Hello everybody, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, sweet heat smoked chicken leg quarters. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
The chicken quarter is simply a leg and thigh still attached. Can I cook the chicken on the grill with. This week I'm smoking Chicken Leg Quarters and finishing them with an White BBQ Sauce made After several hours remove each chicken leg quarter from the marinade and let the excess drip It's a mayonnaise based sauce with a touch of vinegar and some heat.
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To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook sweet heat smoked chicken leg quarters using 19 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Sweet Heat Smoked Chicken Leg Quarters:
- Take 3-4 chicken leg quarters (depending on size)
- Get for the brine
- Take 4 tbs sea salt
- Make ready 4 tbs sriracha
- Make ready 2 tbs honey
- Take 1 tbs granulated chicken bullion
- Get 1 tsp garlic powder
- Prepare 1 tsp onion powder
- Get 1 cup hot water
- Take 2 cups cold water
- Take for the sauce
- Prepare 2 cups all natural ketchup
- Prepare 1 cup brown sugar - packed
- Get 1/2 cup water
- Make ready 1/4 cup honey
- Make ready 2-3 tbs sriracha (depends on how much spice you like)
- Prepare 3 tsp apple cider vinegar
- Get 1 tsp garlic powder
- Make ready 1/2 tsp onion powder
Remove from heat and let cool. Reserve half of the sauce for later and brush the other half over the chicken quarters. See great recipes for Sweet Heat Smoked Chicken Leg Quarters too! Once your smoker is all set up, wash the chicken quarters, pat dry with paper towels, brush with olive oil and off they go on the smoker grate.
Instructions to make Sweet Heat Smoked Chicken Leg Quarters:
- Add the first 6 brine ingredients to a gallon size ziploc bag (I like the slide n seal bags). Add the hot water. Seal and shake vigorously to combine ingredients until salt is dissolved.
- Add cold water. Seal and shake again. Add chicken to bag. Squeeze out as much air as possible (careful to not squirted out any luquid). Seal bag and work brine around all chicken leg quarters.
- Lay bag flat in a large, wide bottomed bowl (tgis is in case there are any leaks). Place and refrigerator for at least 24 hrs, or up to 48. Turn at least once while brining.
- When ready to smoke. Working one at a time remove leg quarters from bag. Rinse under cold running water. Place on a large paper towel lined platter. Blot entire surface with paper towels to dry completely. Let sit out to come to room temperature while you prepare your smoker/grill.
- Prepare your smoker or grill for indirect smoking. Place leg quarters on grate, skin side up. Close lid. Smoke at 250°F for 2 hrs or until internal temp reached 165°F.
- While chicken is smoking make your sauce. Add all sauce ingredients to a medium size saucepan over medium heat. Stir until smooth. Bring to a simmer, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to medium-low continue simmering uncovered, stirring occasionally, until sauce has darkened in color. About 10-15 minutes.
- In the last 15 minutes of smoking brush both sides of chicken leg quarters with sauce. When done remove to a platter. Let rest uncovered 10 minutes. Serve with additional sauce if desired and enjoy.
- Note: You will have extra sauce left over. Store it refrigerated for future use, it's good on lots of things. It will keep for at least a couple weeks!
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