Tea Smoked Chicken
By: Emily Jelassi
Published: Monday, October 18, 2010 - 1:42pm

Ingredients




3 cloves garlic, chopped
1 tablespoon freshly peeled ginger, grated
1 tablespoon honey
3/4 cup low-salt soy sauce
1/2 cup cream sherry
12 chicken thighs
3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
1 cup Lapsang Souchong tea leaves, loose
Sesame seeds for garnish

Preparation

1 Put garlic, ginger, honey, soy sauce, and sherry in a blender and process for 30 seconds.  Pour this marinade into a 9x13-inch baking pan and then put chicken thighs in pan, coating well.  Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours. 2 Line a cast-iron skillet with aluminum foil and sprinkle brown sugar and tea on top of the foil.  Place a wire rack in the skillet and place the chicken on top. 3 Cover with lid and cook chicken on medium-high heat for 30 minutes - WITHOUT lifting the lid!  Sprinkle chicken with sesame seeds and serve with peanut or hot mustard sauce.

About


Tea-smoked chicken is moist and delicious.  It's an easy recipe, but be sure to use cast iron with the aluminum foil...it makes clean-up so much easier.