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Smoked Chicken Roast

If you do not have an outdoor smoker, you can still smoke inside your house. It just takes some effort and getting wood chips to burn and create smoke. Here is a simple recipe using our house made BBQ sauce.

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Cook Time

55 Minutes

Serves

4

Directions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 475°F. Combine the chicken with salt, pepper, cardamom and olive oil and spread on a baking pan, skin side up.

Step 2

Put in the oven for 15 minutes or until the skin is crisp.

Step 3

Lower the temperature to 250°F.

Step 4

In a disposable aluminum pan, light the wood chips in such a way that all the chips are lit. Let the fire die down, by which time the chips will be smoldering.

Step 5

Brush the chicken pieces generously with BBQ sauce and with any fat that may have melted around the pieces.

Step 6

Place the wood chips container in a large pan and place the chicken pieces next to the chips. Cover the pan tightly and place in the oven for 30 minutes. The smoke will slowly flavor the chicken. Keep the chicken in the pan covered for at least 15 to 20 minutes.

Notes & Variations

To light the chips, light a few matchsticks and place them in and around the wood chips. You may have to do this a few times. Let them all catch on fire before you put them in the pan with the chicken.
You could smoke some vegetables around the chicken like asparagus, squash or onions.

Ingredients

8 chicken thighs, with skin and bone-in

2 teaspoons sea salt

2 teaspoons black pepper

2 teaspoons cardamom, ground

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 cup barbecue sauce

2 cups smoking wood chips

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 475°F. Combine the chicken with salt, pepper, cardamom and olive oil and spread on a baking pan, skin side up.

Step 2

Put in the oven for 15 minutes or until the skin is crisp.

Step 3

Lower the temperature to 250°F.

Step 4

In a disposable aluminum pan, light the wood chips in such a way that all the chips are lit. Let the fire die down, by which time the chips will be smoldering.

Step 5

Brush the chicken pieces generously with BBQ sauce and with any fat that may have melted around the pieces.

Step 6

8 chicken thighs, with skin and bone-in

2 teaspoons sea salt

2 teaspoons black pepper

2 teaspoons cardamom, ground

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 cup barbecue sauce

2 cups smoking wood chips

Notes & Variations

To light the chips, light a few matchsticks and place them in and around the wood chips. You may have to do this a few times. Let them all catch on fire before you put them in the pan with the chicken.
You could smoke some vegetables around the chicken like asparagus, squash or onions.

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