How To Cook A Whole Chicken In The Thermomix Varoma

There’s been a lot of chatter on the UK Thermomix Owners Facebook group about how to cook a whole chicken in a Varoma. As it happened, the day Maria of FeistyTapas set the challenge, I found a chicken reduced to £3 on it’s sell by date and decided it was a sufficiently cheap amount to ‘gamble’ with. Well, the gamble paid off, and the chicken was amazing! It was so moist and succulent, I couldn’t believe it, and I’m definitely a convert!

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There are as many flavour combinations as chickens in the world, so you can change it up as you like, but what I did do that worked very well, was to add flavour to the steaming water as well as the chicken skin.

Obviously this is steamed chicken,  so you’re not going to get a nice crunchy chicken skin, but 10 minutes at 200C in a hot oven crisps the skin up just fine if you want a roast-like bird. If you’re going to be chopping it up for other things, there’s no need, really, for that final step.

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How To Cook A Whole Chicken In The Thermomix Veroma

 

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Prep time

5 mins

Cook time

60 mins

Total time

1 hour 5 mins

 

Add any flavours you like, to suit your accompaniments. You could steam potatoes or other vegetables with the chicken, but be aware of air flow and circulation around the Veroma, Some people put chop sticks in to allow for air flow, but I don't. I just lightly steam the veg with the same water while the chicken is crisping up or resting.

Author: Luschka

Recipe type: Varoma, Main Meal

Cuisine: Steamed

Serves: 4 -6

Ingredients

• 1.3kg Whole chicken
• Smoked paprika and salt for rubbing on chicken
• 2 cloves garlic
• 450g chicken stock (already mixed with water as per instructions)
• Few drops fish sauce (Nam Pla)
• Teaspoon soy sauce

Instructions

1. Clean out the inside of the chicken and if the feet are trussed, cut them loose.
2. Sprinkle smoked paprika and salt (or other herbs and spices) on the chicken and place skin side up in the Varoma. If you're worried about sticking, oil the Varoma first.
3. In the bowl, chop the garlic 3 seconds/speed 6
4. Add the chicken stock, the fish sauce and the soy sauce
5. Place the Varoma on the Thermomix, and steam at Speed 2/Varoma/60 mins.
6. Pierce the chicken to see if the juices are running clear. If so, it is cooked.
7. If you want to crisp the skin, preheat the oven to 200C. Remove from the Varoma, and rub on some oil, and put in the oven for 10 mins or until it's the desired crispiness.
8. In the meantime, steam your vegetables in the Varoma using the same, already hot water.
9. If you don't wan to crisp the skin, set aside to cool down and use as desired.

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