Chook Chook Chookie….

This is a huge occasion at our house, finally the chickens have arrived!

It’s a whole new world of chook houses, chook food, chook feeders and chickens.  We are now the proud owners of three chickens of the laying variety or at least that’s what we are hoping.  Fresh eggs yipee. 

We celebrated by sitting on the lawn beside the chook house with a glass in hand fixated for far too long on how much time it would take these girls to realise they had a large upstairs bedroom and lots of fresh hay to lay (haha) their not so pretty heads. The spring weather has returned so it made the evening even sweeter.

So was it in bad taste that we where having barbequed chicken for dinner?

Here is a standard marinade we use often.  With a fresh simple salad it makes for a very quick, easy and tasty dinner.

Easy Chicken Marinade

1 red chilli (remove seeds if you don’t like the heat)

½ lemon chopped skin and all

1 clove garlic

A Fresh herb or choice (anything will do, basil, thyme, marjoram, mint, rosemary preferably something straight from the garden)

Pop it all in a large mortar and pestle with some salt and a drizzle of oil

Toss the chicken pieces and leave till your barbeque is hot. I’d suggest a minimum of an hour if longer pop it in the fridge.