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Brined Barbecue Chicken

Brined Barbecue Chicken — a community recipe on Potlikkr.

Ingredients

• 1.0 Small Chicken For The Brine
• 0.3333 cup Coarse Salt
• 0.3333 cup Brown Sugar
• 1.0 Lemon

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Method (preview)

1. 1

   Tested May 26, 2001. Made with garlic powder and no juniper berries. Used 2 cups to marinate about 7 pounds of skinless, boneless chicken breasts for thee hours. Cooked in the Weber over indirect heat for about 45 minutes, basting twice with jalapeno-mustard glaze. Come out very moist and flavorful, if a bit salty.

2. 2

   In a plastic bucket or stainless steel stock pot large enough to hold the whole chicken, add all brine ingredients and about 8 cups (2 L) of water -enough to cover the bird. (If more water is required, add more salt proportionately.) Mix brine ingredients well to dissolve salt and sugar. Truss chicken with butcher twine to hold it together in a compact shape, then submerge in brine, weighing the bird down if necessary with a clean glass jar filled with water and lid on. Cover and refrigerate 6 hours.