Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, smoked whole chicken and turkey legs. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook smoked whole chicken and turkey legs using 15 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Smoked whole chicken and turkey legs:
- Get 2 whole chickens 3-5 lbs each
- Get 1 package turkey legs
- Make ready 1 orange
- Make ready 1 lemon
- Get 2 sprigs rosemary
- Make ready 4 sprigs tarragon
- Take 5 cups sugar
- Prepare 3 1/4 cups kosher salt
- Take 2/3 cup chili powder
- Take 1/4 cup onion powder
- Prepare 1/4 cup garlic powder
- Take 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- Make ready 6 dried bay leaves
- Take 1 tablespoon chopped dehydrated onion
- Make ready 3 gallons water
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Instructions to make Smoked whole chicken and turkey legs:
- Combine 3 cups of kosher salt, 4.5 cups sugar, 6 bay leaves, 1 tbsp chopped dehydrated onions and 3 gallons water to make the brine. Soak the chickens and turkey legs in the brine and refrigerate over night or minimum 4 hours.
- Make the rub. I used Myron Mixon's 'The only other barbecue rub you need' recipe. Combine 2/3 cup chili powder, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/4 cup kosher salt, 1/4 cup onion powder, 1/4 garlic powder and 1 tsp cayenne pepper
- Soak your choice of wood chunks in water (I used mesquite). Light the charcoal in the smoker. Slice up the orange and lemon into approximately 12 pieces each.
- Rinse the chicken and turkey in cold water and pat dry.
- Stuff each chicken with half an orange, half a lemon, 1 sprig rosemary and 2 sprigs of tarragon.
- Cover the chickens and turkey legs on all sides with the rub.
- Put the chicken breast side up and the turkey legs on the smoker. Smoke at 275° for 3.5 hours or until the white meat hits 160 and the dark reaches 180. Check the temp periodically and add more charcoal and wood chunks as needed.
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