Smoked Whole Chicken
Course
Entree
Ingredients
Brine
3/4
cup
Kosher Salt
1/2
cup
Sugar
3
garlic cloves
1
tablespoon
Rosemary
1
bay leaf
Seasoning
1/4
cup
Garlic Infused Olive Oil
5
tablespoons
Twist’d Q Wicked Sweet Bourbon Seasoning
1
6 pound
whole chicken
Instructions
Mix together brine ingredients. Add to one gallon warm water and stir until dissolved. Allow brine to cool.
Add chicken to brine, making sure it is fully submerged. Refrigerate overnight.
When ready to cook, remove chicken from brine, then rinse and pat dry.
Spatchcock the chicken.
Coat chicken with the garlic infused olive oil.
Rub coated chicken with the Twist’d Q Wicked Sweet Bourbon Seasoning, or your favorite dry rub.
Smoke chicken until internal temperature of chicken breast reaches 165 degrees. This will be about 2.25 hours but watch your thermometer!
Remove chicken from pellet grill and allow to rest for 10 minutes before carving. Enjoy!