Smoked Bourbon Chicken

Name: Smoked Bourbon Chicken
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups, bourbon; 1 1/4 cups, soy sauce; 1/2 cup, packed brown sugar; 1 , shallot, minced; 4 , garlic cloves, minced; 2 teaspoons, pepper; 2 (3 1/2- to 4-pound), whole chickens, giblets discarded; 1 cup, wood chips; 4 (12-inch) wooden, skewers

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By Cristin Walsh

Appears in Cook's Country August/September 2014, Cook's Country TV

Main Courses

Chicken

Grilling & Barbecue

This combination sounded perfect. All we had to do was figure out how to infuse smoke and bourbon flavors while keeping the chicken from drying out.

SERVES4

TIME2¼ hours, plus 20 minutes resting

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Cooking the marinade was the first essential step to getting the most flavor compounds into our chicken. Slashing the chickens also allowed for better penetration of the marinade flavors before grilling. Splitting our chickens into halves a...

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