Take notes:

One chicken, between 1 and 1,5kg (feeds four or two very hungry or one very, very hungry individual)

Salt and pepper to taste

Olive oil

Hot peppers or dried chilli flakes, optional (our local chillis are very strong and we usually avoid putting it into food for children or people that in general don't tolerate spice)

two cloves of garlic

white wine (if it doesn't smell like you could use it as fuel, you're good)

a small bay leaf (or more, it's your food)

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cut or have your chicken cut open at your local butcher shop; don't have it cut into pieces! It's just a cut through the breast to get it flat

season it with salt and pepper and leave it be

in a bowl (now comes the tricky part) mix all the other ingredients to make up a marinade; just how much you'll be making depends if you want to marinate the entire chicken for a few hours (two hours minimum, six to twelve is better, anything up to a week is good; your pick) or just brush the chicken and throw it in the hoven around 180C and go at it with the brush every ten minutes to coat it with the marinade so it roasts without drying. remember to flip your bird occasionally for even cooking.

I'm not saying you should flip it the bird but if that works for you, be my guest; swearing at and cursing the food while cooking is kinda of traditional here. Maybe it adds some extra dimension to the end result? Try it and let me know or don't and leave it at that.

Keep in mind you need more wine than olive oil in the marinade as the chicken will be cooking with the skin on and you want to render the fat in the skin and have it crisp for eating. Wine provides moisture and flavor, olive oil aids in crisping up and adhere the seasonings to the meat. Whisk everything with a fork (it further bruises the chopped garlic, chillis and the bay leaf and releases more flavour).

You'll require less liquid if you are not marinading the meat; if you are, you'll require enough liquid to drown the bird in it. Also, marinade it in the fridge to avoid spoilage, especially if it is going to be a long dip.

You can cook it in the hoven or you can cook it over hot coals. Both works but I'm not going to lie to you and say it's the exact same thing because it isn't: the smoke adds to the final taste.

Goes well with a nice chopped salad (lettuce, tomato, white onion and cucumber, a pinch of coarse salt, olive oil and vinegar), boiled potatoes (get some small potatoes, wash it well, keep the skin on and throw a garlic clove and a bay leaf into the cooking water) and a nice red wine. Lemonade, ice tea or a soft drink for those who don't drink goes fine as well, as long as it is not overwhelming sweet.

Hope this is of any use to you.