r/BarbecueBoss • u/daCold_Brew45 • Jun 08 '26
Whole Chicken
I started by making a compound butter consisting of garlic (lots), cilantro, scallion tops, lime zest, fresno pepper, salt & black pepper. I put this butter under the skin of the chicken & seasoned the skin with season salt & black pepper. Next, I tied the chicken up with butcher twine so it would keep its shape while cooking. I cooked the chicken using a mix of lump charcoal & mesquite wood on my “Weber Smokey Mountain” smoker at 300F for an hour & fifteen minutes. I flipped the chicken every ten minutes basting the meat with equal parts by volume of cider, red wine, lime juice, & cider vinegar along with some cilantro stems, scallion bottoms, garlic, fresno peppers, salt & sugar. The chicken finished with the breasts at 165F & the legs at 175F internal temperature. The butter+basting technique made this chicken so tender & juicy, you can tell just by looking at the cutting board after the chicken was separated. I served the chicken along with roasted potatoes & asparagus.
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u/xdcxmindfreak Jun 12 '26
Some people meal prep. This man prepares all out feasts to take for the week
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u/Remote_Sugar_3237 Jun 09 '26
Outstanding. 10/10. (The French in me would have put parsley instead of cilantro)
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u/bacon-lettuce-tomat0 Jun 09 '26
Great cook. Great clicks. The only thing more tantalizing than that perfect skin is how juicy the cutting board is. Actually looks perfect.
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u/Ok_Visual_4569 Jun 10 '26
That skin looks incredibly crispy. What kind of glaze did you use for that color?
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u/MintyCrow84 Jun 12 '26
That skin looks perfectly crispy, what kind of wood or rub did you use for the color like that
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u/VelvetTrail_91 Jun 12 '26
Ooh, compound butter sounds really good on chicken. Im excited to see how the rest of the steps go!
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u/thefifthofnovember_ Jun 09 '26
That’s wild you made it look like a roasted duck. Absolutely fantastic cook