Himalayan Salt Block Grilled Chicken

If you have a glass stove top stove you need to place your salt block on a wok ring.
Himalayan salt block grilled chicken. Once heated a himalayan salt block can be cooked on for hours so don t waste it by only cooking a portion of your meal on it. You can do the same on the grill. The salt adds a little something different to each type of food. Himalayan salt blocks can be used to grill or bake a variety of foods including meats seafood fruit vegetables and pizzas.
The salt block should last for many uses. 367 389 joined may 30 2018. Pollo al mattone chicken grilled under a brick is one of italy s great gifts to global barbecue. As your chicken is marinating prepare your salt block for cooking.
Put the chicken halves skin side down on the grill grate directly over the fire and using grill gloves or thick oven mitts put a hot salt block on top of each half. Over time it will no longer support cooking. With the heat on low warm the block for 15 minutes. May 4 2019 1 ishi smoking fanatic.
Grilling on a himalayan salt block is a fun way to add unique flavor. Once the outside grill reached 500 degrees i placed the salt stone on the grill closed the cover to allow a minute or so to comeback to temp. Remove the blocks using the grill gloves flip the chicken halves with tongs put the blocks back on top of the chicken close the lid and cook until an instant read thermometer inserted into the inside of the thicker thigh registers 170 degrees 10 to 15 minutes. Himalayan salt block grilled chicken.
I bought this block from amazon after seeing this idea on the internet and just had to buy one. You can also chill your salt block and use it to serve cold foods. However the more you use it and wash it the smaller it will get. This process takes about 45 minutes so begin well in advance.
Because the chicken is cooked atop a block of himalayan salt it will absorb the wonderful flavors of the pink salt. If you love the traditional version wait until you taste it grilled under a salt slab which seasons the chicken while it cooks. First start heating the block on low for 15 minutes then 15 minutes on medium and finally 15 minutes on high heat. I slowly heated the salt stone in the house oven over a period of 30 minutes while heating up the gas grill outside.
If cooking on a himalayan salt block begin by slowly warming up the block of himalayan salt on your stove top. Thread in poultry thread starter started by ishi start date may 4 2019. I placed the cutlets on the salt slab closed the grill cover for 5 minutes. The weight of the brick gives the chicken a crisp compact texture.
Lucky for us the blocks are only about 25 to 50 dollars so they are quite easy to replace.