Lemon-Pepper Smoked Chicken

Title:
Lemon-Pepper Smoked Chicken

Yield:
4 Servings

Categories:
Poultry,
Rubs,
Smoked




Ingredients:




----------------------------------MARINADE----------------------------------


     1 c  Wishbone Italian dressing





------------------------------------RUB------------------------------------


     8 tb Lemon pepper; (Tones brand)


     2 tb Willingham's W'ham regular


          -seasoning


     2 ts Thyme; ground



------------------------------------MOP------------------------------------


     1 c  Apple juice


     1 c  Vegetable oil


     2 tb Lemon pepper; (Tones brand)





 Brine the chicken breasts (use recipe for Dan Gill's brine) for 2 hours.


 Remove breasts from brine and rinse in cold running water.


 


 Pat dry on paper towels. Marinate breasts in the Italian dressing for 2


 hours.


 


 Generously sprinkle on rub on both sides of breasts and under skin if


 possible.


 


 Smoke chicken breasts 240-250F with strong to medium flavor wood. Mop every


 30 minutes on both sides. Remove from smoker when internal temperature in


 thickest part of breast reaches 155F.


 


 Recipe by: Bill Wight


 


 Posted to bbq-digest by wight@odc.net on May 3, 1998