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Smoked Chicken Salad

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KaosinBloom
KaosinBloom Posts: 8
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Anyone else ever do this? Basically I smoke a chicken, beer can style, then pull the chicken and add it to some hard boiled eggs, grapes, apples, pecans and onions and mayonnaise. Awesome on a hot summer day, and I've substituted other fruits as well, but the grapes and apples seem to taste best IMHO.

The one complaint I have is that my rub flavor never comes through in the chicken in the finished product. So this time I removed the skin on the chicken and covered the entire chicken in a light mustard followed by a fair amount of rub. Yes, I know mustard isn't normal on chicken but since I'm experimenting anyway I figured why not. 

Last check it was at 150*, so about another hour to +half and it should be ready. I'm also using a water pan to help prevent the outside from drying out too much. Hopefully that helps some. Anyhow, just figured I'd contribute today as I do quite a bit of lurking. Will post pics of the finished product.
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  • henapple
    henapple Posts: 16,025
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    Mine is famous in our group of friends. Chicken, mayo, celery and pepper. The chicken is the star. Heavy, heavy hickory smoke. I usually spatchcock one and then pull. I pull the skin back, rub... Lay the skin back over and rub.
    Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN 
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  • Chubbs
    Chubbs Posts: 6,929
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    On my list
    Columbia, SC --- LBGE 2011 -- MINI BGE 2013
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  • Thatgrimguy
    Thatgrimguy Posts: 4,729
    edited June 2013
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    I do mine spatchcocked with Dizzy Pig cowlick all over, including under the skin. Let it sit open in the fridge for 24+ hours and then 400 raised direct.  I usually only use fruit woods or pecan on chicken. Never tried hickory I will have to next time.

    Mix with shredded cheese, mayo, and boiled eggs. Delicious.
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  • KaosinBloom
    KaosinBloom Posts: 8
    edited June 2013
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    @henapple: Removing and replacing the skin was actually my initial intent...and then I made a complete mess out of the skin. Using a hickory/apple wood combo with an apple ale beer inside the bird. Never added celery to mine...that's definitely something I'm going to consider next time.

    @Thatgrimguy: I used to use a pecan/apple mix, but could never get enough smoke to my liking, so this time I decided to swap the pecan out for hickory. We'll see how it turns out.
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  • Mickey
    Mickey Posts: 19,674
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    Salado TX & 30A  FL: Egg Family: 3 Large and a very well used Mini, added a Mini Max when they came out (I'm good for now). Plus a couple Pit Boss Pellet Smokers.   

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  • Chubbs
    Chubbs Posts: 6,929
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    Mickey said:
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    Mickey, you have a receipe for this, or do you just wing it? I spatched one last night and pulled the leftovers for chicken salad.
    Columbia, SC --- LBGE 2011 -- MINI BGE 2013
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  • Acn
    Acn Posts: 4,424
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    My wife does ours, after I cook and pick the chicken. Usually onion, celery, pecans, banana peppers, sweet pickles, with a combo of mayo and horseradish mustard.

    With the egg, if you're gonna cook one, might as well cook two. Makes for a super easy dinner, or a few days of lunch for the three of us.

    LBGE

    Pikesville, MD

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  • Makers_N_Water
    Makers_N_Water Posts: 14
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    Did it this weekend with the left over half of a spatchcock!  Whatever your preference of other ingredients for a chicken salad is, it's hard to argue that an egged-up spatchcock doesn't provide the best main ingredient!  
    Sometimes I skip the water.
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  • SmokeyPitt
    SmokeyPitt Posts: 10,490
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    Love some smoked chicken salad.  I have just done a pretty simple recipe with what I had on hand. I think I have just done it with chicken, mayo, and a little lemon juice once and it was darn good. 

    Try a chicken salad melt on grilled sourdough sometime.  

    :-j

    Which came first the chicken or the egg?  I egged the chicken and then I ate his leg. 

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  • NibbleMeThis
    NibbleMeThis Posts: 2,295
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    Oh yeah!  That is one of our favorites and we'll smoke an extra bird or two just to have it for chicken salad.  Great stuff, isn't it? 

    Alexis took it to a work lunch and the people loved it.
    Knoxville, TN
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