Lightly smoked breasts make a delicious chicken salad for sandwiches or served with lettuce and fruit. Picture depicts chicken before mayonnaise was added for clarity.
Prep
21 min
Cook
100 min
Servings
Difficulty
Hard
Ingredients
5 pounds chicken breasts
2 tablespoons ground black pepper
1 tablespoon celery salt
1 pound celery
, diced
1 medium red onion
, diced
1 teaspoon caraway seeds
30 ounces mayonnaise
Instructions
1
Boil chicken breasts in a pot filled with water until no longer pink in the centers and juices run clear, about 40 minutes.
2
While chicken finishes boiling, preheat an outdoor charcoal grill for medium-high heat and lightly oil the grate. Place approximately 10 coals off to one side and light; coals are ready when they have some white dust.
3
Add hickory chips to a container or on aluminum foil on top of coals. Place chicken breasts onto the preheated grill as far away from the heat as possible.
4
Smoke chicken just until a light smoke is apparent, no more than 15 minutes. Transfer chicken to a plate to cool, about 10 minutes.
5
Dice each chicken breast; sprinkle with pepper and celery salt. Place diced celery and red onion in a large bowl; add chicken 3 breasts at a time, sprinkling with 1 pinch caraway seeds and mixing well after each addition. Stir in mayonnaise. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
Nutrition per serving
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