Bbq Spice- Island Chicken

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 large chicken (enough to serve 6)
• water, to cover
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 star anise or 1 pinch anise
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1 onion, peeled quartered
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1/2 cup pineapple juice

Recipe

• 1 do ahead: clean& truss chicken (tie legs together and secure wings) and place in a large pot, cover with water.
• 2 add salt, ginger, anisseed,onion& soy sauce.
• 3 bring to a boil, reduce heat ans simmer for 1 hour.
• 4 drain water from the chicken and leave it to cool completely.
• 5 mix honey and pineapple juice in a cup.
• 6 bbq cooking: thread the chicken onto a spit from the tail end coming out through the wishbone (make sure it is balanced).
• 7 place over moderate heat with the spit rotating.
• 8 baste with the honey juice.
• 9 cook until golden about 3/4 hour.