Looking For a Pickle Juice Recipe for Chicken

[smoker1949]

My family and I eat alot of chicken different ways and I have been smoking my own meats for about 10 years now. Just recently, I heard where if you marinate your chicken in pickle juice(don't know which kind or for how long) it's suppose to give it a juicer flavor and taste. Can anyone chime in on this with any advice or a recipe that I could try, Thank You.

 

[Gonna Smoke]

TNJAKE , among others, may be the one to help you...

 

[TNJAKE]

Might be something to help you here.
Thread 'A Few Cooks.......' https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/threads/a-few-cooks.306975/

 

[gmc2003]

Kosher dill pickle juice is what I use. I just save the juice from the jar when the pickles are gone. I usually marinate the chicken overnight or 12 hrs. whichever comes first in a gallon zip lock bag. Flip every couple of hours. You can add seasoning to the brine if you want. I don't usually. When you take the chicken out of the brine pat it dry and add your seasoning. Cook the chicken however you want. I like doing breast meat this way. Once the chicken is out of the brine I'll season it with either Italian seasoning or lemon garlic seasoning and give a dredging of flour, egg, and bread crumbs. From there you can turn it into chicken parm or a good chicken sammie with an added slice of tomato and some lettuce. Give it try. I think you'll like it.

Note: I wouldn't marinate over 20 hours. The texture of the chicken will change.

Chris

 

[Steve H]

I usually have pickle juice laying around due to me pickling just about anything that moves! But I often use this for pickle shots. And marinating bird. It can be found on Amazon. And it is very good.
I usually marinate chicken for a couple to 4 hours depending on how thick the meat is.

 

[chopsaw]

Here's a couple . One grilled no breading .
Boneless breast .

Dill Pickle chicken breast on the Genesis .

Nothing fancy here , just a quick post . I've been doing the pickle juice brine on chicken for a long time . I always have breaded and fried it though . After seeing Sam @zwiller talk about brining and grilling the breast I had to give it a try . So I finally found some boneless breast at a...

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Boneless thighs in the air fryer . Could use an oven too . Works best to remove the skin .

Emerald 360 chicken sandwich

Usually do this in cast iron , but had to try this in the 360 . De-boned some chicken thighs , left skin on Put them in a vac canister , and covered with pickle juice . I save all my pickle juice . Lid on , pulled the vac , and into the fridge for a couple hours . I used corn flakes cereal...

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[smoker1949]

We do go through alot of pickles in our family, never thought of keeping the juice for chicken brine, going to start saving it and give it a try. Thanks to all for giving me some guidelines to start with. Will post results soon as I try. Thanks to all.

 

[BigW.]

There are probably plenty of Chic-fil-A recipes on the web. Good luck!

 

[BATMON]

I've marinated chicken in pickle juice, and I find that its so strong you have to be mindful of the marinating time. I want a background flavor not pickle tasting chicken.

 

[forktender]

Ask the people at your local fast food joint or diner to save you a 5 gal bucket full, or you can always buy this and make your own.

 

[Steve H]

Ask the people at your local fast food joint or diner to save you a 5 gal bucket full, or you can always buy this and make your own.

Or. The mix from Ball.