Cookbook:Sweet and Spicy Smoked Chicken
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Slow cooking over smoldering hickory wood with a sweet & spicy rub makes the chicken melt-in-your-mouth tender.
Ingredients edit
Chicken edit
- 2 ½ cups hot apple cider vinegar
- 1 cup salt
- 1 cup dark brown sugar
- 1 ¼ pounds ice
Rub edit
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- ¼ cup ancho chile powder
- ¼ cup paprika
- 2 tbsp cayenne pepper
- 1 ½ tbsp lemon pepper
Procedure edit
- Combine salt, sugar, and vinegar in a gallon size zip-top bag. Add ice and shake until mostly melted and mixture has cooled.
- Add chicken pieces and refrigerate 2–3 hours.
- Remove chicken from brine and pat dry with paper towels. Set aside.
- Combine rub ingredients. Set aside.
- Loosen skin from chicken. Rub spice mixture under skin.
- Place enough hickory chunks in the firebox of a smoker.