Chicken Breasts on the PBC

[steve_woolston]

I needed to make some room in the freezer, so I thawed out some boneless skinless chicken breasts. I was a little hesitant to cook them on the PBC, thinking they might get dried out. But, what the heck, it was worth a try.

I dry-brined them with Lawry's Chicken and Poultry Rub for about 24 hours. Then, fired up the PBC with less than a full basket of KBB charcoal and a few small hickory chunks thinking I didn't need prolonged heat. The breasts were hung individually on the rebars, and cooked to 160 IT. The weather was cold and rainy, and I lifted the lid a few times to boost the heat - didn't monitor the cook temp. After about 90 minutes they were done.

To my surprise, there was some "bark" on the outside, the inside meat was juicy, tender, smoky and delicious. The family said it was the best chicken breast we ever had!

[JeffJ]

Nice. I don't think I would have ever considered using the PBC for boneless, skinless breasts. Given how yours came out though....

[RobertC]

Me too. That's cuz boneless skinless breasts seem like caffeine-free zero-calorie coke, or maybe no-salt baked potato chips.

[FireMan]

Yah, or skim milk, or low-fat yogurt, or reduced sodium crackers.

[DWCowles]

Looks good!

[fzxdoc]

Your chicken looks great, steve_woolston . Good to hear that your PBC performed like a champ with them. Congrats!

I cook boneless skinless breasts pretty often in my PBC and they're pretty tasty and moist. I usually cook a rack of sausages along with them so I get good fat dripping on the fire for more flavor. Cherry is my wood of choice for chickens. Yummy.

They're great to toss on while I have longer cooks going.

Smoked boneless chicken breasts and thighs make good chicken enchiladas, chicken salad, etc. for lunches or suppers. Sometimes I pull then freeze them after smoking them (if we would rather eat whatever else I'm smoking at the same time) for quick suppers. Putting some pulled (or whole pieces) smoked chicken, frozen, in the Instant Pot with some thinned Sweet Baby Ray's Wing Sauce then coating with more warmed sauce when I take them out of the pot makes a quick supper in less than half an hour.

Kathryn

[HawkerXP]

Very nice, thanks!

[FireMan]

My wife is going to love this. Great idea!

[RonB]

Great lookin' chix.

[Troutman]

Man I think they look great !!! Geez if we get another great chicken on the PBC post I'm gonna have to go buy one of those now. Geez you guys are killin' me and my wallet....

[Steve B]

Hey Troutman You know it brother. The PBC was on the way back burner. But after seeing all these PBC cooks recently. Damn. It’s quickly charging to the front.
Let us know when you buy yours. I’ Probably be right there beside you on this one.
Damn MCS. 😜

[SpookySunny]

Your chicken looks great, steve_woolston . Putting some pulled (or whole pieces) smoked chicken, frozen, in the Instant Pot with some thinned Sweet Baby Ray's Wing Sauce then coating with more warmed sauce when I take them out of the pot makes a quick supper in less than half an hour.

Kathryn

High pressure on the instant pot? How many minutes, and I assume an immediate release? I've used the instant pot to cook uncooked, thawed breasts a lot, but never though of using it to warm up/ thaw pre-cooked ones.


On the bonless skinless chicken beasts .... I hope to be doing some of these on the PBC later this week when the weather gets better. I'd normally do them on the pellet grill, but it is currently out of commission. I actually thought about seeing what hanging them on the skewers would do, lol.

[fzxdoc]

SpookySunny , ever since I found this "Insta-Chicken" post, it has saved my bacon many a time when I had nothing for supper, or so I thought:

http://flavorrd.com/2015/07/instant-pot-insta-chicken/

I usually fire it up at high pressure for 20 minutes or so. That's with medium sized chicken breast pieces or chicken thighs.

I've hung boneless skinless breasts on PBC hooks and they do just fine. Haven't tried them on the new PBC skewers, though. Thanks for that thought.

Kathryn

[VideoWolf88]

Can't wait to try this myself, those look great!