Bacon Wrapped Chicken Breast

[stjoeguy1122]

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• stjoeguy1122
• Nov 17, 2012

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• stjoeguy1122
• Nov 17, 2012
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It has been a while since I posted anything so here are some chicken breast I smoked up today.  Used Jeff's rub and my own sauce of BBQ sauce/Chili sauce/grape jelly.  Smoked with Hickory until IT was at 165. pulled FTC for about 45 minutes while other fix'ns were finishing up.  sorry but no plated pictrues, I hit the wrong button and deleted it. 

 

[pops6927]

They look great!  Ever think of curing them instead of wrapping with bacon?  This is a more prep approach but very simple.  The only ingredient that you may not have is curing salt, and depending on your state you may need to order it.  But, it's a simple curing process:

Make up a simple brine.  I use 1 gal. of water, 1 cup of salt, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup brown sugar, lite or dark, 1 tbsp. curing salt (pink).  If you don't have availability locally, you can order it from SausageMaker or Butcher Packer or several other curing ingredient places.   Stir it up good and put your chicken breasts (any kind, bone in or boneless) and cover, put a small ziploc of half-filled water on top to hold them in the brine.  Brine overnight.  Next day, smoke; you will get the bacon flavor all through the breasts or legs or thighs or wings, etc.  You can also do whole chickens too the same way, let brine a couple days however.  They are a delicacy!  Here I'm smoking two cured chickens and a 28 lb. turkey:

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• pops6927
• Nov 17, 2012

they are delicious!  Cut, they have a pink tinge to them:

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• pops6927
• Nov 17, 2012

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• pops6927
• Nov 17, 2012

You'd love 'em!

 

[stjoeguy1122]

I haven't cured chicken, but might give that a try sometime soon. I have plenty of cure that I use for jerky.

I didn't state it in my post but I do brine my chicken over night, I used Famous Dave's Hot Pickle Juice. I poke the breast several times with a fork, hoping it helps with the juice getting to the inside.  it offers a very good and unique favor. 

thanks for the idea!

Bob

 

[stjoeguy1122]

tell me about your smoker? looks pretty big. is it wooden? size? fuel sorce?

thanks

bob