At this point, the sea salt's temperature had already exceeded two hundred degrees Celsius. The chicken was also almost done hanging, but it couldn't be taken down yet because the paper for wrapping it needed to be prepared first.
The paper used for Salt Baked Chicken is called gauze paper or Jade Paper, a type of semi-transparent thin paper made from bamboo.
Because it doesn't pill or shed fibers even after repeated rubbing, and possesses good breathability, it's used in culinary preparations.
Using this type of paper for Salt Baked Chicken allows the savory flavor of the sea salt to permeate the chicken meat, while the excess moisture in the chicken can be absorbed by the sea salt.
If Baking Paper or silicone oil paper were used instead, this effect wouldn't be achieved.
As for completely impermeable tin foil, the resulting chicken would be identical to one roasted in an oven, completely losing the essence of salt-baking.
