This an amazing way to cook chicken, it's so incredibly tender and juicy (I hate that word :/ but seriously it is JUICY)- and the smoked flavor is lovely. I'm not a huge fan of smoking things, a lot of people tend to go overboard with the whole smoking thing, but with the chicken it's just perfect. My amazing hubby Adam came up with this, he is actually a really good cook. Sometimes it's nice to sit back and have someone cook for me for a change. :) We made little sandwiches with the chicken, and added pickled jalapenos and sliced onions a little homemade BBQ sauce. PERFECT! And there a million other ways you could serve the chicken. Look at this bird!!!
To make:
Build a small charcoal bed on one end of grill, once coals have ashed over add wet wood smoking chunks onto coals (we used hickory wood). Place whole chicken on opposite end of grill (not over coals), and leave for approx 3 hours until chicken is cooked. Check with a thermometer on thickest part of chicken, should be 165 degrees. Skin will get very dark, so don't be alarmed... unless your chicken is on fire - then be alarmed. Let chicken rest about 20 mins or so before cutting into it. Next time I think we'll brine the chicken with salt and lemons for about 30 mins, I think that will be the way to go... but it's still really really good as is.
I made a little chickpea and tomato salad to go with our sandwiches.
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