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It’s Mother’s Day today, where I cooked Butternut Squash…

and one whole chicken.

I made this standing on can chicken, called Coke Can Chicken. I was using coke in this recipe, obviously

But the choice is yours. Might as well use pepsi, or replace the filling with chicken stock.

The can held the chicken pretty well, she was just sitting all the way through

It took 1.5 hour to cook the chicken.

In the meantime, I prepared this Butternut Squash soup. Hearty, healthy and very yummy!

“dip dip dip“.. Mikael enjoyed both soup and the homemade bread

Phew! it was finally ready. The coke in the can evaporated really well, made the chicken meat so tender and juicy. I could just teared the chicken easily

Indeed, very yummy.

I love one with lots of spices. So the marinade I prepared was a combination with lots and lots of spices as you can see in the recipe. Feel free to follow your favorite one!

 

So the Mother’s Day table was full of those today. We sure had a wonderful lunch…

Coke Can Chicken Recipe

• 1 whole chicken, about 1.3 kgs
• For the marinade
• 2 tsp coarsely ground black pepper
• 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
• 1/2 tsp citrus pepper
• 1/2 tsp dried parsley
• 1/2 tsp dried basil
• 1/2 tsp dried thyme
• 1 tsp cajun powder
• 1 tsp paprika powder
• 1 tsp smoked paprika powder
• 1/2 teaspoon ginger powder
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 2 tsp salt
• 5 tbsp olive oil

1. Prepare the marinade by combining all the ingredients in a bowl. Spread the marinade on the whole chicken, inside and out. Keep marinating for at least 30 minutes. I would suggest wait till few hours if possible.
2. Take a coke can, open and place it on a baking tray lined with parchment paper. Place the bird on the coke can and bring them to the preheated oven. Place the tray so that the chicken is sitting in the middle of the oven. If your oven is a bit small like mine, place the tray on the oven floor. It should be fine.
3. Roast the bird at 175′C for 1.5 hours. Every 30 minutes, open the oven and brush the chicken with the juice collected on the parchment paper.
4. Carefully lift the chicken from the coke can once it’s ready. Enjoice!

Butternut Squash Soup Recipe

Adapted from: Maplebird@Allrecipes.com

Note: I made some changes to the recipe, as suggested by some reviewers. Click on the link above for the original recipe.

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 small onion and 1 garlic – chopped
• 1 medium butternut squash, about 0.5 kg – peeled, seeded, cubed
• 2 cups  chicken stock
• salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

1. Place the cubed butternut squash on a baking tray, and drizzle with good lugs of olive oil. Roast at 200 C for 30-45 minutes. Set aside.
2. Melt the butter in a large pot, and cook the onion, and garlic for 5 minutes, or until lightly browned. Pour in the chicken stock and the roasted butternut squash. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover pot, and simmer 5-10 minutes.
3. Transfer the soup to a blender, and blend until smooth. Return to pot and season with salt and pepper.

Last but not least, I received a beautiful beautiful card and one cute little badge as the Mother’s Day gift. I think more than that, I received LOVE, and lots of them
Thank you Mikael sayang. Mama loved it!

Many thanks to Kak Sue too for the lovely Mother’s Day card :*