Summertime Smoked Chicken Salad

JMSetzler · 06-14-2011, 02:22 PM

Summertime Smoked Chicken Salad

I started out with a 5lb chicken and sprayed it down with extra virgin olive oil and seasoned it with salt and pepper...

I tossed it on the WSM along with some moink balls and let it cook until the internal temp in the thigh was just over 170 degrees...

I separated the light meat from the dark and ran the dark meat through my meat grinder...

I cut the white meat into cube chunks...

I squeezed the juice of one lemon over the chicken, added parsley, chives, garlic powder, salt, and pepper along with enough mayo to get the chicken salad to the consistency I perfer...

I mixed it all up and put it in a container and let it sit in the fridge overnight...

Money shot...

Today for lunch, I served myself a chicken salad sandwich on french bread with a healthy dose of Cool Ranch Doritos and a glass of my homebrewed Hefeweizen...

Once again, thanks to all ye farkers for helping me get started in the world of low and slow with charcoal :)

** cross posted from the summertime throwdown thread **

deguerre · 06-14-2011, 02:28 PM

I just commented in the TD on this one JM. Great recipe.

Wampus · 06-14-2011, 02:44 PM

I love chicken salad.
I love smoked chicken.

Why didn't I think of this?

Great recipe JM!

JMSetzler · 06-14-2011, 03:07 PM

The smoke on this chicken is just about perfect. I only put two chunks of hickory in the WSM. The seasonings and lemon juice come through nicely and don't overpower the smoke, while the smoke isn't overpowering anything either...

Shooter1 · 06-14-2011, 03:44 PM

That looks like a great recipe JM will definitely give it a try, Thanks.

Dillo_Duster · 06-14-2011, 04:02 PM

Nice job on the home brew too.

Joe Zukes · 06-14-2011, 04:05 PM

The most simple recipe I have seen for chicken salad and by far the one that looks the tastiest!

cowgirl · 06-14-2011, 04:57 PM

That looks fantastic JM! Thanks for the post.

Kcbigben · 06-14-2011, 05:01 PM

Looks fantastic!

Meat Burner · 06-14-2011, 05:34 PM

JM, we spatched a yardbird Sunday and doing chicken salad with the leftovers tonight. Goooood stuff. Like the way you prepared your. Looks great!!!

JMSetzler · 06-14-2011, 07:40 PM

I guess chicken salad is kinda like meatloaf... you can put whatever you want in it :)

Piggy_Tummy · 06-14-2011, 07:42 PM

Yum! I have to try this. I love chicken salad and never thought to do it that way thanks!

bluetang · 06-14-2011, 07:45 PM

I hate chicken salad, I mean HATE! I have got to try it your way, it friggin' sounds and looks fantastic. ISYN.

Parruthead · 06-14-2011, 08:40 PM

Very nice!

Militant83 · 06-14-2011, 09:08 PM

Looks great JM.. I love me some Hefeweizen

06-14-2011, 02:22 PM	#1
JMSetzler Babbling Farker Join Date: 04-25-11 Location: Valdese, NC Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Summertime Smoked Chicken Salad Summertime Smoked Chicken Salad I started out with a 5lb chicken and sprayed it down with extra virgin olive oil and seasoned it with salt and pepper... I tossed it on the WSM along with some moink balls and let it cook until the internal temp in the thigh was just over 170 degrees... I separated the light meat from the dark and ran the dark meat through my meat grinder... I cut the white meat into cube chunks... I squeezed the juice of one lemon over the chicken, added parsley, chives, garlic powder, salt, and pepper along with enough mayo to get the chicken salad to the consistency I perfer... I mixed it all up and put it in a container and let it sit in the fridge overnight... Money shot... Today for lunch, I served myself a chicken salad sandwich on french bread with a healthy dose of Cool Ranch Doritos and a glass of my homebrewed Hefeweizen... Once again, thanks to all ye farkers for helping me get started in the world of low and slow with charcoal :) cross posted from the summertime throwdown thread __________________ Visit Man Cave Meals on Facebook and YouTube! Kamado Joe Classic * Kamado Joe Big Joe Ugly Drum Smoker * Weber Performer * Weber Go-Anywhere * Mini WSM Man Cave Meals Video Index

06-14-2011, 02:28 PM	#2
deguerre somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 07-15-09 Location: Memphis, TN...Formerly of Decatur, AL Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I just commented in the TD on this one JM. Great recipe. __________________ Guerry >^..^< Weber 22 1/2" OTS "Dirty Girl", Weber Performer/Cajun Bandit "Cajun Queen", GOSM "Bubba Q", Maverick et73, RED Thermapen, One Cameron Stove Top "Lazy Girl".It burns sawdust... Avatar by Northwest BBQ!!! If you really care about this place, you'll show some respect for it. Seven Zero notches on my spatula. Join_Us_In_The_Throwdowns_Forum!

06-14-2011, 02:44 PM	#3
Wampus somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 06-05-09 Location: Mooresville, IN Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I love chicken salad. I love smoked chicken. Why didn't I think of this? Great recipe JM! __________________ Big JT's Smokin' BBQ Competition Team “If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. We need not wait to see what others do.” - Mahatma Gandhi

06-14-2011, 03:07 PM	#4
JMSetzler Babbling Farker Join Date: 04-25-11 Location: Valdese, NC Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The smoke on this chicken is just about perfect. I only put two chunks of hickory in the WSM. The seasonings and lemon juice come through nicely and don't overpower the smoke, while the smoke isn't overpowering anything either... __________________ Visit Man Cave Meals on Facebook and YouTube! Kamado Joe Classic * Kamado Joe Big Joe Ugly Drum Smoker * Weber Performer * Weber Go-Anywhere * Mini WSM Man Cave Meals Video Index

06-14-2011, 04:02 PM	#6
Dillo_Duster On the road to being a farker Join Date: 06-01-11 Location: Carol Stream, IL Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Nice job on the home brew too. __________________ Anyone have any spare Dillo Dust? WSM 18.5" w/IQ110 \| BLACK Thermapen \| Maverick ET-732

06-14-2011, 03:44 PM	#5
Shooter1 Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 10-19-10 Location: Lutz, Florida Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	That looks like a great recipe JM will definitely give it a try, Thanks.

06-14-2011, 04:05 PM	#7
Joe Zukes On the road to being a farker Join Date: 05-06-11 Location: Sound Beach, Long Island, NY Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The most simple recipe I have seen for chicken salad and by far the one that looks the tastiest!

06-14-2011, 04:57 PM	#8
cowgirl somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 07-18-07 Location: Oklahoma Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	That looks fantastic JM! Thanks for the post. __________________ jeanie sittin' by the campfire with my Brethren friends. Lifetime member of the Society for the Preservation of Authentic Royal Magical Rare Kaskaskian Peppers (Thanks Ash :)) http://cowgirlscountry.blogspot.com/

06-14-2011, 05:01 PM	#9
Kcbigben Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 05-31-11 Location: KCMO Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Looks fantastic!

06-14-2011, 05:34 PM	#10
Meat Burner Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 02-22-07 Location: Springfield, MO Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	JM, we spatched a yardbird Sunday and doing chicken salad with the leftovers tonight. Goooood stuff. Like the way you prepared your. Looks great!!! __________________ my avatar swiped fatties from the plate....look how sorry he is. ________ Meat. NB Bandera with mods Weber 22 .5" x 2, 26.75" x 1 UDS x 3 KCBS CBJ Created "The Great Spam Revelation of 2011." www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=111155

06-14-2011, 07:40 PM	#11
JMSetzler Babbling Farker Join Date: 04-25-11 Location: Valdese, NC Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I guess chicken salad is kinda like meatloaf... you can put whatever you want in it :) __________________ Visit Man Cave Meals on Facebook and YouTube! Kamado Joe Classic * Kamado Joe Big Joe Ugly Drum Smoker * Weber Performer * Weber Go-Anywhere * Mini WSM Man Cave Meals Video Index

06-14-2011, 07:42 PM	#12
Piggy_Tummy Knows what a fatty is. Join Date: 05-31-11 Location: Chicago, IL Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yum! I have to try this. I love chicken salad and never thought to do it that way thanks!

06-14-2011, 07:45 PM	#13
bluetang Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 08-06-10 Location: Stuart, Fl Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I hate chicken salad, I mean HATE! I have got to try it your way, it friggin' sounds and looks fantastic. ISYN. __________________ Homegrown 120 Gallon Reverse Flow, Homey, the Homegrown Kettle, 3 UDS's, 3 Stack Pro Q Excel 20, 18.5" Elderly(but not retired) WSM, 150lb Capacity Homegrown Electric and a CA gasserrrr Bicycle Fast Polder Thermo, Indisputably Fastest Purple Thermapen, SAI Satay Grill

06-14-2011, 08:40 PM	#14
Parruthead Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 04-21-11 Location: Shawano Wisconsin Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Very nice! __________________ 18.5" WSM

06-14-2011, 09:08 PM	#15
Militant83 is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 05-05-11 Location: Lancaster, OH Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Looks great JM.. I love me some Hefeweizen __________________ Custom 250 gal drum cooker,Weber OTG,Maverick ET-73,Covert Black Thermapen

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