Chicken Lollipops with Cherry Butter Miso Glaze

[milkman55]

I had made some pork belly with this cherry miso glaze I hacked from an apple butter miso recipe. The pork belly was so good, I decided to use the left over glaze to make some chicken lollipops.

Good fortune that the local market has chicken legs for 55 cent, so $2 later I had a package of ten legs.

I frenched the legs and pulled all the tendons and pin bone (really labor intensive), wrapped in foil and covered in Jeff's rub. Plan to smoke these low and slow with cherry wood in the MES 30 and then finish off to 170f after dipping in the cherry glaze to carmelize the finish.

Frenched legs -

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• milkman55
• Mar 14, 2017

Covered in Jeff's rub -

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• milkman55
• Mar 14, 2017

Will post a picture later of the finished product. This is tonight's dinner. [emoji]128512[/emoji]

 

[chef jimmyj]

Sounds good. Is the glaze from the Lehigh Valley Good Taste belly recipe?...JJ

 

[milkman55]

Exactly! I am not that fluent yet with recipe sites. Here is the marinade recipe and I substituted cherry butter for the apple butter.

I had made a number of miso fish / pork dishes and love the flavor.

Apple butter miso glaze:
4 T white shiro miso paste
4 T sake
2 T granulated sugar
4 T liquid from pork belly pan
12 oz. jar spiced apple butter

 

[geezer]

Dang, these sound good! 

 

[chef jimmyj]

Exactly! I am not that fluent yet with recipe sites. Here is the marinade recipe and I substituted cherry butter for the apple butter.

I had made a number of miso fish / pork dishes and love the flavor.

Apple butter miso glaze:
4 T white shiro miso paste
4 T sake
2 T granulated sugar
4 T liquid from pork belly pan
12 oz. jar spiced apple butter

Yep...That's the same recipe. It does sound like a winner!...JJ

 

[milkman55]

Just pulled them out at 165f and plunged them in the miso cherry butter sauce. Back into the smoker to 170f. The legs swelled up from the moisture and look great so far.

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• milkman55
• Mar 14, 2017

 

[milkman55]

Pulled them at 172f after the cherry butter had carmelized. They were excellent even after only smoking a total of 3 hrs.

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• milkman55
• Mar 14, 2017

 

[b-one]

Those look great!Thumbs Up

 

[SmokinAl]

Those look fantastic!

I bet they were delicious!

Al

 

[crazymoon]

MM55, Good looking bird !!!!

 

[dirtsailor2003]

Excellent looking drummies! I've used that glaze on wings and it is tasty!

Point!