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Recipes => Brines, Marinades & Injections => Topic started by: UWFSAE on August 16, 2013, 08:21:58 PM
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So, since my beloved Dallas Cowboys are playing a preseason game tomorrow against the Arizona Cardinals my buddies and I decided to smoke some birds to show our symbolic support. I wanted to try something a bit different (and a little more economical with the price of poultry lately) so I hit a Sam's Club for 10 lbs. of frozen drums and flats. After a 24 hour defrost in the fridge, they were added to the following brine in preparation for a morning smoke tomorrow.
HOT WING BRINE
2 Qt filtered water
1 Qt ice cubes
2 Cups hot sauce (Crystal Hot Sauce)
1 Cup dark brown sugar
1/2 Cup salted butter (8 tbsp = 1 stick )
1/2 Cup molasses
3 Tbsp garlic powder
2 Tbsp coarse ground black pepper
1 Tbsp ground thyme
1 Tbsp cayenne pepper
- Mix water, dried spices, butter and sugar over medium heat until dissolved; add ice. Add hot sauce, stir well and remove from heat.
- When the brine is room temperature, add your washed and butchered chicken wings (drums and flats) to the brine and refrigerate 12-24 hours. This test batch accommodated 10 lbs. of chicken.
- Remove wings, pat dry, and rub with molasses, hot sauce, and Smoked Hot Wing rub (http://smokinitforums.com/index.php?topic=903.0).
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Hi Joe, sounds great,
I assume you heat the water before you put the butter in it... ;)
I think I will try these in the next couple of weeks....
So this is enough brine for 10 lbs of wings you say?
Good luck to the cowboys, I don't mind the Cowboys,
but I'll cheer on the Broncos! Hopefully all the way to February! ;D
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Spresso, I revised the instructions to reflect that; it was definitely a bit unclear. The brine covered all the butchered wings by about an inch using a large stainless (non-reactive) stock pot as my brining vessel; depending on the internal volume of whatever you use your mileage may vary a bit but not by too much.
The aroma was good; the thyme added a nice component so I'm anxious to see if brining before smoking brings anything to the party ...
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thanks for the clarification!
and let us know if it made a difference!
I think it will at least make it juicier!