serves
4-6
prep
20 minutes
cook
1:30 hour
difficulty
Mid
serves
4-6
people
preparation
20
minutes
cooking
1:30
hour
difficulty
Mid
level
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Ingredients
- 1.5-2 kg chicken, cleaned and trimmed
Salt crust
- 400 g salt
- 600 g plain flour
- 50 ml vegetable oil
- 300 ml warm tepid water
For chicken dressing
- 50 ml mirin
- 100 ml soy
- 25 ml sesame oil
- 20 ml black vinegar
- 2.5 cm ginger, sliced
- 2 limes, zest peeled
- 1 orange, zest peeled
- 2 star anise
- 2 cinnamon quills
- 1 bunch coriander stems
- 2 long red or green chillies
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 eschallot finely diced
- 1 spring onion, finely sliced on an angle
Resting time: 30 minutes
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200°C.
- To make the salt crust, rub the salt and flour together, add oil and water then knead to form a dough. Let it rest, then roll out to 5 mm thickness.
- Mix all the dressing ingredients together and allow to sit to infuse for a few minutes. Rub the whole chicken in the dressing, stuffing the inside with the large pieces of coriander, zests, chilli and spices. Reserve leftover dressing.
- Over the rolled out salt crust, place a few layers of foil large enough to wrap around the chicken. Place the chicken breast side down onto the foil then wrap, leaving a small hole. Pour in the leftover marinade liquid through the hole. Seal the foil and then the dough around the bird trying to encase as much dressing as possible.
- Bake chicken in oven for 1.5 hours, then remove to let it rest for 30 minutes.
- Break crust open and peel away to reveal chicken; carve and serve.
Cook's Notes
Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.
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