Smoked chicken

Name: Smoked chicken
Total time: 10800 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: I whole kienyeji chicken; Salt; Charcoal jiko

Irene Mercy @cook_9140977

This is a good way to preserve your chicken. It was used traditionally by our grandmothers to preserve meet

Irene Mercy @cook_9140977

This is a good way to preserve your chicken. It was used traditionally by our grandmothers to preserve meet

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Ingredients

3 hours

4 servings

I whole kienyeji chicken
Salt
Charcoal jiko

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Steps

3 hours

1

Prepare fire using Charcoal and jiko
2

Prepare chicken by removing all the unwanted parts
3

Sprinkle salt all over it
4

Using a wire mesh place it on a jiko then put the chicken on the jiko but ensure its not direct on the fire to avoid it burning up
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Also ensure that the heat is not too much it could burn or the chicken will get the direct smoke and that wont give out a good smoked chicken
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Remember this procedure does not restrict you from smoking your chicken for several days before you eat it
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You can tell that your chicken is ready if all the water it dries out all and the color of the chicken is almost golden brown
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I use salt to help me get read of all the water in the chicken