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Chicken Finger Experiment

3 Types - Grilled Chicken Fingers Experiment

We are introducing 3 different Chicken Finger recipes that will vary from Simple to Crazy.
🔶 The Simple Recipe is a simple BBQ Chicken TENDERS Recipe
🔶 The Moderately Simply Recipe is Bacon Wrapped Chicken TENDERS Recipe
🔶 The More Complicated recipe is a Grilled Fake Fried Chicken TENDERS Recipe
Course Appetizer, Main Course
Cuisine American

Equipment

  • Grill / Smoker
  • Pizza Rack

Ingredients
  

  • 24 ea. Chicken Fingers
  • 16 oz. Dill Pickle Juice
  • 8 slices Bacon
  • 2 ea. Eggs
  • 0.25 cups Dukes Mayonnaise
  • 1 Sleeve Saltine Wheat Crackers - Crushed
  • Rufus Teague Chicken Rub
  • Kosmos Q - Honey Killer B Rub

Instructions
 

  • Place the Chicken Fingers in a container or Ziploc bag with the Pickle Juice and marinate for 6 hours in the refrigerator.
  • Mix up your BBQ Rub Paste – Combine: ¼ cup - Dukes Mayonnaise, Eggs and BBQ Rubs (to taste) and let it rest in the refrigerator for 6 hours
  • Remove the Chicken Fingers from the marinade and damp-dry with a paper towel
  • Crush the Wheat Saltine Crackers up and spread them out in a pan
  • Select 8 ea. Chicken Fingers and apply the BBQ Rubs evenly on all sides
  • Select 8 ea. Chicken Fingers and Wrap in Bacon and then apply the BBQ Rubs evenly on all sides
  • Select 8 ea. Chicken Fingers and Dip them into the BBQ Rub Paste and Roll them in the Crushed Wheat Saltine Crackers
  • Place all the Chicken Fingers on the rack that will be placed in the grill
  • Pre-heat your Recteq pellet smoker to 300°
  • Place the Rack with the Chicken Fingers in the smoker/grill for 30-minutes
  • Rotate the rack in the Recteq and continue to cook
  • When the Internal temperature of the Chicken Fingers reaches ~+165°, remove and let it rest
  • Let them Rest for 10-minutes, Slice and enjoy.
  • Let us know how they turned out and Tag #EliteBBQSmokers in your social media post.

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