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I have not tried using cure in my poultry brines yet. I use a NSF food-grade 5-gal. bucket to hold enough for a turkey and standard brines are for every gallon of water: 1 cup sugar, 1 cup kosher salt, plus whatever you want to flavor it with (in my experience you can go pretty crazy on flavors...
I like brining whole birds but I have done many fine turkeys with nothing more than a dry rub. I wouldn't pay much attention to that "solution" on the package. When I started brining I thought that solution would interfere with it so I did two cheap chickens in an experiment (one soaked in ice...
I personally use a foil pan covered in foil sheets because I like to make some "juice" and throw in some veggies. I foil it at 165-175, whenever I catch it and remove it for resting around 200 or whenever a toothpick or thermometer probe feels tender sliding in. A lot of people here like Chef...
Man that chicken looks great. I also pull the meat on whole birds like you have done. For myself its easier to store and work with as leftovers, also I like mixing the white and dark meat up for sandwiches. Those little grocery store "fryers" are great to practice on. I don't think you have...
I agree about the chunks; chips are useless. The chunks are also thick enough to burn as coals for a little while too instead of just turning into little blackened croutons.
Here is a recipe for a smoked brisket potato soup that is killer for leftover brisket.
http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/112819/brisket-potato-soup-leftovers
The only thing I've changed is I now use (due to advice on this forum) a shallow skillet to make the roux instead of a sauce pot.
When my current thermometer gives out I think I'm going to get me a thermapen. I have learned too many lessons before about the value of quality tools.
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