Applewood Smoked Chicken Breasts
Applewood Smoked Chicken Breasts

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Use Our Step-By-Step Guide To Cook Simple and Delectable Meal Plans. In a medium size bowl, mix together the dry ingredients. Rub the seasoning over the both halves of the chicken.

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To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook applewood smoked chicken breasts using 22 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Applewood Smoked Chicken Breasts:
  1. Prepare CHICKEN
  2. Take 6 large bone in, skin on chicken breasts
  3. Get SPICY SRIRACHA SEASONING
  4. Make ready 1/4 cup Spicy ranch dressing, recipe attached in direction step #2
  5. Take 1 tbsp dry sriracha seasoning spice blemd
  6. Take 1 tsp granulated sugar
  7. Take 1 tbsp black pepper
  8. Prepare 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
  9. Prepare 2 tbsp fresh grated romano cheese
  10. Get 3 spigs each of fresh parsley, rosemary, thyme, basil and chives tied with string into a bundle
  11. Make ready MEXICAN SPICY SEASONING
  12. Take 1/4 cup Spicy ranch dressing, recipe attached in direction step #2
  13. Get 1 tbsp chili powder
  14. Make ready 1 tbsp granulated sugar
  15. Get 1 tsp granulated garlic
  16. Take 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
  17. Get 1 tsp black pepper
  18. Prepare 2 tbsp freshly grated romano cheese
  19. Make ready 3 sprigs each of fresh parsley rosemary, thyme, oregano, basil and chives, tied together with string in a bundle
  20. Prepare FOR SMOKING
  21. Take Applewood chips or chunks
  22. Get 4 cup apple cider or apple juice

The chicken breasts are smoked with the bone in and the skin off. Leaving the bone in helps the meat remain moist and adds a bit of flavor. Taking the skin off allows the breast to capture a nice looking burnt-orange color from the wood smoke. So you get good looks and good taste.

Steps to make Applewood Smoked Chicken Breasts:
  1. Z MARINATE CHICKEN AT LEAST 8 HOURS OR OVERNIGHT
  2. TO MAKE SRIRACHA SEASONED CHICKEN, Rub three chicken breasts with the spicy ranch dressing recipe attached below, combine the dey spices in a bowl to mix well and cover the chicken with this rub - - https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/353091-spicy-ranch-dipdressing
  3. Place chicken in a large ziploc bag with the herb bundle and marinate at least 8 hours or better overnight in refigerator
  4. TO MARINATE MEXICAN SEASONED CHICKEN, Rub remaing three chicken breasts all over with the spicy ranch dressing. Combine all dry seasonings in a bowl to mix well. Cover chicken with spice mix
  5. Add herb bundle and place chicken in a large ziploc bag and marinate at least 8 hours or better overnight, refigerated
  6. Preheat smoker to 225, using Applewood chunks and filling a drip pan with the apple cider or juice. Remove chicken from bags, discard herb bundle and smoke on rack over drip pan about 2 hours until the temperature of the chicken reaches 150, remove from smoker, cover chicken tightly with plastic wrap then foil and let it sit at room temperature 1 1/2 hours to 2 hours. The temperature will rise to a perfectly cooked juicy chicken.

This can be done is a few easy steps. Remove chicken breasts from brine and rinse under cold water. Combine salt, black pepper, paprika, brown sugar, garlic powder, and onion powder in a bowl. Sprinkle dry rub all over chicken breasts and place skin-side up on a grill rack in the preheated smoker. I used a dry rub from Rudy's country store.

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