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    Celebrate chicken

    Mar 19, 2021 5 minutes
    BY ESTHER MALAN
    PICTURES: MISHA JORDAAN

    ROOIBOS-SMOKED HONEY-BASTED CHICKEN

    Rooibos tea is as South African as it gets. We marinated a whole chicken in cold rooibos tea and used dried tea to lightly smoke it.

    SERVES 4-6 PREPARATION: 10 MIN MARINATING: 2 HOURS COOKING: 2 HOURS

    1 large whole chicken
    1 orange, halved
    30ml (2T) rooibos tea leaves

    MARINADE

    500ml (2c) strongly brewed rooibos tea, cold
    60ml (¼c) each soy sauce and brown sugar
    4 garlic cloves, bruised
    1 onion, sliced into quarters

    BASTING SAUCE

    60ml (¼c) honey
    15ml (1T) soy sauce
    5cm fresh ginger, grated

    Heat a kettle braai, put a braai grid in the middle and keep some tin foil handy.

    1 Put the chicken in a deep marinating dish.

    Marinade Mix all the ingredients, then pour over the chicken. Cover and marinade in the fridge for 2 hours. Remove

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