Outdoor Cooking: Smoked Steamed Chicken by Recipe Cottage

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	Smoked Steamed Chicken

		Version 1 (outdoors and easier) 1 oven ready chicken 1 Bag bark chippings - the kind they sell for garden mulch 1 large bunch green herbs Heat your outdoor BBQ in the normal way. You can paint the outside of the chicken with soy/honey/vinegar mixed if you like - I find it makes little difference to the end product, but some like to keep busy while waiting for the BBQ to heat up Dump the chippings in a pail of water. When the BBQ is hot put a layer of damp chippings on the grid about 1 inch thick. Put the herbs on this.. Put the chicken on the herbs. Put the lid on the BBQ or if you have no lid wrap the whole thing in tinfoil. Wait half an hour. Turn the chicken over, putting it on more herbs if needed. Wait another half hour. Dish up the smoke steamed chicken. Version 2 (indoors and messier) 1 oven ready chicken 1 cup sugar 1 cup rice 1/2 cup leaf tea (preferably Jasmine) 1 glass gin Take a wok with a lid and a steaming rack and line it with tinfoil, This is important or you will never get the wok clean. Also line the lid. Put in the bottom of the wok the sugar, the rice, the tea and the gin and mix. Turn on the fume extractor to full, close the door to the rest of the house, open any outside doors and windows and turn off the smoke alarm. Put the wok on a high heat until the mixture begins to caramalize and then smoke. Put the steaming rack in the wok and put the chicken on it (You can paint the chicken with soy/honey/vinegar mixed together if you like) Cover with the lid lined with tinfoil, ensuring it is reasonably sealed. Turn the heat down until just a trickle of smoke escapes. Wait an hour. You may have to turn the heat up a bit, or stir the smoking mixture to ensure a steady supply of smoke. Dish up the golden brown chicken. Wait until wok is cold, then remove the foil and char, and dispose of carefully Beware, the tarry substance stains, and like most smoke tars is probably full of carcinogenic nasties. Still, the chicken tastes fantastic. You can do the same thing with game or with salmon.