How To Make Smoking Whole Chicken
With only 4 ingredients required, this smoking whole chicken amps up the simply seasoned meat through a pellet smoker for the perfect holiday centerpiece.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 6lbsWhole Chicken,refrigerated or thawed from frozen
- 3tbspground salt,coarse
- 3tbspblack pepper,coarse
- butter nonstick cooking spray
Instructions
-
Preheat the pellet smoker to 225 degrees F.
-
Lay out the chicken on a clean, flat surface and spray the entire chicken, top to bottom, front to back, with the cooking spray.
-
Sprinkle the salt and pepper over the entirety of the chicken.
-
Place the chicken in the middle of the smoker and let it smoke for 1 hour.
-
Increase the temperature of the smoker to 300 degrees F and cook for another 1½ hours or until the internal temperature in the breast reaches 165 degrees F and the thigh at 175 degrees F.
-
Remove from the smoker. Serve and enjoy!
Recipe Notes
- If you have a smaller or larger chicken, you’ll simply want to monitor the internal temperature as the size will definitely change the amount of time the chicken will cook.
- You can easily add more spices or your own homemade rub, if desired. Just be careful to not dry out your chicken.
Nutrition
- Calories: 772.00kcal
- Fat: 55.17g
- Saturated Fat: 17.14g
- Trans Fat: 0.49g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 22.25g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 11.16g
- Carbohydrates: 1.66g
- Fiber: 0.65g
- Sugar: 0.02g
- Protein: 63.59g
- Cholesterol: 265.37mg
- Sodium: 808.19mg
- Calcium: 50.38mg
- Potassium: 678.61mg
- Iron: 3.32mg
- Vitamin A: 172.69µg
- Vitamin C: 5.44mg
Was this page helpful?
Have your own special recipe to share? Submit Your Recipe Today!
Related Recipes
