Steemit Sandwich Contest Week #38 | Mesquite Smoked Pulled Chicken with Fresh Pineapple. It's Smokin Hot!
Hello Fellow Steemian Sandwich Lovers!
I’m so excited to submit my entry for @jaybirds Week 38 Sandwich Contest! Do you smoke meats? We do and love it! The flavors retained using a smoker are amazing. You can used mesquite, pecan, apple...so many soaked woods in your smoking and the results are wonderful!
I want to send a Smokin Thank You @jaybird for hosting and sponsoring this contest. So many amazing entries! I love the variety and creativity and look forward to each week!
Today, I am sharing another family favorite. We are visiting our daughter and her husband who are shortly having their first child. We hosted their baby shower so we arrived a couple of days prior to the baby shower and spent the next 2 days cooking food! I decided Smoked Pulled Chicken would be a great sandwich to have at their shower.
We have always loved smoking meats, chicken and fish. Thanksgiving turkey has been smoked for many years (so stay tuned for that one!) Smoking food not only adds a special flavor but keeps the protein moist!
Today we’re making:
Mesquite Smoked Pulled Chicken with Fresh Pineapple! It's Smokin Hot!
So let’s get started!
Ingredients
- Espresso beans ground
- Sea salt
- Coconut sugar
- Cinnamon
- Garlic Powder
- Cumin
- Cayenne Powder
- 3 Organic whole Chickens
- Fresh Pineapple
- Fresh Brioche Rolls
- Organic Mayo
- Smokin Attitude
- Mesquite Chips for Smoking
- Arthur Bryant Barbecue Sauce (and it's HOT!!)
The Prep...
Prepare your smoker now! Allow about 30 minutes for the coals to get hot! We use a water smoker with charcoal and soaked mesquite chips. This adds an amazing flavor and taste when you smoke the birds!
Wash Chicken thoroughly. Pat to dry. Set to the side.
Now we need some Smokin Rub!
Combine Espresso beans, salt, sugar, cinnamon, garlic cumin and cayenne.
Liberally rub the mix on the Bird! Don’t skimp now!
Place birds on smoker and smoke for 7-8 hours. Do
Oh my, they smell unbelievable!
Smoke until internal temperature reaches 160.
Remove the birds from smoker and let them cool a bit. This allows the juices to be retained in the bird before pulling. Keeps them juicy!
Now we pull the chicken. Unbelievable…better taste a piece of this.
Let’s make that sandwich! Don't forget the Pineapple! Add that Arthur Bryant Sauce!
Now it's ready to eat, and it's Hot!! Do your happy dance and have a bite!
Fresh pineapple adds a little tangy excitement to the smoky and spicy sauce and chicken.
I hope you enjoyed this sandwich. Thanks to all for stopping by! I want to give another thanks to @jaybird and look forward to the challenge next week. Good luck to all entries!
And as always, blessings to all
Congrats to your daughter and son in law. I bet you are excited!!! Great sandwich and smoked meats are so good. The pineapple is a nice addition with sweetness. Good luck.
I love the use of espresso beans in that rub. It sounds great. And I always love pineapple in savory dishes. Nicely put together!
Thank you so much! This is definitely full of lots of flavor. The espresso beans give it a bit of punch too. The pineapple was a nice topper indeed!
Big supporter of smoking!! Quite a lot of organic ingredients going on there and also love the spice mix u made there, I can imagine that those flavour go well together!
Yes, I think smoked foods are so fun to play with . The flavors layer so nicely, very rich sometimes so you have to be careful right? The spice mix was a good combo with it. Thank you @alansthoughts!
Agreeeed! The smoke can really overpower the whole thing !
Dam Birdie!
This looks insanely good. Love the smokin attitude lol.
Great job on all the prep for this one including the home made rub. That pineapple smoked-chic combo sounds like it's a real keeper!
Congrats on the soon to be grandchild !
Keep up the excellent work !
lol, glad you liked it! You are too funny! We had so much fun with this one. Nice weather allowed us to smoke that day which was great! Yes, needless to say we're pretty excited about our first grandchild! woohoo!
I just looove smoked meats, your sandwich looks amazing!
Thank you @lizelle, I do too!
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