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    Home » Recipes » Rotisserie

    Rotisserie Chicken with Chinese Oyster Sauce Glaze

    Published: Sep 26, 2013 · Modified: Oct 22, 2022 by Mike Vrobel · This post may contain affiliate links · 7 Comments

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    Rotisserie Chicken with Chinese Oyster Sauce Glaze

    Thinking about rotisserie chicken on a beautiful fall day…

    I have a chicken from Brunty Farms, and I’m itching to spin it on the rotisserie - it’s a gorgeous out there. How should I cook it? Let’s ask the kids.

    Kids, in unison: Chinese stir fry!

    Um…no, I don’t feel like breaking the whole chicken down, skinning it, and cutting it into strips. I’m sticking with the rotisserie. Let’s see what I can do.

    Soy sauce marinade? Sure, I can do that.

    What about a sweet glaze? I’ll go with my secret weapon - hoisin sauce. Wait, darn it, I’m out of hoisin sauce. I need to make a trip to the Asian market. But, I do have a couple extra bottles of oyster sauce in the pantry. Hmm….

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    Rotisserie Chicken with Chinese Oyster Sauce Glaze


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    • Author: Mike Vrobel
    • Total Time: 5 hours
    • Yield: 1 whole chicken 1x
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    Description

    Rotisserie Chicken with Chinese Oyster Sauce Glaze


    Ingredients

    Scale
    • 4-pound chicken

    Marinade

    • ½ cup soy sauce
    • 2 tablespoons Shao Xing rice wine (or substitute dry sherry)
    • 1 tablespoons sugar
    • 1 clove garlic, smashed
    • 1 quarter-sized piece of ginger, smashed
    • 1 scallion, minced
    • 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil

    Oyster Sauce glaze

    • ¼ cup soy sauce
    • ¼ cup oyster sauce
    • 1 tablespoon sugar
    • 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil

    Instructions

    1. Marinate the chicken: Whisk the marinade ingredients in a bowl until the sugar dissolves. Put the chicken in a gallon zip top bag and pour the marinade over the bird. Squeeze the air out of the bag, seal, and put the bagged chicken in a baking dish in the refrigerator. Refrigerate for at least one hour, preferably four hours, turning occasionally to redistribute the marinade.
    2. Truss and spit the chicken: Remove the chicken from the bag, letting excess marinade drip off. Fold the wing tips under the wings and truss the chicken. Skewer the chicken on the rotisserie spit, securing it with the spit forks. Pick off any bits of scallion, garlic, or ginger that stuck to the chicken - they'll burn in the heat of the grill. Let the chicken rest at room temperature while the grill preheats.
    3. Set up the grill for indirect high heat (400°F +): Prepare the grill for cooking on indirect high heat (see details here). For my Weber kettle, I light a Weber Chimney Starter full of charcoal, wait for it to be covered with ash, then pour it in two equal piles on the sides of the grill, and put the drip pan in the middle, between the piles. (The Weber Chimney Starter holds 5 quarts of charcoal, the perfect size for this recipe.)
    4. Make the Oyster Sauce glaze: Whisk the Oyster Sauce glaze ingredients in a medium bowl. Set aside for later.
    5. Rotisserie grill the chicken: Put the spit on the grill, start the motor spinning, and make sure the drip pan is centered beneath the chicken. Close the lid and cook until the chicken reaches 160°F in the thickest part of the breast, about 1 hour. During the last 15 minutes of cooking, brush the chicken with the Oyster Sauce glaze every five minutes.
    6. Serve: Remove the chicken from the rotisserie spit and remove the twine trussing the chicken. Be careful - the spit and forks are blazing hot. Let the chicken rest for 15 minutes, then carve, drizzle with any the remaining oyster glaze, and serve.

    Notes

    The recipe has my standard rotisserie chicken timings - cook a 4 pound chicken on indirect high heat for about 1 hour. The chicken in the pictures is 3 pounds, and it finished in 45 minutes - 163°F in the breast. Remember: cook to the internal temperature, not the time. That's the best way to know when the chicken is done.

    Of course, you could turn this into hoisin glazed chicken, my original planned recipe. Replace the oyster sauce with hoisin sauce.

    Tools

    Grill with Rotisserie attachment (I used a Weber kettle with the Rotisserie attachment; the kettle is here and the rotisserie attachment is here)

    Aluminum foil drip pan (9"x12", or whatever fits your grill)

    Butcher's twine

    Chimney Starter (for a charcoal grill)

    • Prep Time: 4 hours
    • Cook Time: 1 hour
    • Category: Sunday Dinner
    • Method: Rotisserie
    • Cuisine: Chinese

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    Comments

    1. Patrick says

      May 22, 2021 at 8:02 am

      This recipe is fantastic!!!! I couldn’t believe how perfect it turned out. I loved the sweet and salty glaze. It is the perfect consistency too to really stick to and coat the chicken. If you dont know the flavor of oyster sauce it is very Smokey, salty and sweet. I think this is the best rotisserie style chicken I have ever had! I live in a condo and so I can’t have a grill. I cooked this in the air fryer. You really came up with a brilliant recipe. I don’t think I’ll make rotisserie chicken any other way from now on. thanks!

      Reply
      • Mike Vrobel says

        May 22, 2021 at 4:00 pm

        Thanks!

        Reply
    2. Richard Hui says

      April 01, 2021 at 2:27 pm

      I tried this, I had time to marinate for 24 hours, turned out great! Thank you.

      Reply
      • Mike Vrobel says

        April 02, 2021 at 12:28 pm

        You're welcome!

        Reply
    3. Javier A. says

      December 27, 2018 at 3:39 pm

      I tried this the second time I was using the rotisserie attachmwnt on my grill (Weber Kettle 22 inch). I will definitely will make it again. The wife loved it.

      Reply
    4. Larry M. says

      December 03, 2017 at 6:55 pm

      Just made this. Outstanding! Thanks, Mike!

      Reply
      • Mike Vrobel says

        April 03, 2018 at 7:33 am

        You're welcome!

        Reply

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