Fantastic Bourbon Smoked Chicken

Fantastic Bourbon Smoked Chicken

Ingredients

• 2 quarts water
• 9 tablespoons bourbon, divided
• 1/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons kosher salt
• 2 quarts ice water
• 1 tablespoon black peppercorns
• 1 tablespoon coriander seeds
• 3 bay leaves
• 3 garlic cloves, peeled
• 1 small onion, quartered
• 1 small Fuji apple, cored and quartered
• 1 lemon, quartered
• 1 (4-pound) whole chicken
• 2 cups applewood chips
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• Cooking spray
• 1 tablespoon butter, melted

Preparation

1. Combine 2 quarts water, 1/2 cup bourbon, sugar, and kosher salt in a large Dutch oven, and bring to a boil, stirring until salt and sugar dissolve. Add ice water and next 7 ingredients (through lemon), and cool to room temperature. Add chicken to brine; cover and refrigerate 18 hours, turning chicken occasionally.
2. Soak wood chips in water for 1 hour; drain.
3. Remove the chicken from brine; pat chicken dry with paper towels. Strain brine through a sieve; discard brine and reserve 2 apple quarters, 2 lemon quarters, 2 onion quarters, and garlic. Discard remaining solids. Sprinkle chicken cavity with pepper; add reserved solids to chicken cavity. Lift wing tips up and over back; tuck under chicken. Tie legs.

4. Remove the grill rack, and set aside. Prepare the grill for indirect grilling, heating one side to high and leaving one side with no heat. Pierce the bottom of a disposable aluminum foil pan several times with the tip of a knife. Place pan on heat element on heated side of grill; add 1 cup wood chips to pan. Place another disposable aluminum foil pan (do not pierce pan) on unheated side of grill. Pour 2 cups water in pan. Let chips stand for 15 minutes or until smoking; reduce heat to medium-low. Maintain temperature at 275°.

5. Coat the grill rack with cooking spray; place on grill. Place chicken, breast side up, on grill rack over foil pan on unheated side. Combine the remaining 1 tablespoon bourbon and butter; baste chicken with the bourbon mixture. Close lid, and cook for 2 hours at 275° or until thermometer inserted into meaty part of thigh registers 165°. Add remaining 1 cup wood chips halfway through cooking time. Place chicken on a platter; cover with foil. Let stand for 15 minutes. Discard the skin before serving. Enjoy it !

Mom's Smoked Salmon Fried Rice

Mom's Smoked Salmon Fried Rice

Ingredients

• 6 cups water 
• 3 cups long grain white rice, uncooked 
• 3 tablespoons cooking oil, 
• divided 2 eggs, beaten 
• 1/2 onion, finely chopped 
• 1 green onion, chopped 
• 4 ounces smoked salmon, chopped 
• 1/2 cup frozen peas salt and 
• freshly ground pepper, to taste

Directions

Pour the water into a saucepan, add the rice, and bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer until rice is tender and water is absorbed, about 20 minutes. Set aside.
Meanwhile, place 2 tablespoons of cooking oil into a large skillet and heat over medium heat. Stir in the eggs and cook until scrambled to desired consistency. Remove eggs from the pan, and set aside.
Using the same skillet, add the remaining 1 tablespoon oil, and heat over medium heat. Stir in the onion and green onion; cook until the onion is transparent, about 5 minutes. Stir in the salmon, rice, peas, and scrambled eggs, and toss until evenly blended. Cook and stir rice mixture until heated through. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Enjoy !

Asian Smoked Meat Fried Rice

Asian Smoked Meat Fried Rice

INGREDIENTS

• 2 links Chinese sausage, pork, 1/2-inch cube
• 2 links Chinese sausage, duck, 1/2-inch cube
• 1 cup bacon, Chinese, 1/2-inch cube
• 1 small onion, small cube
• 2 garlic cloves, finely minced
• 2 tablespoons peanut oil
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon white pepper
• 10 cups cooked jasmine rice, day old
• 1⁄2 cup frozen peas and carrot
• 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 1⁄2 cup green onion, minced

DIRECTIONS

In a heated wok add oil and when the oil is smoking add sausages, bacon, onion and garlic. Stir-fry the mixture and after 2 minutes add in the cooked rice and season with salt and pepper. Blend the rice and pea and carrot add oyster sauce and mix well. Before serving the fried rice blend in the sesame oil. Top with green onion. Enjoy !