Smoked Chicken Breast, Turkey Tenders, & Baked 3/20/10

Smoked Chicken Breast, Turkey Tenders, & Baked Beans

3/20/10

It’s the first day of spring and we have 2 inches of fresh snow on the ground.

Time to fire up the AmeriQue and at least pretend to enjoy the weather.

Chef-Boy-Arnie

I went down to the local West Liberty Foods outlet store to pick up a few things and the turkey tenders told me they wanted to come home with me. Then I headed to the local grocery store to grab what I set out to get, a package of fresh boneless skinless chicken breasts.

Back at home I got the chicken and turkey ready by liberally sprinkling them with Cookshack Spicy Chicken Rub. I sealed them in a bag and put them in the refrigerator to get acquainted with each other for a while.

For side dishes I decided I wanted to do some double-baked potatoes and baked beans. Nothing too fancy, for the baked beans just I grabbed a can of baked beans from the pantry. I baked the potatoes at 375⁰ for an hour and fifteen minutes. Since I just couldn’t leave the beans alone I added about a teaspoon of minced garlic to them. I wanted to add a little Tabasco™ to the beans, but I’ve been cooking a bit too spicy for the wife’s liking lately so I thought I give her a rest.

After the potatoes cooled enough to handle I scooped out the insides, being careful not to scoop too close to the skin. I mashed the scooped out potatoes with a little milk, butter and Cheddar Monterey Jack cheese.

I put the mixture back into the potato skins. When the time is right they will go back into the oven at 400⁰ for about 20 minutes.

After the turkey and chicken marinated for roughly 4 hours I loaded the AQ, set the cook temperature for 225⁰ and the probe temperature for 165⁰.

I selected a piece of apple wood for the smoke

Ready to eat

The potatoes came out of the oven

Hindsight;

The double-baked potatoes turned out well.

Increase the second bake to 25 minutes

This was an easy side dish well worth the extra effort.

The baked beans were no effort at all and had a nice flavor.

The turkey tenders and chicken breasts were moist, but the rub turned out to be a tad bit too salty and spicy for my liking. Three hour smoke time

The leftover turkey and chicken will be diced up and used in white chili, salads, and another version of double-baked potatoes. Hopefully those dishes will tone down the salt and spice.