Lee's Hickory Smoked Lemon Pepper Chicken Thighs. Remove backbone from chicken and flatten down. (Spatchcock) Generously season front and back side of chicken with Kosher Salt. Step by step guide to barbecuing smoked chicken thighs. We used the hickory smoke on the Traeger junior, prepped the chicken with our secret rub and glazed.
You can cook Lee's Hickory Smoked Lemon Pepper Chicken Thighs using 4 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Lee's Hickory Smoked Lemon Pepper Chicken Thighs
- You need 6-8 of Bone in Chicken Thighs.
- It’s of Kosher Salt (as needed).
- It’s of Lemon Pepper Seasoning (as needed).
- It’s as Needed of Soaked Hickory Chips.
My chicken thighs still come out juicy and moist and full of flavor. Chicken thighs are one of my favorite pieces of chicken to cook in an Air Fryer. Herb Chicken with Easy Lemon Cream Sauce. This is a great smoked chicken recipe that has a lot of flavor!
Lee's Hickory Smoked Lemon Pepper Chicken Thighs instructions
Liberally season chicken thighs with kosher salt and lemon pepper. (both sides) Do not use regular iodized table salt!!!.
Place on a wire rack uncovered in the refrigerator overnight. Let the kosher salt work it's magic..
While preparing your smoker let the thighs come to room temperature. Smoke skin side down at around 275 degrees for 1 hour. Turn the thighs bone side down, and cook until the internal temperature reaches around 170 degrees or so. Around another 15-20 minutes. Simple as it gets. Enjoy.
This Lemon Pepper Chicken from Delish.com will make you excited for chicken again. If you throw chicken into a pan with salt and pepper and bake it for forever, of course it's going to be terrible. I know this sounds obvious, but it's what so many people trying to "eat healthy" do. I've made these Lemon Pepper Chicken Thighs three times this last week. Then I place the chicken thighs into the sauce and swished them around to coat them in the sauce.
