(This produces a lot of smoke so be sure and ventilate)

I cut the amount of cayenne
in half; a teaspoon of red pepper is too much for me! (You may wish to
do the same with the hickory salt.)

Blackened Chicken

1 Tablespoon each COARSE ground black pepper, allspice, ground rosemary
1 Teaspoon each cayenne, garlic powder, hickory salt
Chicken, skin on, cut into individual pieces
Butter or margarine for frying (not oil)

Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
Mix all spices together thoroughly. Wash chicken pieces, pat dry
slightly. LEAVE SKIN ON. Melt the butter in the frying pan on medium
heat. Coat the chicken pieces thoroughly with the spice mixture and
cook in butter on high heat until spice coating is black. Transfer to
an oven pan and bake 20-30 minutes at 300 degrees until chicken is done.

This may be used on other meats such as pork (so-so), fish or steak
(out-standing). For these, cook the meat in the pan rather than the
oven after blackening on medium heat. This recipe also works well on
the barbecue grill.

Enjoy!