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We caught up with local legend and Esca Group’s Executive Chef, Ibrahim Kasif, who leads the charge at Henrietta Charcoal Chicken, Besa Bondi, and NOUR to show us how to cook the best BBQ chicken at home.
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00:05I'm Ibrahim Kassif. I oversee a few restaurants in Sydney and today we're
00:09making butterfly chicken on charcoal with a chimichurri sauce inspired by
00:13Kettle's Fire Master's barbecue chicken and chimichurri potato chips.
00:17These are definitely going on to our marinade. It's gonna help get that flame
00:20going on the barbecue. We've got friends and family coming over. Fire's been
00:23tempered for a good couple of hours now, so it's a great temperature to be
00:26cooking the birds. You know, for Turkish people, charcoal
00:28cooking is a really big part of their existence. Growing up, family barbecues,
00:32that smell of the fire, the togetherness, it's all nostalgia. You know, bringing
00:36people together for a slow long lunch, there's nothing better. While the chicken's doing its
00:40thing over the fire, that's a great time to make the chimichurri. I love this to
00:43complement the chicken. It's just so vibrant, it's fresh, it's zingy. It's a lot easier when
00:47other chefs do this for me. Delicious. So good. When you're cooking over coals,
00:53there's a bit of a misunderstanding where they just use it as a as a pure heat
00:56sauce. It's an ingredient. It's about that flavour that's permeating the bird.
01:00Okay, these are looking awesome. These look really good. Really crispy. They've got some
01:04really beautiful colour. Ready for our chimichurri. And you don't have to
01:08overthink a good hang. Fire, food and good company. That's what it's all about.
01:11So, let's go.
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