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Spicy West African Smoked Chicken

 

 

Spicy West African Smoked Chicken
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Prep Time
12 hr
Prep Time
12 hr
Ingredients
  1. 1 whole chicken
  2. 3 cups of chopped okra, yellow corn, potatoes, red onion
  3. 2 cups of olive oil
  4. Apple Wood Chips
  5. 1 Smoker
Instructions
  1. After making chopping the vegetables, place the in a large bowl.
  2. Clean, brine and dry the chicken and then place it in the bowl of vegetables
  3. rub 2 cups of olive oil into the chicken with the vegetables over it
  4. let marinate for at least 6 hours
  5. smoke the chicken at a temp of 225-275 to an internal temp of >160 degrees.
  6. After reaching th internal temp, let cool for about 30 minutes
  7. serve on a bed of vegetables or with jollof rice
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You know I have a saying, Behind every black man is a black woman rolling her eyes. 😀

I say that because, sometimes I have ideas and  Felicia, my Nigerian American wife to be, in my life will come along and make it better. Most of the recipes I have put up on lately, have been influenced by her in some way. This recipe is no different. In keeping with our summer series on bbq and healthy eating, I had to get back to my roots and put up at least one grilled chicken recipe. 

But everyone has grilled chicken. So I had this whole chicken in my freezer just staring at me for weeks. I just could not figure out what flavors I wanted, so until then, that bird just sat. It was not until last week where Felicia asked me about meal prepping and I thought ohhhhh chicken! Lets smoke a Whole Chicken. But I have been here before, I want to smoke a chicken but what flavors? Enter Felicia in her infinite ovarian wisdom passed down from the ages, ” Why don’t you marinade it in fresh okra?” Ok…..Im listening.

So I spoke it over with Felicia and she gave some some ideas. As a Nigerian American, Felicia’s  family is from the Akwa Ibom state and from my involvement with this woman and her family, they are AMAZING COOKS!! I mean the Lord really knew what he was doing and creating this woman. Through Felicia, I have discovered African Stew (https://www.africanbites.com/chicken-stew-african-style/). Then she cut up some vegetables and made the marinade. After about 12 hours, I stuffed this bird with some okra and corn then smoked it over some apple wood chips for a couple of hours. It was so juicy, we ate two leg quarters for dinner. 

Remember Fellas: Behind Every Black man is a Black Woman rolling her eyes

 

Shout out to Felicia and her West African perspective on Chicken for this Post and since it is Wednesday, my #WCW goes out to my future wife, Felicia Ekpo

 

Celebrate the Culture,

 

Dr. Joe Claiborne

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