Grilling a Whole Chicken on a Bottle

Ingredients

• A whole chicken
• Aromatics: onion, fresh ginger, cinnamon sticks, and rosemary
• Marinade:
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 1 tablespoon plain yogurt
• Paprika or sweet red pepper powder
• Chicken seasoning
• Ground cinnamon
• Ground ginger
• Salt

Method

1. Mix the marinade ingredients and rub the chicken with it inside and out and under the skin.
2. In a glass soda bottle or a small jar, put water with aromatics, then place the chicken over the jar or bottle so that the bottle is inside it.
3. Stand the chicken upright on the bottle or jar in a baking tray and pour a little water into the tray.
4. Place the tray on the oven rack at medium heat until the chicken is cooked.
5. Add more water to the tray whenever the amount decreases.
6. After the chicken cooks on the bottle by the steam rising from the water in the bottle and tray, remove it from the oven and serve.