Cornell Firemans Chicken Recipes

CORNELL CHICKEN

Steps:

• Place the cider vinegar, oil, egg, salt, poultry seasoning, and black pepper in a blender. Cover, and puree until smooth.
• Pour blended mixture into a resealable plastic bag. Add the chicken halves, coat with the marinade, squeeze out excess air, and seal the bag. Marinate in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours (up to overnight).
• Remove chicken halves from bag and transfer to a plate or baking sheet lined with paper towels. Pat chicken dry with more paper towels. Reserve marinade mixture.
• Preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat, and lightly oil the grate.
• Grill chicken, skin-side down, on the preheated grill for 2 minutes. Turn each piece, brush with marinade mixture, and move to indirect heat.
• Grill, brushing with glaze and turning often, until well-browned and meat is no longer pink in the center, about 45 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh, near the bone, should read 180 degrees F (82 degrees C).

FIREMAN CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a medium mixing bowl, combine mayonnaise, vegetable oil, cider vinegar, fine sea salt, poultry seasoning, ground black pepper, garlic powder and paprika. Whisk until smooth.
• Pierce chicken with a fork several times to allow marinade to really sink in.
• Place chicken quarters into a large airtight plastic bag or other tight fitting container. Cover with marinade, reserving a 1/2 cup for basting. Refrigerate for a minimum of 2 hours, maximum of 24 hours.
• Heat grill to medium-high heat. You can use either gas or charcoal, however make sure you have a long burning charcoal if you go that direction. Place chicken on the grill on indirect heat.
• Use reserved marinade, basting the chicken throughout the cooking process. Cook over indirect heat for 35 minutes, turning and basting.
• At 35 minutes, transfer to direct heat to get a crispy and good char marks. At this time, stop basting. If you are using different cuts of chicken, please adjust accordingly.
• Remove from the grill and allow to rest for 5-10 minutes before serving. Discard any unused marinade.
• If you've tried this recipe, come back and let us know how it was!

CORNELL BBQ CHICKEN

Steps:

• Put all ingredients (accept chicken) into a blender and blend until smooth.
• Place chicken in an airtight container. Pour mixture over chicken and marinate for at least 1 to 2 hours (I allow mine to marinade overnight in the refrigerator). Remove chicken from marinade and cook over grill until done. Bring marinade to a boil and use to baste the chicken while cooking.

DR. BAKER'S ORIGINAL CORNELL CHICKEN RECIPE

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Combine the basting sauce ingredients in a blender and mix until emulsified.
• Place the chicken halves in a large zip-top plastic bag and pour in 1/2 cup of the sauce.
• Seal the bag and shake gently to coat the chicken evenly.
• Refrigerate for 2 hours.
• Remove the chicken from the marinade and wipe off excess sauce from the surface. Discard the marinade.
• Grill over charcoal, turning often and liberally basting with the remaining sauce every 10 minutes, for about 1 hour, or until cooked through.

CORNELL CHICKEN MARINADE

Steps:

• Crack the egg into a medium bowl and whisk until beaten. Slowly whisk in the oil until fully blended. Then whisk in the vinegar, salt, poultry seasoning, and ground black pepper. Set some of the sauce aside to use for basting while grilling. Place chicken in shallow baking dish, and coat with sauce. Cover, and marinate in the refrigerator for 24 hours.

FIREMAN'S CHICKEN

Steps:

• Combine first 4 ingredients then add vinegar to mix.
• Use to baste chicken while you are grilling. or baking. It's delicious either way.

GRILLED CORNELL CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a food processor, mix the egg with the oil and other ingredients.
• Marinate the chicken in one half of the marinade for 4-6 hours in the refrigerator.
• Place a drip pan half full of water in the bottom of half of the grill.
• Fire up the grill.
• Oil the grate.
• Cook the chicken indirectly for 40 to 60 minutes on the side of the grill where the drip pan is, basting and turning the chicken occasionally.
• Move the chicken to grill it directly for extra browning.
• The internal temperature of the chicken should be 180 degrees before serving.