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Whole Young Chicken with Cucumbers

Whole Young Chicken with Cucumbers

Jeff Tyler
4.92 from 49 votes
Prep Time 6 hours
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 6 hours 25 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Japanese
Servings 1 serving

Ingredients
  

  • 1 young chicken (aka poussin) whole

Pickled Cucumber

  • 1 cucumber
  • 1/4 cup dark Japanese soy sauce
  • 1/3 cup mirin
  • 1/4 lemon juice
  • 1/4 orange juice
  • 4 tablespoons kimchi sauce
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 tablespoon sesame oil

Young Chicken Marinade

  • 160 grams sweet miso
  • 3 tablespoons white sugar
  • 2 tablespoons sake
  • 2 tablespoons mirin
  • 2 tablespoons yamasa soy
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil

Instructions
 

  • Peel the cucumber and cut lengthways in half. Take out all seeds with a spoon. Slice into 1cm (0.4 inch) thick slices to make nice half-moon shapes.
  • Mix the dark soy sauce, Japanese rice vinegar, mirin, lemon juice, orange juice, kimchi sauce, sugar and sesame oil together and add your cucumber slices to the mix.
  • Leave the cucumber to marinate for at least 6 hours.
  • Mix all other ingredients together, except the young chicken, to form a paste.
  • Smother the paste all over the young chicken so that it is nicely covered and place in a bowl or tray in the refrigerator.
  • Leave it to marinate for at least 24 hours for maximum flavour.
  • To cook, place under the grill in your oven preheated to 180 degrees Celsius (355 Fahrenheit).
  • Colour both sides until beautifully golden, approx. 5 minutes on either side.
  • When finished, cut to make sure cooked well, if there are any signs of pink you will need to cook it for a few extra minutes.
  • While the chicken is hot, cut into 6 pieces and arrange on a plate.
  • Take some of the fresh cucumber pickles and arrange next to the chicken. You can also add a slice of lime as shown in the picture, a squeeze of the lime on the chicken will lift it into bliss.

Notes:

  • *Ask your butcher to spatchcock the young chicken for you as this will save you the troubles of having to remove the bones yourself.
  • You can find all of these ingredients at your local Japanese outlet.
  • *For extra flavour, try making this on your charcoal BBQ, takes a little more care not to burn it but the results will be surely fantastic.

Notes

SPICY MISO BABY CHICKEN
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