Fantastic Bourbon Smoked Chicken

Name: Fantastic Bourbon Smoked Chicken
Prep time: 20 h 35 min
Cook time: 20 h 35 min
Total time: 20 h 35 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 3 bay leaves; 1 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 1 Tbsp black peppercorns; 9 Tbsps bourbon, divided; 1 Tbsp butter, melted; 1 Tbsp coriander seeds; 59 milliliters packed dark brown sugar; 1 small Fuji apple, cored and quartered; 3 garlic cloves, peeled; 2 liters ice water; 3 Tbsps kosher salt; 1 lemon, quartered; 1 small onion, quartered; 473 milliliters applewood chips; 2 liters water; 2 kilograms whole chicken

Fantastic Bourbon Smoked Chicken might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 4. One serving contains 911 calories, 45g of protein, and 49g of fat. If you have kosher salt, pepper, lemon, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the bay leaves you could follow this main course with the Adorable Applesauce Cupcakes as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 20 hours and 35 minutes.

Instructions

Combine 2 quarts water, 1/2 cup bourbon, sugar, and kosher salt in a large Dutch oven, and bring to a boil, stirring until salt and sugar dissolve.

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Salt

Bourbon

Sugar

Water

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Dutch Oven

Add ice water and next 7 ingredients (through lemon), and cool to room temperature.

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Water

Lemon

Add chicken to brine; cover and refrigerate 18 hours, turning chicken occasionally.

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Whole Chicken

Brine

Soak wood chips in water for 1 hour; drain.

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French Fries

Water

Remove the chicken from brine; pat chicken dry with paper towels. Strain brine through a sieve; discard brine and reserve 2 apple quarters, 2 lemon quarters, 2 onion quarters, and garlic. Discard remaining solids.

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Whole Chicken

Garlic

Apple

Brine

Lemon

Onion

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Paper Towels

Sieve

Sprinkle chicken cavity with pepper; add reserved solids to chicken cavity. Lift wing tips up and over back; tuck under chicken. Tie legs.

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Whole Chicken

Pepper

Remove the grill rack, and set aside. Prepare the grill for indirect grilling, heating one side to high and leaving one side with no heat. Pierce the bottom of a disposable aluminum foil pan several times with the tip of a knife.

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Aluminum Foil

Grill

Knife

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Place pan on heat element on heated side of grill; add 1 cup wood chips to pan.

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French Fries

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Grill

Frying Pan

Place another disposable aluminum foil pan (do not pierce pan) on unheated side of grill.

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Aluminum Foil

Grill

Frying Pan

Pour 2 cups water in pan.

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Water

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Frying Pan

Let chips stand for 15 minutes or until smoking; reduce heat to medium-low. Maintain temperature at 27

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French Fries

Coat the grill rack with cooking spray; place on grill.

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Cooking Spray

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Grill

Place chicken, breast side up, on grill rack over foil pan on unheated side.

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Whole Chicken

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Grill

Aluminum Foil

Frying Pan

Combine the remaining 1 tablespoon bourbon and butter; baste chicken with the bourbon mixture. Close lid, and cook for 2 hours at 275 or until thermometer inserted into meaty part of thigh registers 16

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Bourbon

Whole Chicken

Butter