Smoked boneless chicken breast. Questions?

[DougE]

If you can get some bark from a scaley bark hickory tree

AKA shag bark hickory.

 

[Gonna Smoke]

AKA shag bark hickory.

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I live on a road called Shagbark...

 

[geek with fire]

My go to for chicken breast is to coat thickly with mayonnaise. I usually add minced garlic, salt, and pepper to about 2 cups of mayo. Add the chicken. And toss until well coated. I start the coated breasts on a 750° cooker with grill grates. About a minute and a half, turn 45 degrees and another minute and a half. Flip and do the same for that side. After that 6 minute process, I move the birds to a 350° cooker until they read 157° internally.

 

[Torch&Tone]

To help keep mine from drying out - and to grab a bit more smoke, I think - I lightly coat the chicken with mustard right before smoking at ~225 until IT of 165 (or just shy; I then wrap 'em in foil and towel for a little while, until I am ready to do anything more). Outer surface ends up dry to the touch but the meat itself is plenty juicy, and any taste of the mustard ends up being extremely subtle. Doesn't take very long, so I sometimes smoke it alongside some sausage.

Typically, I chop the finished bird up, roughly, and use it in Greek wraps (red onion, feta, tomato, lettuce, tzatziki, olive, etc.), nachos, salads, gumbo, pasta, or just build up some grain base (rice, couscous, etc.). Otherwise, slice it and plate it, and/or build a sandwich around it. Very versatile - it is, after all, boneless chicken.

 

[sandyut]

how did they turn out?

smoke thighs or wrap in bacon filled with cheese. breasts dry out real bad...as already noted.

 

[DieselTech]

how did they turn out?

smoke thighs or wrap in bacon filled with cheese. breasts dry out real bad...as already noted.

Come out juicy as heck, just as TNJAKE procedure/recipe says.

They turned out great.

 

[sandyut]

Come out juicy as heck, just as TNJAKE procedure/recipe says.

They turned out great.

Jeff has a few recipes for breasts too. check those out if you want to mix it up. glad they turned out.