Smoked Cured Chick Breast

[BrianGSDTexoma]

Cured chicken breast in Pop's low salt brine for 5 days. Soaked in cold water for one hour. Seasoned with Jeff's original. Let dry 24 hours. Was getting my 30' patio roof replaced yesterday and they bought the wrong metal that I been waiting on for weeks. Suppose to be 16' and got 14'. Went to fire up RecTec and with the sun shining in smoker seen it was in bad need of cleaning. Got it all scraped and cleaned and one hour into smoke remember I forgot to put the heat deflector in. I been having temp problems all summer. Smoker ran near perfect without it. Now was it the cleaning or the heat deflector? Will put it back in and see next time. Anyhow I ran it 230 with cherry chips in smoke tube. Did go up to 250 at the end to get finished. Sliced it up this morning. Pretty good stuff.







This going to friends at river



And this for me



Made up some Blood Mary to take to river. Mix Zing Zang with Evil Cowboy. That Evil Cowboy Bloody Mary and Hot sauce off the charts good! Both have a great smoke flavor. Well time to pack for river.

 

[chopsaw]

Really nice Brian . Great color bud . Looks perfect .

 

[jcam222]

Looks great! Your friends are like my friends, well fed!

 

[JLeonard]

Oh man… that will make some killer sammichs!

Jim

 

[BrianGSDTexoma]

Man these are so good. Very tender and moist. Smoke perfect. Wish I would of tried one while still hot. Cured chicken and turkey are so good. The only way I will do turkey now.

Really nice Brian . Great color bud . Looks perfect .

Thanks Rich.

Looks great! Your friends are like my friends, well fed!

Thanks Jeff. Yes they are. I try to take care of them.

Oh man… that will make some killer sammichs!

Jim

Thanks Jim. That going to happen today!

 

[Winterrider]

Looks great Brian, and good of you to help out at the river !

 

[gmc2003]

Looks really good on my screen Brian. Does the chicken get a hammy taste with the brining?

Point for sure
Chris

 

[mr_whipple]

Looks good. I have never done breasts like that. I'm pretty close to having some wild turkey breast so maybe try some with that.

 

[smokerjim]

Really looks good Brian

 

[LoydB]

What is the difference in curing and brining in this context? Did it have #1 in it? I've never cured chicken breasts, very interested, it looks great.

 

[BrianGSDTexoma]

Looks really good on my screen Brian. Does the chicken get a hammy taste with the brining?

Point for sure
Chris

No but does change the flavor but can't really describe other than it taste good.

 

[BrianGSDTexoma]

What is the difference in curing and brining in this context? Did it have #1 in it? I've never cured chicken breasts, very interested, it looks great.

Yes it has cure #1. If you never had cured poultry need to give it a try. Really makes turkey breast taste good.

 

[BrianGSDTexoma]

Looks great Brian, and good of you to help out at the river !

Thanks. No family to cook and like making cocktails for the guys on Sundays.

Looks good. I have never done breasts like that. I'm pretty close to having some wild turkey breast so maybe try some with that.

Thanks.

Really looks good Brian

Thanks Jim.

 

[LoydB]

Yes it has cure #1. If you never had cured poultry need to give it a try. Really makes turkey breast taste good.

Can I get a link to the cure recipe please?

 

[civilsmoker]

very nice Brian!