Sugar Smoked Chicken
Source of Recipe
Joan's Quality Cuisine
Recipe Introduction
A wonderful buffet dish that takes 3 days to
prepare. It is worth the fuss to prepare. Serve it with fresh potato salad, fruit salad, baked beans, garden salad
or a cold pasta salad at your next family picnic.
List of Ingredients
1 6 to 8 # oven stuffer Chicken
1/2 C Salt
1/2 C Brown sugar ( + )
Heavy duty aluminum foil
Charcoal or briquette grill Recipe
Liberally salt the chicken inside and
out with all the salt. Wrap well in plastic wrap and
refrigerate 24 hours.
The next day, rinse chicken very well with cold water.
Steam the chicken in a large kettle containing 1 1/2
inch of water ( I place chicken on a trivet that fits
in the pot ) until fork tender. Make sure the kettle
is tightly coverd and add more water to kettle if
needed. This steaming process may take over 1 hour.
Carefully remove chicken from kettle and cool. Wrap
chicken in foil and refrigerate 24 hours.
Smoke the chicken 4 hours before serving. Place the
brown sugar on heavy duty foil which has been laid
over hot coals but under the grill rack. Place chicken
on the grill and close cover. Now watch carefully
because the brown sugar will burn and smoke. The
chicken should be a rich golden color in 12 to 15
minutes. You may need to put more brown sugar on foil
if needed. Do not over smoke chicken or it could
become bitter tasting. When chicken is done,
refrigerate 4 hours or more prior to serving.
Leftover chicken also makes superb smoked chicken
salad. Yield: 8 servings
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