Smoked bacon wrapped chicken breast. Roll the breast over a couple of times to completely wrap it in the bacon and use toothpicks to hold the bacon in place. Bacon Wrapped Smoked Chicken Breasts looks visually impressive, and they are fairly easy to make. Two thin strips of bacon are simply wrapped around the breast and secured with toothpicks prior to cooking.
Brine: Pour the water into a pitcher then add the salt. Stir until the salt is dissolved and the water returns to clear. Add the brown sugar and stir until dissolved. You can cook Smoked bacon wrapped chicken breast using 4 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Smoked bacon wrapped chicken breast
- It's 2 of chicken breast.
- Prepare 4 of pieces of bacon each breast (or 5).
- It's 1/2 tsp of Tuscan seasoning.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of Sea salt.
Pour the brine over the chicken breasts until covered, cover with lid or plastic wrap and place the bowl in the fridge to keep. Poke each toothpick through a pepper ring just before sticking it through the bacon to add a little color and flavor to the chicken breast. At this point, lay the bacon wrapped chicken breasts aside and go get the smoker ready for cooking. Season chicken with garlic and herb seasoning.
Smoked bacon wrapped chicken breast instructions
- Season chicken with sea salt and seasoning both sides.
- Wrap chicken with bacon so covered completely.
- Smoke on smoker for 3 hours then remove to allow smoker to get hotter.
- Increase temp to 275 on smoker and put chicken back on when temp is right leave on for 45 min to an hour or chicken internal temp is 170°F.
- Let rest 5-10 min and enjoy!.
- I did 2 breasts with 2 without bacon...both good. I smoked with hickory, on a treager wood pellet smoker grill..
Secure with toothpicks as you go. Smoked chicken breasts are good all on their own however, if you want to try something different and really, really good, stuff them with a mixture of cream cheese and diced jalapeño wrapped in bacon to hold it all together, add a lot of great flavor and to keep the meat moist in the absence of the skin. Spiral wrap each stuffed chicken breast with bacon, completely covering the outside. If necessary, use toothpicks to secure the bacon. Season both sides of chicken with the cayenne mixture.