The Rage

Dear Chelo,

I cannot thank you enough for being so generous with sharing your expertise in the kitchen.  Your "Rage Chicken" is unbelievably delicious!  It's a killer! And you are right about it being very close in taste to the San Pedro lechon manok that we both so love.

I added a few things to your recipe, not because the recipe is lacking--it's not, but because I always just want to put my own twist in every recipe that I try.

Here's what I added/modified:

• Used cornish game hen instead of the regular chicken (it's what I had available and I always buy game hen because it seems that it has less fat)
• Used fresh rosemary (only because I have so much of them growing in the backyard)
• Substituted half of the oyster sauce with Mama Sita's Barbeque marinade (because I love the sweet-savory taste of this marinade)
• Added a little bit of honey (only because I put honey in pretty much everything)
• Marinated the chicken overnight
• Added melted butter to the marinade that I used to baste the chicken (because I want to fry the skin a little bit)

The result?  Such tender, juicy and very tasty roasted chicken!  I'm glad I cooked two at once.  Otherwise, we won't have anything left for lunch tomorrow.

I kept the other chicken longer in the oven because I wanted a slightly overcooked, perfectly caramelized skin.  It was so good! And you were right--just one slice and look at all that juice!

We ended up eating dinner a little late today because I didn't get home from work until 6.  But the wait was definitely worth it.  I paired the chicken with steamed rice and slightly sauteed broccoli with shrimp, and dinner was perfect!  Our hungry stomachs didn't just get filled, they were pleasantly satisfied.

Again--many, many, many, many thanks!

Your big fan,
Liza