The master recipe for the ur-beer-can chicken, the showstopper that will dazzle your family and friends.
Two whole chickens, propped up on vertical roasters, rubbed with spices, and leisurely cooked and smoked over an indirect fire.
Make the dredge: In a large bowl, combine the flour, seasoning, baking powder, and pepper.
Fennel and Apple Slaw:
Cooking outdoors without the high-tech benefits of thermostats and heavy gauge saucepans requires greater vigilance and knowledge than anything demanded from indoor cooking, but there's an easy way to tilt the odds in your favor -- indirect grilling.
Six recipes for paper parcels: Fish with XO Sauce, Garlic Prawns, Spiced Chicken, Coconut and Lime Salmon, Chilli Jam Tofu and Moroccan Mussels.
I eat pho -- chicken or beef -- almost every morning at the restaurant.
When Céline Bénitah cooks this dish, she blanches the olives for a minute to get rid of the bitterness, a step that I never bother with. If you keep the pits in, just warn your guests in order to avoid any broken teeth! Céline also uses the marvelous Moroccan spice mixture ras el hanout, which includes, among thirty other spices, cinnamon, cumin, cardamom, cloves, and paprika. You can find it at Middle Eastern markets or through the Internet, or you can use equal amounts of the above spices or others that you like.
This is a simplified version of the traditional Palestinian dish m'sakhan, in which chicken is spiced with sumac and then roasted in the oven over bread. Sumac and za'atar that we love and use so much are combined here with fresh lemon to give the chicken a powerful sharp kick. It works fantastically well and is almost addictive. Try serving the chicken with warm pita bread and a garlicky yogurt sauce, made by mixing Greek yogurt with crushed garlic, olive oil, salt, and pepper.
Chicken Larb (Laotian Chicken and Herb Salad)