Savory Chicken Brine

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon celery seed dried
• 1 tablespoon sage dried
• 0.5 tablespoon thyme leaves dried
• 0.8 cup kosher salt 
• 2 tablespoons lawry's seasoned salt 
• 0.8 cup kikkoman soy sauce 
• 0.8 cup sugar 
• 1 gallon water cold
• 5 pound meat from a rotisserie chicken whole

Equipment

• oven
• pot

Directions

1. Remove giblets from chicken cavity, rinse chicken inside and out.
2. In a large stock pot or container, mix water, sage, celery seed, thyme, salt, sugar and soy sauce to create brine. Stir well until the sugar and salt are dissolved.
3. Place the chicken in the brine, cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight.
4. Remove chicken from the brine and rinse well inside and out.
5. Sprinkle with 2 tablespoons of seasoned salt.
6. Bake the chicken at 400 degrees F for 45 minutes.