating a great rotisserie chicken recipe that can easily become a family favorite is a snap if you have the right tools. For this recipe, you will need to have some type of barbeque rotisserie spit.
Purchase one whole chicken from the local butcher. Then season the chicken inside and out with a bit of sea salt. Next, place the chicken on the rotisserie and set the grill to high. Cook the chicken for fifteen minutes. While the chicken is cooking, melt ¼ cup of butter, with some salt, paprika, and pepper. As soon as those fifteen minutes are up, baste the chicken with the mixture leaving some behind in the bowl. Finally, place the chicken back on the spit to cook for one hour or until it is done. During this time, use the basting liquid to continuously baste the chicken. This is a standard rotisserie chicken recipe, though you can change it up a bit.
Instead of using the butter method listed above, consider mixing together some olive oil, chopped garlic, onion, and some salt. Use this mixture as you would the butter mixture, but add some spices to the chicken as it cooks (rosemary works well). Another great way to do this dish is to whip up some barbeque sauce using some liquid smoke, and baste the chicken with the sauce as it cooks. Either method will produce a succulent chicken, so it’s really a matter of personal preference.
Once you have your own rotisserie chicken recipe down to a science, you will find that this is one of the easiest meals to create. Other than the initial process, all this meal really requires is some time to cook. Serve this meal with some homemade mashed potatoes, biscuits, and corn for a great summertime meal. If you happen to have a rotisserie on your barbeque, it will more than pay for itself as the summer moves along.
It is important to select the freshest chicken that you can find in order to produce the best possible dish. Never use leftover chicken for this type of meal unless you want a particularly dry bird.
Go ahead and tweak this rotisserie chicken recipe as much as you like. The only thing to remember is to baste that bird numerous times as it cooks... the rest is as easy as leaving it alone.