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Jan 25^th, 2008 at 6:23pm

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Ok.. my second camp oven cook, this one with heatbeads. Not much of a recipe, just lots of rosemary from my neighbours garden and a cut up lemon inside the cavity (I've seen them do that on cooking shows LOL). The chicken was lovely and tender, I couldn't believe how nice it was.

Thanks for the suggestion Billybushcook, was a great idea to do a chicken. I never do chickens in a regular oven as they are always so dry and awful, I gave up chickens 5 or more years ago, so I'm glad I've found a way too cook it this way. I actually preferred chicken this way to brining it. then smoking it/roasting it in the weber bbq.

Photo 1 - while it is cooking

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Reply #1 - Jan 25^th, 2008 at 6:23pm

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Photo 2 - chicken done

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Reply #2 - Jan 26^th, 2008 at 5:56am

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Well done VM
It does look nice and moist. Keep up the the good work..the Weber makes a very good base... you can put the tray on the bottom rack and in the event of bad weather just put the lid on.
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Reply #3 - Jan 29^th, 2008 at 2:04pm

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Looks great voiletmay - yet to try doing a chicken in a CO.

Carolyn

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Reply #4 - Jan 29^th, 2008 at 8:29pm

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A riverbank camping chook

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I started out with nothing and still have most of it

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Reply #5 - Jan 30^th, 2008 at 8:14am

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voiletmay wrote on Jan 25^th, 2008 at 6:23pm:

The chicken was lovely and tender, I couldn't believe how nice it was.

Thanks for the suggestion Billybushcook, was a great idea to do a chicken. I never do chickens in a regular oven as they are always so dry and awful, I gave up chickens 5 or more years ago, so I'm glad I've found a way too cook it this way.

No Problem Voilet,
One tip I have found, is the self basting birds you can buy or marinated ones are even better again, whether they be seasoned or not,
another thing I do is gather up all the left overs including the frame & boil it up with a few left over vege's & strain it to make a stock, either at home or up the bush, I use this to make shepards pie, stir fry or something the next day.

Cooked chooks definately make the best stock, especially out of a CO with some left over roast spuds & carrots.

Good cook'n.
Mick.

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Reply #6 - Feb 4^th, 2008 at 7:09am

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I was envious of you guys & gals doing Roast Chicken in the CO and for some reason I have never done a chook before. So I had a go at it & You're right it does come up nice and tender.The veggies take a bit of getting used to (browning them).Anyhow here is the results.

Gotta be happy with that.
All the best
Skip

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Reply #7 - Feb 4^th, 2008 at 8:32am

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Yep,
I'd seriously doubt there is a better method of roasting a chook than a camp oven,

Mick.

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Reply #8 - Feb 4^th, 2008 at 11:19am

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Wow, I'm so impressed Sooty and Skiproosel. They both look fantastic. Skip I had visions of adding another camp oven (or even a skillet) on top when my chicken was cooking, so great to see that in your photo. Nice to see how others cook and arrange campovens/heatbeads/trivets etc. We can always learn from what others do and photos are brilliant for that. I want another chicken now LOL!!

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Reply #9 - Sep 20^th, 2008 at 7:04pm

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I did a roast chook in my CO this week..... Got to say its the best Roast chicken I have had in many years. Its the method of choice from now on.

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