Topic: Smoking a chicken

[tricia]

On another forum I read about smoking a chicken on a BBQ. Since I love smoked chicken and there is no supermarket in the vicinity that sells them I decided to give it a go.

I bought a free range chicken (reduced by 30% at Lidl as it was nearing its use by date) and seasoned it with S & P inside and out. Next I heated the gas BBQ on full with the lid down for a few minutes, added a tray of Mesquite wood BBQ chips for a couple minutes more then turned off one gas burner and placed the chicken on the rack above it. The BBQ chips had to be replenished a few times as they burned up rather quickly. (I think I shall reduce the heat to compensate for this at my next effort.) The aroma of the smoking (cooking) chicken was wonderful and after 1 1/2 hours it was done. The flavour was really fantastic and the chicken so succulent I know I  shall be doing this again and again this summer.

Now I have to find a supplier of BBQ wood chips as I used up the half packet that had been sitting in my shed for the past seven years!

Tricia

[isbister]

Chicken smoking has just been upgraded from class C to class  B

[OllieC]

Chicken smoking has just been upgraded from class C to class  B

I can never get them to fit into the rizla!

[djbrenton]

You use the same process as for crispy duck. Dry the chicken until you can shred it finely, then you'll have no problems with the rizla.

[tim]

Better than smoking a joint?

[djbrenton]

Better than smoking a joint?

TBh it's pretty fowl.

[PurpleHeather]

Love the comments,

The chefs on Ready Steady Cook had a spate of using tea leaves for smoking meat as it cooked.

I kept thinking I would try it but never have. They do not have a cooker, kitchen or pans to clean after, do they?

I never thought about trying it out on a barbie.

I still think that the food will taste of burnt tea leaves though.