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Thanksgiving is here, and so is our Rotisserie whole chicken. It can be easily prepared ahead and then we try to make different chicken based recipes from it. It's perfect as the main dish of a simple meal with sides. Ingredients To Brin 1/4 cup of salt  1/4 cup of granulated sugar 10 peppercorns 2 bay leaves 3 cups water Marinate 2 tablespoons butter 2 teaspoons paprika 1 1/2 teaspoons dried thyme 1 teaspoon garlic minced 1 teaspoon ginger minced Salt and freshly ground black pepper  1 (4 to 5 pound) whole chicken (see note 1) Clean the chicken cavity and rinse it with cold water. Trim any excess skin from the neck area. Set aside. Mix  1/2 cup of salt and 1/2 cup of granulated sugar in one cup of water and pour it into a large pot and bring it to a boil. Add enough cold water to the pot to cover the chicken and add the bay leaves and peppercorns. Place the chicken in the pot and refrigerate for 4 hours up to 12 hours or overnight.   Remove the chicken from the brin...

A very simple OTG cooked tandoori chicken. Marinated in Indian spices and its our kind of special dish for the thanksgiving always.   Nutrition Value Around 200 calories is in per 100gms of tandoori chicken, it basically the size of chicken which varies calories each time. Ingredients Whole Chicken For marination Garlic- 2 whole (chopped) Ginger- 1 inch (chopped) Curd- 1/4 cup hung curd for per 1 kg of chicken Spices 1 tbsp each- turmeric, garam masala, coriander masala, tandoori masala, salt Oil Mustard- 1tbsp Method Mix the marination ingredient and massage on inside and outside of chicken thoroughly and let it marinate for minimum 2 hours and maximum overnight. Pull out of the fridge half hour before cooking. Fix the chicken by tying it with thread so that it doesn't fall over.   Set the OTG or oven for 200 C (380 F) and fix it in the rotisserie section and let it cook for 60 to 80 minutes. In between brush the chicken with butter or ghee in every 15 minutes.  If you a...