Butterflied Legs and Mac N Cheese

Dyal_SC

Days are long, but the years are short. My twinsies turned 4 today. Smoked butterflied chicken legs and pioneer woman’s Mac n cheese tonight. These turned out great. Got lots of dipping sauces to go with. 

johnmitchell

Looks great😋I bet the boys devoured that

Dyal_SC

johnmitchell said:

Looks great😋I bet the boys devoured that

Thx!  One did.  The other was staring at the cake and ice cream.  

Pic of the skinned side:

6baluts

- Very nice!
- You took that cook yard.
- Happy Birthday to your twins.

caliking

Great b'day cook, dad!

Wishing your little guys a very Happy Birthday. 

Grogu

Happy b day to the nuggets!

pgprescott

I still can’t believe how much better the legs are by simply butterflying them. It’s game changing. 👍🏻

Jstroke

Looks like a winner. Glad everyone had fun.

Dyal_SC

pgprescott said:

I still can’t believe how much better the legs are by simply butterflying them. It’s game changing. 👍🏻

Most definitely a great way to do them. Loved the bigger surface area for seasoning them. Will be a repeater. 

Langner91

Am I the only guy who hasn't butterflied a drumstick?  

Those look great!

shtgunal3

@Langner91 No you’re not

@Dyal_SC birthday wishes for the boys. They sure do grow up fast.

northGAcock

Dyal_SC said:

Days are long, but the years are short. My twinsies turned 4 today. Smoked butterflied chicken legs and pioneer woman’s Mac n cheese tonight. These turned out great. Got lots of dipping sauces to go with. 

It don’t get much better than this. 

loco_engr

WOW . . . totally new concept!
Is there certain technique that's recommended?
Thanks for posting 

Dyal_SC

@loco_engr , just slice it parallel to the bone for the first cut, then a coupla more cuts on both sides of the bone. Push flat. One side will have skin, the other side is all meat, so you can get more flavor directly on the chicken. Also easy to snip away most of the tendons before you grill them up.