Chicken lollipops
Recipe
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40 minutes
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75 minutes
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115 minutes
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18 pieces
Ever heard of a chicken lollipops? It’s a delicious barbecue classic and therefore ideal for making on your Big Green Egg. You can prepare the chicken lollipops while your kamado is heating up or you can make them a few hours in advance and just store the chicken lollipops in the fridge until you light the charcoal. While cooking, all you have to do is dip them in a tasty BBQ sauce and pop them back on the grill. So, if you’ve got a party planned, this is the perfect party snack!
INGREDIENTS
Chicken lollipops
- 18 corn-fed chicken drumsticks
- 18 thin slices of bacon
- 50 g rub for the chicken
- 200 ml BBQ sauce
Garnish
- 1 spring onion
- ½ red Spanish chilli pepper
- 1 tbsp sesame seeds
IN ADVANCE
- Light the charcoal in the Big Green Egg and heat to a temperature of 160°C.
- Meanwhile, cut the drumsticks all around the bottom, approx. 2 centimetres from the joint, and scrape the legs clean. Wrap a slice of bacon around the meat of each drumstick and secure with a cocktail stick.
- Sprinkle the rub in a bowl and roll the lollipops in the rub. Place them on the Stainless Steel Grid with the legs up.
METHOD
- Sprinkle a handful of apple Wood Chips on the glowing charcoal and place the convEGGtor with a Drip Pan on top and the Stainless Steel Grid with the chicken lollipops in the EGG. Close the lid of the EGG and leave the chicken to smoke for around 30 minutes; the temperature of the EGG will drop to about 110°C when you insert the convEGGtor; maintain this temperature.
- Raise the temperature of the EGG to 180°C and cook the chicken lollipops for about 30 minutes longer until they reach a core temperature of 70°C; you can measure this with the Instant Read Thermometer.
- Dip the lollipops in the BBQ sauce and place them back on the grill. Close the lid of the EGG and cook the chicken lollipops for 5-10 minutes longer until they reach a core temperature of 74°C and the sauce has dried somewhat. Meanwhile, cut the spring onion and chilli pepper into thin rings.
- Place the chicken lollipops on a dish and sprinkle with the spring onion, chilli and sesame seeds.
TIP
Do you have a convEGGtor Basket? Prepare for cooking by placing the convEGGtor with the Drip Pan on top in the basket. Place the grill on the basket and the raw chicken lollipops on the grill. This way, you can insert this setup in your EGG in one go after distributing the Wood Chips on the glowing charcoal.
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