Smoked Italian Chicken Rolls with Qview

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bigfish98

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Oct 13, 2011
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Bismarck, ND
These were fantastic!  I will lay out the procedure with the pictures!

Here are the ingredients.  Boneless Skinless Chicken Thighs, Fresh Basil, "Fresh" Mozzarella, Honey Ham, and Double Smoked Bacon!

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After trimming the fat from the thighs, I laid them out on plastic wrap (to aid in rolling) and layered on the goodness.  First ham, then basil and finally a slice of mozzarella,  Then I proceeded to roll them up into a nice tight roll.

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Here they are all rolled up.

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To try and make sure that the cheese stayed in, I used two strips of bacon lengthwisearound the rolls to cover the ends.  Here is how I laid it out before wrapping. 

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After wrapping the first two slices of bacon up around the chicken, I used two more around the sides to make a nice little meat package. 

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Here they are all wrapped up.

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Popped them in my MES at 250 degrees.

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Here is a pic of my AMNPS smoking away with apple pellets.  If you don't have one, get one.  This little thing is a must!

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I took them out when they hit 165 degrees and put them under the broiler to crisp the bacon.

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Here is the finished product with some nice steamed veggies.  Tasty!

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Thanks for looking! 

Bigfish
 
That looks very, very, tasty!...JJ
 
They were deboned so they pretty much come butterflied.  A couple were a little thicker on one end so I tried to butterfly those ends a little bit more.  Seemed to work well.  I have also read recipes that call for pounding them flat, but I thought mine were good enough without it. 

 
Looks fantastic! We like thighs over breasts and I might get him to eat these...did you butterfly the thighs?
 
Also, just for clarification, I ended up using two packages of bacon to cover all 9 thighs.  I only put one in the ingredients pic though.  Just wanted to let everyone know for accuracy!

Bigfish
 
I made this yesterday. I bought 2 packages of bacon to wrap them, but still I only had enough to use 2 slices per thigh and i had nine thighs. So I lost some of my cheese while they were smoking, but it was still good. It took about 3 hours and15 minutes to get the meat up to 165 degrees, and I smoked them with apple the whole time. It seemed like all the smoke flavor was in the bacon and didn't permeate into the chicken or the ham and cheese. Guess it would've been better to brine the chicken to get the flavor all the way through the meat? And I think it would have been better to smoke them for half of the time, as the smoke flavor on the bacon was overpowering all other flavors. Any suggestions would help because obviously I am a newbie :)
 
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