Smoked Chicken Breasts

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Try these simple Smoked Chicken Breasts for a dinner filled with flavor. These require a simple dry rub seasoning and are very simple to make! Bookmark this one now!

Course Main Dish

Cuisine American

Keyword homemade BBQ rub, smoked chicken breasts

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 1

Total Time 1 5

Servings chicken breasts

Calories 266kcal

Author Sue Ringsdorf

Ingredients

2 ½ pounds chicken breasts - or about 5 medium breasts
3-4 Tablespoons dry rub - see my recipe for homemade bbq rub
a drizzle of olive oil - to serve (optional)

Instructions

Make the rub. Combine the seasonings and store it in a mason jar. You’ll use 3-4 tablespoons of the rub for this recipe.
3-4 Tablespoons dry rub
Pat dry the chicken. Remove chicken from the package and use paper towel to pat it dry on all sides.
2 ½ pounds chicken breasts
Add the rub. Add a generous amount of barbecue rub to the outsides of the chicken breasts (on both sides), using your hands to press it on.
Light smoker/grill. Light a smoker or grill to 225 degrees. Add flavored pellets or wood chips.
Place chicken on to cook. When ready, place the chicken on the grates to cook. This will take approximately one hour (or slightly more), depending on the thickness of the breasts. When the temp reaches about 160 degrees F, remove the chicken and count on another few degrees of carry-over cooking.
Rest. Let the chicken rest for about 15 minutes before serving. This will ensure that the juices stay INSIDE the chicken resulting in tender, juicy chicken.
(Optional step) Serve chicken with a drizzle of olive oil over the top.
a drizzle of olive oil

Notes

We used our Memphis Smoker with apple flavored pellets. If you don’t have a smoker, you could use a regular charcoal grill (at a low temp) and add some smokey wood chips.

NOTE: Chicken is done when it reaches 165 degrees F on a digital thermometer. I always take it off at around 160 to allow for a few more degrees of carry-over cooking.

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