Chicken in a hole

Written by admin on 04 June 2007

Karina attemps Chicken in a Hole

Well, I found this recipe online before going to White Lake Provincial Park with Daniel & Emeraude this weekend (June 1st, 2007) and thought it seemed easy enough…

I was pretty happy with how it turned out for a 1st attempt and will defenitely be trying to cook it some time again.

Dig your hole

The Hole! lol

about 3 feet deep.

The ground at our campsite was absolutely ideal for this as it was easy to dig. I wouldn’t want to have to attempt this in my back yard that is full of HUGE boulders and gravel.

As you can see my hole probably wasn’t quite 3 feet. It did seem very deep but probably could’ve used another foot.

Having said that, make sure if you plan on making this while out camping you know in advance what kind of soil you are dealing with because if it is not ‘diggable’ you shouldn’t bother.

the hole must be at least 3 feet deep

Build a fire in your hole

and up the sides of the hole… i found this 2nd detail (up the sides) a little tricky since if you stick your wood to the sides of your earthen hole, they will not burn.

Awwww, Napping Charrons xo

So… meanwhile, the Charrons were having a much needed nap in the tent

before the transfers lol

but the instructions had said 4-5 hrs cooking time and it was pushing 3:30pm

so I stole alot of the coals from the fire Daniel already had burning to help get it going… Added my own wood (then took it out again LMAO and put it in the campfire to get it really burning, then put it back in)…

After the transfers… about 20 minutes later I added the sand & chicken – YUMM!

Eventually getting the whole thing burning half decent while staying quite paranoid about whether or not the park rangers would have a problem driving by and seeing a hole on fire LMAO

Prepare Your Chicken

I had brought a box of stovetop stuffing and washed & stuffed the bird. Used PLENTY of butter under the wings, the legs, on the breast seasoned it and wrapped it in a few layers of heavy duty aluminum foil – sticking the whole thing into a rectangle tin about the same size. Wish I had taken more pics of these parts but that’ll be next time I guess.

Drop it in the hole

well, first I shoveled all the ashes around trying my best to have it even. Then put the chicken on top, added sand, more coals, then added the lid of a pot so that when I’d start digging later I wouldn’t accidentaly squewer the chicken lol, then burried the lot of it, adding a stick on top so I’d remember where it was burried. It was now 5:30pm and I figured that if all went well by 9:30pm we’d be digging it up to eat. Meanwhile,the sleepy Charrons woke up right on cue as it started to drizzle and Emeraude & I got dressed in our rain gear to go do some fishing 🙂 xo.

The chicken is down there somewhere 🙂

…to be continued

the Chicken Sagas continued…

@ about 10pm I Daniel helped me dig up the chicken… I forgot to mention that I had also thrown in some baked potatoes… only 2 of those survived the dig lol.

Also, I pulled the stick out of the ground (the one that was there so I’d dig up the right spot) turned around, tossed it aside and begun digging… Well, I quickly realized I was not digging in the right place (there were fresh roots where I was digging now). So, getting tired in a hurry; I passed the shovel to Daniel and he quickly found the turned up dirt (he guessed right away that I had lost where the stick was when I turned back to start digging) and started digging the right place.

he hit the pot lid I had put atop the chicken and dug the hole lot out for me; it is worth mentioning that hot coals will still be hot and oven mitts are not a bad idea.

Anyhow, I will cut to the chase. 10pm I have to VERY HUNGRY but thankfully VERY PATIENT Charrons as I realize the chicken is not yet cooked! but it is VERY juicy! so I thought it was safe for a little while to leave it unwrapped put back in the rectangle tin but free of the aluminum foil and on the campfire…

30 minutes later…

Charrons still very hungry now I’m getting pretty hungry too lol and chicken still not quite cooked… i’m not as patient as Daniel & Emeraude so I wrap it back in aluminum foil and toss her into the fire

30 minutes later (now pushing 10:45pm)

it’s finally cooked and we sit down to eat our corn, baked potatoes (they’re not hot anymore but still warm enough to be good… although pretty sandy – note to readers the foil baking potatoes are sold in is not sufficient for throwing them in a hole, wrap with additional heavy duty foil to avoid sandy potatoes…

It was DELICIOUS!!! the chicken, incredibly enough, even after being cooked for a half hour unwrapped over a campfire, then another half hour IN THE CAMPFIRE was still INCREDIBLY MOIST!! !!!

So, definetely a project I WILL try again although next time I will start @ or immediately after lunch to allow plenty of prep-time for my fire & hole as I believe this was the problem for my uncooked chicken that their were insufficient coals and the hole was not hot enough when I through the chicken in (when we took it out it was that hot).

SO folks, definetely want to hear about your experiences if any of you attempt your own versions of ‘chicken in a hole’ 🙂

Enjoy!! K. xo

The following are questions/comments posted in the original note:

Monique Gauvin at 9:57pm June 4
Need the rest of the recipie.How did it taste?

Nicole Boulanger Smith at 11:14am June 5
Glad you had a good weekend Karina!
What was the verdict with the chicken….how long did it take to actually cook …and how was it?
I’ll talk to you later!
Nikki

Monique Gauvin at 6:31pm June 5
WOW to be continued!! I’m digging a hole right now it sounds so good lmao!Rogers gonna come home to chicken holes all over the yard!

Karina L. Hunter at 9:33pm June 5
It was SO moist! and when you read what I did to it after taking out of the hole you won’t believe it!!! I can’t imagine how awesome it would’ve been had I ONLY cooked it IN the hole!

Tammy Piché at 9:27pm June 7
I had never heard of that!! I’m going camping the weekend of the 22nd and I think I will try this and look like a superstar – lol
🙂

Karina L. Hunter at 10:34pm June 7
take pics and keep me posted!!! it was SUPER tender even after being thrown on the campfire grill uncovered then INTO the fire wrapped up LOL

Karina L. Hunter at 1:14am June 25
oh no… I couldn’t abandon the project I needed to feed Mr & Miss Charron hahaha

Amanda Lynn Mayhew at 1:39pm August 6
I have never heard of this.. this would be an amazing contribution to the magazine! ..

Michelle Gingras at 9:45pm August 6
wow thats amazing..ive never heard of that one..ive heard of cooking turckeys on the ground under garbage cans lmao