Best 5 Mesquite Chicken Recipes

MESQUITE GRILLED CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Rinse the chicken breasts, blot dry, and apply dry rub. let rest for about 1/2 hr. Lightly coat the vegetables to be roasted with some olive oil and cook them in a 450 degree oven for 10-12 minutes. Wisk the olive oil and honey together with juice of 1 lime,(save rinds). Stir in the salt and the cilantro. Seperate the diced vegetables into two portions. Pour the olive oil mixture into a large freezer bag and add one of the portions of the diced vegetables and the limes to the olive oil mixture. After combining add the chicken breasts and let the chicken breasts rest in the maninade about 1hr. Grill over mesquite, place slice moneteray jack cheese of the chicken breasts and allow to melt. Cube the remainder of the cheese and stir into the pasta. Sprinkle with cilantro. Place the chicken on top of the pasta, top with the pico de gallo.

MESQUITE CHICKEN BRINE

Steps:

• Pour water into a large brining container. Add sugar and salt; stir until dissolved. Mix in the marinade until brine is combined.

CROCK POT MESQUITE CHICKEN

Steps:

• 1. Wash chicken and remove skin. Place in crock pot
• 2. Mix Grill Mates Mesquite Marinade according to directions. Pour over chicken.
• 3. Add one cup water and boullion cube. I cooked mine all day while I was at work. Add a couple of sides and you have a delicious meal.
• 4. Note: I saved the drippings and the leftover chicken deboned. A couple of days later I put them in a saucepan with 1/2 cup of rice. Cooked for 20 minutes and had Mesquite chicken and rice. Yum, Yum.

STOVE TOP SMOKER MESQUITE CHICKEN

Steps:

• PREPARATION:.
• To make marinade, whisk together lemon juice, honey, vinegar, olive oil, thyme leaves, garlic powder, onion powder, pepper, and 1 tablespoon kosher salt until combined.
• Place chicken breasts in a large freezer zip-top bag. Pour in marinade, squeeze out all the air, and seal. Toss to coat chicken thoroughly with marinade and refrigerate at least 8 hours or overnight.
• Sprinkle mesquite chips over the bottom of the smoker. Place drip pan over chips. (Line drip pan with foil for easier clean-up, but make sure the foil is pressed tightly to the pan so you don't disrupt the air-flow of the smoke.) Spray wire grill rack with vegetable oil and place in drip pan.
• Remove chicken from marinade and place skin-side up on grill rack in smoker. Sprinkle with additional kosher salt and paprika.
• Place smoker over stove-top burners as evenly as possible and offset lid so it is not tightly closed. Turn burner heat to high. When wisps of smoke begin to come through the opening, re-position the lid so it is tightly closed and turn heat to medium-low. Cook about 45 minutes to 1 hour, depending on the thickness of the chicken breasts, until center tests 180°F with an instant-read thermometer.
• If you are serving the chicken with the skin on, you may wish to place the chicken under the broiler for browning. Invert the lid of the smoker and place the cooked chicken on the raised grate in the bottom of the lid. Place the chicken 6 inches from the broiler and brown 2 to 5 minutes. Let rest up to 10 minutes before serving.
• Serve hot or refrigerate for use in chicken salad.
• Yield: 6 servings (about 1/2 chicken breast per person).
• Notes: This recipe is designed to be used with an indoor smoker. Adapt at will. The wood chips are specially designed for indoor cookers. They are like roughly-ground sawdust, not the large The wood chips used on traditional outdoor smokers. Seldom are more than 1-1/2 tablespoons of chips used. Follow manufacturer's recommendations.
• When using this product on ceramic stove-tops, be very careful to lift the pan instead of dragging. The bottom of the cast iron pan may scratch the cooktop. The smoker is cast iron and very heavy. Use caution when moving the pan. If you drop it, you risk breaking a ceramic stove-top.
• If you are following a low-fat diet, simply remove the skin from the chicken after cooking, but do leave them on during the smoking process to help retain moisture.

MESQUITE GRILLED CHICKEN LEG QUARTERS

Steps:

• 1. Place oil in saucepan and add the onion and garlic. Cook until onion is softened. Add the beer, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar, lemon juice, chili powder, and dry mustard. Bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and simmer for 20 minutes until reduced to about 2 cups. Let cool.
• 2. Place the chicken leg quarters in the marinade and let marinate 8 hours or overnight.
• 3. Prepare the Grill for indirect heat. Place a large foil pan of water on one side of the Grill. Add the coals around the other side and get them really hot. if using a gas grille turn the burner to high. Remove the chicken and place over the pan of water.
• 4. Brush with the marinade and close the lid. Turn and baste every 20 minutes. It should take about an hour and a half to cook the chicken to internal temp of 165. Depends on the size of your chicken and how hot your grille is
• 5. Towards the end of cooking place the chicken directly over the coals to get the charred browning on the outside.