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Spicy Smoked Chicken Wings

I have been wanting to try my hand at smoked chicken wings. I picked up a package of wings at our local grocery store. These spicy smoked chicken wings were a hit with the family.

They turned out to be juicy and full of flavor with just the right amount of heat. I smoked these wings the same day that I smoked 2 racks of Honey Bourbon Smoked Ribs.

I used the 3-2-1 method for the ribs and added the wings to my Char-Griller Smokin Champ in the last 90 minutes of the smoke. While the ribs were smoking I prepared the wings.

First I made a marinade for the wings. I placed the wings in 2 one-gallon zip lock bags and poured in the marinade, closed the bags, and mixed. I placed these in the refrigerator for at least 3 hours.

Spicy Smoked Chicken Wing Marinade:

1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil

1/4 cup Frank's Hot Sauce

3 cloves garlic minced

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1 teaspoon black pepper

1 teaspoon sea salt

1 teaspoon cayenne pepper

1 teaspoon Penzeys Galena Street Rib and Chicken Rub (can be omitted)

I smoked the wings between 250 to 290 degrees for 90 minutes. I used hickory wood splits as my heat source. The internal temperature of the wings was 165 to 170 degrees. These were whole wings, I could have split them but I didn't bother. After they were smoked they pulled apart easily.

Before serving I made a hot sauce to toss them in. In a large bowl, I melted 1/2 cup butter (one stick), mixed it with 1 cup of Frank's Hot Sauce, and 1 teaspoon of Cayenne pepper. I placed the wings in the bowl covered them and tossed them until they were coated.

These wings turned out great, they were spicy, juicy inside with just the right amount of heat. If you don't like medium or hot wings just skip the last step.

As always thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed it.

Charcoal Grilled Chicken Breasts

I treasure the times when our whole family can get together. It has been a difficult year for gatherings. This year for Father's Day we had everybody together.

So, it was time to celebrate with some charcoal-grilled chicken breasts. There is no doubt that the best grilling is done over charcoal. Well, that's my opinion anyway.

I picked up 8 large bone-in chicken breasts at our local grocery store. The first step was to marinate the chicken. We marinated the chicken breasts overnight in Chiavetta's Barbeque Marinade. This is a great marinade for both flavor and tenderizing the meat.

Charcoal Grilled Chicken Breasts

We fired up the charcoal in the Weber Charcoal Chimney. To me, using the chimney is the best way to fire up your charcoal. There is no chance of getting that charcoal fluid after taste on your food.

While the charcoal was heating up I seasoned the chicken breasts with Penzeys Galena Street Rib and Chicken Rub. This is a traditional southern-style barbeque rub.

I seasoned the breast meat by lifting up the skin on the chicken breasts and pouring in the seasoning with a small spoon. Then I worked the seasoning onto the meat with my finger.

Then, I rubbed the seasoning all over the top and bottom of the chicken breasts. As you can see these beauties are now ready for the grill.

I grilled these for 7 to 8 minutes per side flipping them twice in the process for a total of 30 minutes. The cooking time may vary based on the size of the chicken breasts. These were large breasts with the ribs.

I grilled them until the internal temperature was 165 degrees. It's best to have an instant-read thermometer on hand so you know when they are cooked.

As always thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy it!

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Smoked Bone in Chicken Breasts

When it comes to chicken you mostly see skinless, boneless chicken breasts in the grocery stores. Since I got a new Char-Griller offset Smoker for Father's day. I've been grilling and smoking a few different things. I wanted to try some Smoked bone-in chicken breasts.

Fran picked up two nice size bone-in chicken breasts so I could try my hand at smoking them. Wow!! I'm so glad we did. This was the juiciest chicken we have ever made.

The first thing we did was marinate the chicken in Italian salad dressing for a couple hours in the refrigerator.

I fired up the charcoal for the fuel in my Weber Charcoal Chimney. Then put it the smoker chamber of the grill. While I waited to get the temperature up to 230 degrees, I prepared the chicken with Penzeys Galena Street Rib and Chicken Rub.

I placed the chicken breasts in the smoker bone side down for 15 minutes. Then added some applewood chunks, this brought the temperature up to between 250 to 300 degrees. I smoked them for another 30 minutes and checked the internal temperature of the meat. I was looking for 165 degrees in the meat.

I wasn't quite there yet so I turned the chicken over, added some more applewood chunks and smoked for another 20 minutes. After 20 minutes the internal temperature reached 165 degrees. I removed them to rest for 5 minutes.

Smoked Bone-in Chicken Breasts:

2 large bone-in chicken breasts
1 cup Italian salad dressing (For Marinating only)
4 tablespoons of your favorite rub (I rubbed both sides of the chicken breasts)

You can archive the same juicy chicken in your oven. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 to 45 minutes or until you reach 165 degrees internal temperature of the meat. You just won't have the smoked flavor by doing it in the oven.

As always thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy.

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Mozzarella Stuffed Chicken Parmesan

This Italian chicken parmesan dish is a perfect family pleaser, and easy to make. I can't take credit for making this one. This stuffed chicken parmesan recipe is a creation of my son Sammy.

Sammy is an excellent cook, and he should be, as he has a culinary degree. He is always making some amazing and delicious creations. His stuffed chicken parmesan is no exception to amazing and delicious, made with all fresh ingredients, mozzarella, basil, and prosciutto.

The ingredients and instructions for this delicious dish are below:

First Sammy cut the chicken breasts in half lengthwise.

He set up a breading station using beaten eggs, flour, and breadcrumbs and fried them on both sides.

I would have used my Cast Iron Skillet for this.

He spread some sauce in the bottom of a baking pan. Then he placed one-half of each chicken breast in the pan and layered it with prosciutto, mozzarella, and basil.

You can use your favorite sauce in a jar or try my Quick Marinara sauce here.

Sammy then placed the second half of the chicken breast on top.

Again he layered the fresh mozzarella and basil on top, bake this according to the instructions below.

Italian Chicken Parmesan Recipe:

INGREDIENTS:

3 large chicken breast

1c. flour

1c. flavored breadcrumbs

4 eggs, beaten

1 log of fresh mozzarella

1/2c. of fresh basil

1 jar favorite tomato sauce

4 slices fresh prosciutto

1 to 2c. oil

DIRECTIONS:

-Preheat oven to 425 degrees

-Cut each chicken breast in half

-Cover chicken with saran wrap on a cutting board

-Tenderize the chicken breast with a meat tenderizer, set aside

-Set up a breading station with the flour, beaten eggs, and breadcrumbs

-Dredge chicken breast in flour, then eggs, and finally breadcrumbs

-Heat oil in a large frying pan; make sure there is enough to cover the bottom of the pan

-Once the oil is hot place chicken in oil and brown on each side, probably 2 min. per side

-Remove chicken from frying pan to a plate or sheet tray covered in paper towels to drain oil

-Grease a baking dish with Pam or Crisco

-Cover the bottom of the baking dish with a thin layer of the tomato sauce

-Thin slice the fresh mozzarella

-Chop fresh basil

-Layer 3 pieces of chicken breast on the bottom of the pan

-Top chicken with sliced prosciutto, then sliced mozzarella, then half the basil

-Place other chicken breasts on top, then place a few slices of mozzarella

-Spoon some of the tomato sauce on top with the remainder of the basil

-Place in preheated oven and cook for 30 minutes

NOTES:

-Check the chicken after 20 minutes for doneness. Adjust time and temperature accordingly

-Serve with a side of your favorite pasta.

Sammy lives two hours away from us so I didn't get to taste his creation but just looking at the pictures makes my mouth water.

For more from my son Sammy, you can check out his Facebook page: Cooking with Monaco

As always thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy

Handy Kitchen Tools for this Recipe

Lodge Seasoned Cast Iron Skillet, 12 Inch

Baker's Secret Signature Oblong Rectangular Pan 13"x9"x2

Home Kitchen Steel Chef Knife: Premium Razor Sharp 8 Inch

Grilled Rosemary Ranch Chicken

This is another one of our summer grilling favorites. Our daughter Jamie found this grilled rosemary chicken recipe and has been making this for a couple of years now.

This was part of our 4^th of July weekend menu, along with our Grilled Leg of Lamb, and I couldn’t resist posting it. Here is the recipe that Jamie uses for this delicious grilled chicken:

Allrecipes.com By: Theresa Spencer

The chicken breasts are cut into about 1” cubes and marinated overnight. Of course, Jamie did all of the work all I had to do was Skewer the chicken and grill it to perfection.

Marinated overnight and on the skewers

I had my Huntington Gas Grill set on the medium setting, and grilled the chicken for about 10 minutes turning the skewers frequently.

It turned out to be juicy and packed full of flavor, as this recipe always is. If you’re going to have guests over for a cookout, you’ll for sure impress them with this recipe. This Rosemary Ranch Chicken will disappear very quickly, and your guests will be asking for the recipe. I can honestly say this is a must add to your summer grilling list.

As always Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy

A Summer Salad

Sometimes it’s just too hot to cook inside even here in Western New York. We needed to come up with dinner the other night so we put together this salad with whatever we had on hand.

Fran started off with a mixture of greens that were in the refrigerator, some romaine, leaf, and iceberg lettuce, and filled up a large bowl. Then she crumbled up four strips of crispy bacon on top.

Next, she added some red onions, diced tomatoes, sliced fresh zucchini, and cucumber just picked from our friend’s garden, and to top it off shredded cheddar cheese.

While she was doing all of that I fired up the grill and grilled a boneless chicken breast. We cut up the chicken breast, whipped up some ranch dressing and created a nice summer salad with whatever was on hand.

I went a step further with my salad and added fresh ground black pepper, almonds and some raisins.

This made for a nice meal for just the two of us. So if you’re stuck for a quick dinner just put together what you have.

As always thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed.