Easy Smoked Chicken Breast Recipe

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Easy Smoked Chicken Breast Recipe

You can take your healthy-eating meal prep to a whole new level with our easy smoked chicken breast recipe.

Prep Time15

Cook Time1 15

Resting Time10

Total Time1 40

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Barbecue

Keyword: chicken

Servings:

Calories: 131kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

3 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts (about 6 breasts)
1½ Tb Barbecue Lab chicken rub recipe

Instructions

Preheat your smoker to 250°. We recommend fruitwood for chicken and primarily use cherry ourselves since we can source it locally.
Trim the chicken breasts to remove any unwanted fat. Pat the breasts dry with a paper towel and then spray or rub them with oil (either canola, vegetable, or olive oil will work) before coating all sides thoroughly with the dry rub mixture.
Place the chicken breasts on the smoker using indirect heat for about one hour. If using a leave-in meat thermometer, place the probe in the thinnest breast, which will likely be the first one to come fully up to temperature.
Remove the chicken breasts from the heat once the internal temperature has reached 160°. Loosely tent the chicken with foil and let the chicken rest for about 10 minutes, which will allow carryover to continue raising the temperature the remaining 5 degrees needed.

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Notes

When seasoning the chicken breasts, begin with the presentation side down first. That way, after you flip the seasoned side over to do the second side, it won't disturb the seasoning on the presentation side before smoking.

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