Cookbook:Smoked Garlic Chicken

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Ingredients

• 4 whole chicken leg quarters, skin removed
• 1/4 cup paprika
• 2 tbs chili powder
• 1 1/2 tbs cayenne pepper
• 2 tbs lemon pepper
• 2 tbs garlic powder
• 1 tbs salt
• 1 tbs black peppercorns, cracked
• Forearm-sized mesquite wood chunks
• Yellow mustard

Procedure

1. Combine seasonings. Set aside.
2. Brush chicken with mustard. This will help make a crust. Press seasoning mixture into both sides of meat. Refrigerate 30 minutes.
3. Preheat smoker to 225 degrees F with mesquite. Add chicken pieces and insert a probe thermometer into one of them. Cook, adding wood as needed, until internal temperature reaches 170 degrees F.
4. Move to a very. very high grill and cook until charred and marked. Flip and repeat.
5. Serve immediately with desired side dishes.