Applewood Smoked Chicken Breasts
Applewood Smoked Chicken Breasts

Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, applewood smoked chicken breasts. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Applewood Smoked Chicken Breasts is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look fantastic. Applewood Smoked Chicken Breasts is something that I have loved my entire life.

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.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have applewood smoked chicken breasts using 22 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

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