RASBERRY WALNUT SMOKED CHICKEN

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This recipe went around the world in a book we sold together called "Competition BBQ Secrets" with my brother. (My brother still sells the book.) My husband & I developed the unique recipe after I tried some raspberry-walnut dressing on chicken with spinach in a Walmart one day. We reconstructed the recipe to fit with our bbq...

Provided by Morcash Sweat

Categories     Chicken

Number Of Ingredients 7

2 bottle ken's raspberry-walnut salad dressing
1 bottle (large bottle) ketchup
1 bottle (large bottle) honey
1 family pack of chicken thighs
1 bottle cook shack's spicy chicken rub, or favorite spicy chicken rub
1 small bag of hickory wood chips, pellets or equal
1 small bag of apple wood chips, pellets or equal

Steps:

  • 1. Start smoker at 275' to 300' range, and then refrigerate the 2 bottles of Raspberry walnut salad dressing. Chilling it down reduces any bacteria growth on chicken. Also chilling the chicken reduces bacteria growth. Optimal temperature is below 40'F. Once chilled use a 1 gallon freezer bag and put chicken in it and 1 whole bottle of salad dressing. We marinate it for 3 or 4 hours and discard the marinate afterwards.
  • 2. Pat chicken simi-dry after marinating, do not rinse off. Chicken will be very pink from raspberry, and wetness will be binder for chicken rub. Next sprinkle rub underneath chicken skin and on top of chicken. Tuck chicken skin underneath. At this point, if smoker is up to temp, place chicken on smoker skin side up. Smoking for 1 hour, spraying with apple juice, then turning chicken over after 1st hour. Continuing to spray every 30 minutes. After 2 hours cooking/spraying chicken, we glaze with raspberry walnut bbq sauce (see recipe next). After cooking 2 hours, chicken should be tender and moist.
  • 3. Next, make raspberry walnut bbq sauce. Empty 1 bottle of salad dressing into a bowl, squeeze ketchup into empty salad dressing bottle as a measure of equal parts and squeeze that ketchup into same bowl. Then measure honey into salad dressing bottle, and squeeze honey into bowl. You will have approximately equal measures of each in bowl. Stir mixture well. Glaze the chicken and let sit on smoker for about 5 minutes to thicken. Chicken is done in 2 hours, but glaze can set in just a few minutes on a hot smoker.

Kareem Awwad
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I love the unique flavor of the raspberry-walnut sauce. It's the perfect balance of sweet and savory.


Bartholomew Lucius Okore
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This was my first time making smoked chicken and it turned out great! The recipe was easy to follow and the chicken was cooked to perfection.


Technical Saport
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I've made this recipe several times and it's always a crowd-pleaser. The chicken is always moist and flavorful, and the sauce is the perfect complement.


Azeemali ali
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This recipe is perfect for a summer cookout. The chicken can be smoked ahead of time and then reheated on the grill.


Shabani Milende
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I'm not a big fan of walnuts, so I substituted pecans instead. They worked just as well.


Ali Ahmar
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This recipe is a great way to use up leftover chicken. I made a big batch of chicken breasts on the weekend and then used them to make this dish on a weeknight.


Halimah Idrisi
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I love the unique flavor of the raspberry-walnut sauce. It's the perfect balance of sweet and savory.


Sajid Ali
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This was my first time making smoked chicken and it turned out great! The recipe was easy to follow and the chicken was cooked to perfection.


Praise Matthew
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I've made this recipe several times and it's always a crowd-pleaser. The chicken is always moist and flavorful, and the sauce is the perfect complement.


Rana M Dilawer R M Dilawer
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This recipe is perfect for a summer cookout. The chicken can be smoked ahead of time and then reheated on the grill.


Sesan Sakiru
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I'm not a big fan of walnuts, so I substituted pecans instead. They worked just as well.


Moeen Jhedu
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This recipe is a great way to use up leftover chicken. I made a big batch of chicken breasts on the weekend and then used them to make this dish on a weeknight.


Lovely Jalad
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The sauce was a bit too sweet for my taste, but the chicken was cooked perfectly.


Lachhiri Sherpa
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I followed the recipe exactly and the chicken turned out dry. I think I might have overcooked it.


Eliza Gonzalez
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This recipe is a keeper! I've made it several times now and it's always a hit. The chicken is always moist and flavorful, and the sauce is to die for.


Arlo Anderson
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I love the combination of sweet and savory in this dish. The chicken was so tender and juicy, and the sauce was the perfect balance of tart and sweet.


Motheo Lentswe
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This was my first time smoking a chicken and it turned out perfectly! The recipe was easy to follow and the chicken was cooked to perfection.


Anita Nash
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I made this recipe for a potluck and it was a huge success! Everyone loved the unique flavor of the raspberry-walnut sauce.


iisugxrz bunz
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This recipe was a hit with my family! The chicken was so moist and flavorful, and the raspberry-walnut sauce was the perfect complement. I will definitely be making this again.