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Outdoor Cooking Equipment => Grills & Smokers => Pellet Grills and Smokers => Topic started by: Smokin Don on April 13, 2013, 02:06:42 AM
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Apr 12 2013
I have wanted to try Smokes pellet fried chicken. It looked good and sounded good. I bought my favorite chicken, Miller Bros., a whole cut up bird Thursday. I decided I wanted to brine it so got it on just after midnight brining; it would be in the brine just over 12 hours.
My brine was a quart of water, ¼ cup salt and brown sugar, A Tbs. of Penzey’s old world seasoning and some dried garlic. Penzey’s says the seasoning is their answer to Lawry’s with less salt. Hand-mixed from: paprika, salt, sugar, celery, garlic, onion, black pepper, parsley, dill, caraway, turmeric, dill, bay leaf, marjoram, thyme, savory, basil, rosemary.
I used the seasoning in the flour mix too and used buttermilk instead of condensed milk. Other than that I used Smokes recipe for the cooking method.
After lunch I made a batch of Red Lobsters cheddar garlic biscuits. I couldn’t taste any garlic, and neither could my daughter in law. From now on I will just make them from Bisquick; I know I will get some garlic taste.
I preheated my Traeger to 350 deg. and would get 375 deg. at grill level. I also used just over a half stick of butter and added veggie oil to cover the bottom of my foil pan. I preheated the pan on the smoker for 10 minutes before adding the chicken. When I turned the chicken it was not over brown so left the temp where it was for the second half hour.
For my sides I used Bob Evens buttermilk red skin mashed potatoes, some peas and some Pioneer brand country gravy; and we had some of the biscuits warmed up.
This all tasted darned good on a cool spring evening. The chicken was tender and moist; I lost some of the good crispies when I turned the chicken but what I had was nice. I thing a little bit larger foil pan would have been better and next time I will use my large cast iron skillet. Smokes recipe is a keeper, thanks.
The chicken
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In the brine
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Prepping the chicken
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On the smoker
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Ready to serve
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My Plate
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Smokin Don
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That looks good to me. Plate me, please.
Art
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Looks great Don!
Ditch the peas on my plate though....
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Nice cook Don. I've been wanting to try this one myself. Yours looks excellent!
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Looks awesome! Hey, looks like you accidentally put peas on your taters. I'll take a plate without the Lil green monsters ;) ;D
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Looks great. Still want to try this one. I too was thinking buttermilk over the other.
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I'll take a plate without the Lil green monsters ;) ;D
Ditch the peas on my plate though....
Muebe & Mike those peas are good for you ;D They just cry out to be on top of mashed potatoes! Surprised at how many in here express their dislike for them, course I never cold get the son to eat then either :( Don
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Next time I get a hankerin for pellet fried chicken Don, I will have you make it for me :) Yours looks way better than my effort came out..... :)
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Great cook, Don.