bouche Posted July 23, 2011 Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 Has anyone smoked a chicken? I'm going for it this weekend. Need 2 days to plan it for fack sakes. I'm brining the thing in 4 litres of water, 1 1/2 cups kosher salt, 8 tsp prague powder (curing salt) and 1/2 cup of brown sugar. It needs about 18 hours and then about 4 or so hours out of the brine to rest. Finally 3-4 hours to smoke. I tells ya, every meat smoking adventure is not so much of a chore as it is patience. You can't decide to smoke a turkey one day for dinner. You need to decide that a week in advance. With home smoked bacon, if you want the good stuff you probably will need 2-3 weeks as you gotta special order natural pork belly. I don't even know if you can get that from a shop like Loblaws. At least with a little 1.5 kg chicken, you can make the call within 2 days, maybe even one if you start the brine process early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffhead77 Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 Seems to me, from the things I've read, that a 3lb bird like that shouldn't need to brine for more than 6-8 hours. How did it turn out? The pic on FB looked awesome. Almost like a peking duck... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 huh...i smoked chicken parts tooo this weekend and tried to copy the jerk chicken sammy's from Bluesfest. It wasn't the same but still tastey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted July 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 Seems to me, from the things I've read, that a 3lb bird like that shouldn't need to brine for more than 6-8 hours. How did it turn out? It turned out great. Still eating it. One of the breasts was donated to a couple of sandwiches. Sliced thin, it is perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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