This is a great smoked chicken recipe that has a lot of flavor! This recipe will produce chicken so tender you can just lift the meat from the bones.
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 3 hours
Total Time: 3 hours, 20 minutes
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
Ingredients:
- 1 whole chicken
- 1/2 cup lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 whole lemon pealed
- 1 cup bread crumbs
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 teaspoons black pepper
- 1 teaspoon tarragon
- 1/2 cup fruit wood chips
Preparation:
Clean chicken, removing anything inside. Rub with lemon juice and salt. Mix bread crumbs with garlic, pepper, tarragon. Stuff chicken to 1/3 full and add whole lemon. Add remaining stuffing. Let sit in refrigerator for 2 hours. This can be cooked either in a smoker or on a grill rotisserie. If smoking, prepare smoker with fruit wood chips and add chicken when coals are 80% white, and cook for 2-3 hours. If grilling, preheat grill with fruit wood chips, place chicken on rotisserie rod and cook on grill for 1 to 1-1/2 hours.
