Pics: Chicken Bombs

[LYU370]

First snowfall of the year and the smokers looked cold & lonely...

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The FEC has been feeling a little neglected since I got the Big Joe, so I fired her up for some chicken bombs & smoked taters.

Cut up some sweet taters and red & yellow taters and gave them a coat of EVOO & some #porkmafia Memphis Mud

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Added a clove of garlic, roughly chopped. OK, maybe a little more than one. Then into the FEC at 300 to give them a head start

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Boneless, skinless thighs were on sale...

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And I smoked up some cheese a couple weeks ago, so I grabbed the smoked swiss...

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And sliced it up

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Of course ya gotta have some hatch chiles.

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FYI, you can use an espresso tamper to smash chicken with

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But even though it's stainless steel, I still couldn't bring myself to smash them without first putting it in a baggie.

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Smashed thigh, some Memphis Mud, couple strips of hatch chiles, chopped onion, smoked swiss and chopped spinach

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Roll em up and another coat of Memphis Mud

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Oh look... Bacon! Don't mind if I do

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Not the best job at rolling them up, but it'll have to do.

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Into the FEC and turned it up to 325.

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After about an hour and a half started to give them a few coats of Tennessee Red...

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And they're done. Plated up...

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Good Stuff Maynard! Thanks for looking.

[JackW]

Very, very nice, well done.

Jack

[Stingerhook]

That is one fine looking meal sir.

[angryelfFan]

Nice. What espresso machine do you have?

[Big George's BBQ]

Looks and sounds amazing. Thanks

[LYU370]

Nice. What espresso machine do you have?

Gaggia Classic

[JDM46]

Wow!!! Your cookers really perform when they are Cold and Lonely:clap2:

[pcshrews]

This are the chicken BOMB!

[Grabnabber]

Nice lookin' bombs. 8)

[Rocky Branch BBQ]

Looks delicious, so many layers of flavors, really looked delicious!!!!!!!!!

[Mrs B]

I love Your pics and how thorough you were. Especially the snow cooker pic. So BEAUTIFUL.

[Titch]

They look sweet, i have to try that

[mattmountz94]

I'd take a few of those bombs for the team

[nsbbqguy]

Awesome looking chicken bombs!

[KevinJ]

Yes please.

[Big-Joe]

That looks absolutely amazing

[Fwismoker]

They look much better rolled than I know I could have done...I lose patience! lol

Looks very good Andy

[luberconn]

very nice, i might have to try these things out!

[bbqlearner]

Awesome - would love to try it out one of these days :thumb:

[BillN]

I'm liking everything about those, nicely done.

[angryelfFan]

BaBOOM!! Looks awesome

[angryelfFan]

Gaggia Classic

:thumb: Nice! My Classic lasted for 11 very good years. Great machine, built to last. I was just able to upgrade to a Rocket Cellini.

[hurricanedavid]

Nice job but what's that white stuff on your smoker?:thumb:

[Garyclaw]

I like it. On the list.

[Moose]

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[bbqpitsmoker]

FYI if your smoker ever breaks - after tamping the chicken on the bench you could try loading it the chicken into your portafilter basket and pulling a shot of 203 degree chicken soup from your espresso machine....😀😀😀

[frognot]

Glad to see you practicing safe tamping on that yardbird.

[lwdbo1]

:thumb::thumb:

[LYU370]

Glad to see you practicing safe tamping on that yardbird.Even though I washed it VERY well afterwards. I just couldn't bring myself to get chicken juice all over it. :noidea:

[KORND4WG X]

Fantastic:thumb:

[doubt3]

Looks great!

[LDawg]

Wow They look fantastic, nice combo of flavors

[Groundhog66]

Nicely done, looks really tasty.

[bigdog10]

Wow those look absolutely delicious....

[BBQ Bacon]

Nice. Great for a snowy day like that!

[cmohr74]

I may have to take a stroll down the street and see if there's leftovers. Looks good neighbor.

[Ron_L]

I may have to take a stroll down the street and see if there's leftovers. Looks good neighbor.

You should take a stroll into the Brethren Bashes section and sign up for the January lunch :roll: :grin:

http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=239223

[cheez59]

Best looking chicken bombs I've seen. Most folks use chicken breasts but those thighs get the job done much better. I would so hit a couple of those. I'm really loving the idea of combining the sweet potatoes with regular potatoes and smoking them too. Great cook Andy.

[ooootis]

Outstanding, like Cheez59 said never thought about sweet potatoes being smoked.