1 x whole plain boneless chicken
1 x thumb sized piece of ginger sliced
1 lemon zest
1 emon juiced
3 tbsn olive oil
1 tbsn Sichuan peppercorns
1 tbsn chilli flakes
2 cloves garlic sliced
Method
- Set up grill for indirect cooking with a chunk of your favourite hard wood , I like oak. Or pre-heat your oven to 180deg C.
- Place the ginger, lemon juice and zest , chilli, peppercorns , garlic and olive oil onto a baking tray and lay the chicken on top. Massage all the ingredients into the chicken and have the skin side facing up.
- Place the tray into the BBQ and smoke the chicken away from the direct heat for 25 minutes. Or 35-45 minutes in the oven depending on the size.
- Then carefully take the chicken out of tray and lay directly over the charcoal to get some colour
- Keep turning the chicken until cooked 73c internal temperature
- Chop chicken and serve with more lemon and its juices from the tray