This first picture is an old picture of some hens I did last year or so ... but I brined these the same way.
Used a mixture of water, kosher salt, black pepper, onion, garlic, bay leaves.
I placed sliced little smokie sausages and butter under the skin....
Sprinkled the hens with some Rooster Booster..... made by a talented smoking friend (Smoky Okie) here in Oklahoma.
Into my drum smoker at 325 degrees F with some potatoes, onion and the covered rice.
( I like to smoke poultry at a high temperature)
I uncovered the rice for the last 30 minutes....
The hens were moist and tender. :)
I loved the Rooster Booster too!
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Do you have any problems with flare-ups when you take the lid off your drum at that temp?
I plan to try your beer bread in my drum tomorrow, then a BCC either on the drum or the CG.
Thanks for putting your cooks out there for us! Stumbled on your blog through a smoking site, and through you I stumbled on Simple Man Simple Plan and through him etc. etc. It's mazing how small the world is getting...
Hi Creaky Old Fart, it's nice to meet ya! :)
Sometimes the temperature does rise while I have the lid off. I had a flair up about a month ago while smoking three or four bacon wrapped fatties. The bacon drippings were adding to the build up on the bottom of the barrel.
It had been a long time since I had cleaned out the barrel.
That was the first and last flair up (so far). lol
Isn't Mark's site great! He's pretty great too. :)
I agree with you, it is a small world and there are so many nice people in it... I've been fortunate to be able to meet folks like you and Mark through this blog.
Thank you for the nice comments and thanks for stopping by.
Hope you have a great weekend!
I like the idea of stuffing meat up under the skin. I've done lemons, butter, and such, but never more meat. Damn you're a genius!
Ooooo, now I'm *craving* chicken. That looks mighty tasty! It makes me want summer to get here quickly so I can put some of those on my rotisserie!
.. and somehow I'm also craving a dip in the hot tub. Curious.
Oh my! I want to be your neighbor. Everything looks so wonderful.
See I told my wife i was not crazy . I love to put things under the skin of any birds we cook,garlic,apple,cranberry,raisins.As always looks yummy
The boys from Hayden
That sure is a fine looking meal - I also like to smoke the game hens.
You aren't gonna believe this one. You know how you see the first thumbnail picture---I thought the picture of those hens was some kind of huge exotic flower floating in a bowl. I know huge imagination/poor eyesight. Then when I saw it I just lost it - it looks like they've got their elbows over the edge and are sitting in a hot tub. Do I have to much time with these dogs? I must be losing it. But in a good way :O)
lol Thanks Chris! I seem to have a bad habit of using meat as a main dish and serving more meat as a side dish.
Thank you Sara! lol A hot tub does sound pretty good right now!
Jeff, thank you so much! :)
lol Dan, you're not crazy! Garlic, apples, cranberries and raisins sound tasty. :)
Thanks Dan!
Big Dude, thank you! Aren't they tasty little birds. :)
LOL Mrs JP!! Too funny! Thanks. :)
Jeanie
Great looking hens another fine meal nice job
ahh those look great! i love smoked game hens and rice. it's easy and not a long smoke. i usually stuff them with the rice, but i still need to try putting these things under skin. once it warms up a little i might have to do that.
pid
Thank you Huey! Hope you are doing well. :)
Thank you pid! I need to try your method of stuffing the birds with rice sometime. :)
As usual, great looking hens!
Hey, did they ever get your heat back on?
Thanks Becky!
No heat yet... but I'm doing fine. Good to see ya!
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