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Applewood Smoked Chicken Breasts

You can cook Applewood Smoked Chicken Breasts with 22 Ingredients and 6 steps. See the following guide!

Ingredients for Applewood Smoked Chicken Breasts:
  1. CHICKEN.
  2. 6 large bone in, skin on chicken breasts.
  3. SPICY SRIRACHA SEASONING.
  4. 1/4 cup Spicy ranch dressing, recipe attached in direction step #2.
  5. 1 tbsp dry sriracha seasoning spice blemd.
  6. 1 tsp granulated sugar.
  7. 1 tbsp black pepper.
  8. 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper.
  9. 2 tbsp fresh grated romano cheese.
  10. 3 spigs each of fresh parsley, rosemary, thyme, basil and chives tied with string into a bundle.
  11. MEXICAN SPICY SEASONING.
  12. 1/4 cup Spicy ranch dressing, recipe attached in direction step #2.
  13. 1 tbsp chili powder.
  14. 1 tbsp granulated sugar.
  15. 1 tsp granulated garlic.
  16. 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper.
  17. 1 tsp black pepper.
  18. 2 tbsp freshly grated romano cheese.
  19. 3 sprigs each of fresh parsley rosemary, thyme, oregano, basil and chives, tied together with string in a bundle.
  20. FOR SMOKING.
  21. Applewood chips or chunks.
  22. 4 cup apple cider or apple juice.

Step by step how to cook Applewood Smoked Chicken Breasts:
  1. Z MARINATE CHICKEN AT LEAST 8 HOURS OR OVERNIGHT.
  2. TO MAKE SRIRACHA SEASONED CHICKEN, Rub three chicken breasts with the spicy ranch dressing recipe attached below, combine the dey spices in a bowl to mix well and cover the chicken with this rub https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/353091-spicy-ranch-dipdressing.
  3. Place chicken in a large ziploc bag with the herb bundle and marinate at least 8 hours or better overnight in refigerator.
  4. TO MARINATE MEXICAN SEASONED CHICKEN, Rub remaing three chicken breasts all over with the spicy ranch dressing. Combine all dry seasonings in a bowl to mix well. Cover chicken with spice mix.
  5. Add herb bundle and place chicken in a large ziploc bag and marinate at least 8 hours or better overnight, refigerated.
  6. Preheat smoker to 225, using Applewood chunks and filling a drip pan with the apple cider or juice. Remove chicken from bags, discard herb bundle and smoke on rack over drip pan about 2 hours until the temperature of the chicken reaches 150, remove from smoker, cover chicken tightly with plastic wrap then foil and let it sit at room temperature 1 1/2 hours to 2 hours. The temperature will rise to a perfectly cooked juicy chicken..