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Smoked Lemon Chicken

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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

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.
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