Chicken BBQ Marinate 

1 chicken ( about 1 1/2 kg )

8 large onions

2 tablespoons of Chilli powder

3 tablespoons of oyster sauce

a little salt ( 1/2 teaspoon)

( 1 in ginger - optional )

Preparation

1. Chicken - Cut the chicken into 8 pieces. If you prefer smaller pieces, then go for 12 pieces. Wash and make slits on the parts which are the chunky. You can make 2 or 3 slits. Use a kitchen shear or a sharp knife.The slits help the marination to be absorbed. Then lay the pieces in a large sieve to remove access water. * ( If you plan to keep the skin, make sure you check for any left over feathers sticking to it. Clean the chicken well)

2. Onions - Blend the onions. Use the dry blender as water should not be added to the onions. Chopping the onions into smaller pieces helps in the blending process . *( if you want to use ginger, blend it together with the onions) 

3. Marinating -  Put the blended onions in a large bowl/basin . Add the chilli powder, the oyster sauce and the salt. Give it a good stir. Taste it. If you prefer more salt add, a little more. Then drop in the chicken pieces. Coat them with the marination. Make sure to rub the marination between the slits. Place the chicken pieces into containers. Divide the marination equally into all the containers. Then place the containers into the freezer / fridge. You can marinate the chicken a day or two before the BBQ.  Just remember to take it out to unfreeze/thaw at least 5 hours. You can unfreeze/thaw it in the fridge itself by putting it in the lower shelves. It is actually better to thaw it in the fridge itself.

4. Tips -When you are barbecuing the chicken, brush some butter on them. If you plan to bake the chicken, then add some butter on each piece of the chicken . After baking for sometime , then brush a little more butter.  Make sure to line the baking tray with aluminium foil. * ( preheat the oven 10 minutes.Temperature 190 C . Then bake the chicken around 30 to 40 minutes The first 20 minutes you can cover the chicken with aluminium foil  and set the temperature at 200 C. Then lower the temperature to 190, remove the cover foil  and continue baking for 15 to 20 minutes. Use a knife to cut into the meat to see if it is cooked before you remove it from the oven. If it is not well cooked, bake for another 10 minutes.)