Hot smoked chicken breasts

5 May 2011

Hot smoked chicken breasts

Ingredients

Chicken breast              500 g

Ginger rooibos tea         5 bags

Fresh Oregano              3 twigs with leaves

Method

1. Place defrosted chicken breasts into a perforated serving dish.

2. Tears open the teabags and add leaves to bain marie insert

3.  Place oregano twigs with leaves into bain marie insert with the tea leaves

4. Place the perforated serving dish into the bain marie insert

5. Seal the top of the bain marie insert with aluminum foil

6. Place lid on bain marie insert and cover again with aluminum foil to create an air tight seal

7. Place dish into preheated oven and let it smoke for 1 hour

8. Remove dish from oven and wipe the chicken with damp cloth to remove white froth.

Chef Tips

·         You must not use any liquid to smoke with otherwise it might burn and it will spoil the flavor of the smoked chicken.

·         You can use different dry spices to smoke with for a variation in flavors.