This chicken recipe is perfect! probably the best whole chicken I’ve ever roasted!
If you don’t know what is Balochi? The people of Balochistan, a province of Pakistan are called Balochi. Balochi famous food like sajji, kaak (stone bread), and roosh.
Sajji is a popular dish in Pakistani. Whole lamb, or chicken is marinated in salt, and roasted over open fire, burning wood gives smoky flavor to the meat.
Crisp on the outside, juicy and tender on the inside, and squeeze lemon juice, and seasoning over the meat before eating.
Brining keeps chicken incredibly moist . It’s a bit more labour intensive than a simple spice rub, but it’s worth the effort .
Balochi Style Roast Chicken Sajji
Ingredients
Brine
- Large bowl
- 1 4-5lb Whole chicken
- ½ cup white vinegar
- ¼ cup salt
- 4-5 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1- inch ginger, chopped
- ¼ cup cilantro, chopped
- 1 cinnamon stick,
- 4-5 cardamom pods
- ½ tsp cloves
- cold water
Sajji Seasoning
- 2 tsp coriander seeds
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- ½ tsp carom
- ½ tsp green cardamom pods
- ¼ cup lemon juice
- ½ cup melted, butter
- salt
Instructions
Brine
- Combine all ingredient in a large bowl , add some water, mix well.
- Place chicken into the large bowl.
- Add more cold water to submerge the chicken completely.
- Cover with plastic wrap and keep the chicken in the fridge overnight for 24 hours.
- Drain the brine after 24 hours, rinse the chicken and pat dry, before cooking.
Sajji Seasoning
- Dry roast coriander, cumin, carom, and cardamom seeds over medium heat, for 3-4 minutes until it's lightly brown.
- Grind the spices coarsely.
- Before serving drizzle the chicken with lemon juice, and melted butter, and sprinkle with the sajji seasoning, and salt.
- Serve hot.
Cooking Open Fire
- Start a campfire.
- Truss the chicken with twine, and skewer the chicken on the rotisserie spit over the campfire. l make my rotisserie spite with two bamboo sticks wrapped with foil.
- Skewer whole chicken into a rotisserie spit stick.
- Bast the chicken with melted butter every 30 minutes.
- Rotate the spit every 15-20 minutes
- Cook the chicken for 3-6 hours, depending on how hot fire is, keep the chicken 20-25 inches above the fire, this will allow heat and smoke to cook chicken and prevent from burning.
- Cook the chicken until internal temperature reaches 180°F.
Oven Roast
- Preheat the oven 350°F.
- Roast the chicken for 1 hour and 50 minutes, until internal temperature reaches 180°F.
