Barbecued Island Chicken Recipes

TROPICAL ISLAND CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine first 10 ingredients. Set aside 1/3 cup for basting; cover and refrigerate. Pour remaining marinade into a large resealable plastic bag. Add chicken; seal and turn to coat. Refrigerate 8 hours or overnight., Prepare grill for indirect heat, using a drip pan. Place chicken over drip pan; grill, covered, over indirect medium heat 45-60 minutes or until a thermometer reads 170°-175°, turning and basting frequently with reserved marinade during the last 20 minutes.

BARBECUED ISLAND CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine all ingredients except chicken.
• In a large, shallow non-aluminum baking dish or plastic bag, pour 1 cup marinade over chicken (Reserve the remaining 3/4 cup marinade in fridge for later); turn to coat.
• Cover or close bag and marinate in the refrigerator, turning occasionally, for at least 30 minutes and up to 3 hours.
• Remove chicken from marinade, discarding marinade.
• Grill or broil chicken, brushing with refrigerated marinade, until chicken is no longer pink.
• Serve, if desired, with grilled pineapple wedges.

BBQ SPICE- ISLAND CHICKEN

Steps:

• Do ahead: Clean& truss chicken (Tie legs together and secure wings) and place in a large pot, cover with water.
• Add salt, ginger, anisseed,onion& soy sauce.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat ans simmer for 1 hour.
• Drain water from the chicken and leave it to cool completely.
• Mix honey and pineapple juice in a cup.
• BBQ Cooking: Thread the chicken onto a spit from the tail end coming out through the wishbone (Make sure it is balanced).
• Place over moderate heat with the spit rotating.
• Baste with the honey juice.
• Cook until golden about 3/4 hour.

TROPICAL ISLAND CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400*. Spray a 9x13 inch baking dish with cooking spray. Arrange chicken pieces on prepared baking dish.
• In a small bowl, mix together ginger, paprika, onion powder and garlic salt. Add the Worcestershire sauce and mix well. Divide this mixture and brush half over the chicken pieces. Bake for 15 minutes. Turn chicken pieces and baste with remaining half of Worcestershire sauce mixture; bake for an additional 15 minutes.
• In a medium bowl, combine ketchup, soy sauce, pineapple and brown sugar. Carefully spoon the pineapple mixture over baked chicken. Bake an additional 30 minutes. Serve hot.

ISLAND CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F.
• Glaze:.
• In a saucepan over medium heat, whisk the soy sauce, brown sugar, pineapple juice, ginger, garlic, honey and orange zest together. Reduce the glaze by one-third and then cool to room temperature.
• Chicken:.
• Put the chicken on a wire reack iwth a drip pan underneath. Season outside and inside the chicken with salt and pepper, to taste, then put in the oven.
• Roast the chicken for about 15 mintues, then turn the temp down to 350 degrees F. Roast an additional 20 minutes. Brush the glaze on the chicken and return to the oven for an additional 15 minutes. (If you have a larger chicken you may need to increase the time so the chicken fully cooks.).
• Remove chicken from the oven and sprinkle the shredded coconut over the whole chicken. Place back in the oven for about 5 minutes, or until the coconut is toasted.
• Remove the chicken form the oven and let rest for about 5 minutes. Carve and serve!