How To Make Smoked Chicken Breast
Try this tender and flavorful smoked chicken breast smothered with barbecue sauce if you want a strong, salty, and slightly spicy dish that is filling.
Serves:
Ingredients
- ½batchchicken brine,optional but highly recommended
- 2lbschicken breasts,boneless skinless
- ⅓cupbarbecue spice rub,homemade or store bought
- 1cupbarbecue sauce,homemade or store bought
Instructions
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Follow the brine recipe as instructed, cutting all the ingredients in half. Place the chicken breasts in the bowl of brine, cover, and refrigerate for 2 hours.
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Remove your chicken from the brine. Pat dry. Preheat your smoker to 250 degrees F.
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Coat the chicken breasts with the spice rub.
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Place the chicken in the smoker and cook for 60 to 90 minutes or until a thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the breast registers 165 degrees F.
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Brush the chicken breasts with the barbecue sauce then smoke for an additional 10 minutes.
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Let the chicken sit for 5 minutes. Slice and serve with any remaining barbecue sauce.
Nutrition
- Calories: 557.05kcal
- Fat: 29.35g
- Saturated Fat: 8.35g
- Trans Fat: 0.26g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 12.05g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 6.24g
- Carbohydrates: 19.43g
- Fiber: 0.43g
- Sugar: 15.84g
- Protein: 50.52g
- Cholesterol: 171.77mg
- Sodium: 654.79mg
- Calcium: 43.36mg
- Potassium: 632.22mg
- Iron: 2.32mg
- Vitamin A: 82.53µg
- Vitamin C: 1.89mg
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