Mom?s Rotisserie Chicken
Mom?s Rotisserie Chickenis a blast from the past? at least it is for me, my brothers, and my sister.
Back in the ?60s my family lived in a suburb of Minneapolis(Edina, to be exact). Mom and Dad installed an outdoor grill powered by natural gas, and they grilled year-round. Mom did most of the grilling in the summer, but Dad would bundle up and go out in the snow in the dead of winterto grill steaks.
On Sundays, Mom would often go to early Mass, return home, and put a chicken or two in her marinade. (She often made two chickens. Our family of six would make short work of one of them and the other was used for leftovers.) When it was time to cook the chicken, she would put it on the rotisserie rod and cook it on the grill. It always cooked to a dark ebony colorand was moist and flavorful. We called it Rotisserie Chickenand I never got tired of it.
Looks very much like Mom’s Rotisserie Chicken
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I recently found Mom’s hand-written recipefor the marinade and decided to give it a try.
I don?t have a rotisserie on my grill, but years ago Mom gave me an electric vertical rotisserie. It might have turned out a bitbetter on a grill, but my electric rotisserie produced a chicken that was the same dark ebony color that I remember, and it really was quitegood.
Bob says that the rotisserie is kind of a pain to clean, but the chicken is excellent so it?s worth it!
In the rotisserie – the chicken is done!
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Mom?s Rotisserie Chicken(print the recipe)
If you don?t have a rotisserie, you could marinate the chicken and roast it. I would put it on a rack so the skin can get crispy and start it breast-side-down at 425? for 20 ? 30 minutes. Reduce the heat to 375?; turn the chicken over and continue to roast until it is done. Timing will depend on the size of the chicken, but total time should be about 1½ – 2 hours for a 4 ? 5 pound chicken.
1 chicken
½ cup dry sherry
½ cup soy sauce
2 tablespoons sugar(I used honey instead)
½ teaspoon garlic powder
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1. Combine all of the marinade ingredients.
I used my Blender Bottle to mix the marinade. It’s super fast. When finished, just put some hot water and detergent in it and shake to clean (as shown in photo). Mom would have loved this simple gadget!
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2. Put the chicken in a large zip-loc bag and pour in the marinade. Refrigerate for 6 ? 8 hours, turning the chicken over occasionally during the day.
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3. Cook the chicken on a rotisserie according to the manufacturer?s directions, or roast it in the oven (see note at the beginning of the recipe).
Ready to roast in the rotisserie:
My 5.5 pound chicken took 1 hour and 50 minutes in my electric rotisserie.
