Preparing Chicken: Brining

Name: Preparing Chicken: Brining
Ingredients: 300 g/10½ oz/heaped 1 cup salt; 2 large lemon verbena sprigs; 1 carrot, peeled and halved; 1 garlic bulb, cut in half horizontally; 100 ml/3½ fl oz/scant ½ cup light soy sauce; 2 large thyme sprigs; 1 onion, halved

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Good Chicken Cookbook

By Marcus Bean

Published 2024

About

Brining is soaking chicken in salted water before roasting or smoking in order to keep the meat moist when it is cooking or smoking. You can brine chicken for any of the recipes in this book.

Ingredients

For the Brine

300 g/10½ oz/heaped 1 cup salt
2

Garnish
Vegan

Method

Dissolve the brine ingredients in 6l/1.3 gallons/25 cups water. Add the chicken, making sure that it is covered in the brine. Cover and leave in the fridge overnight, or for about 12 hours. Drain well, rinse, then drain again before cooking.