Recipes - CinnamonChicken

Cinnamon-cured Smoked Chicken Breasts with Caribbean BBQ Sauce

  A Chef Julius Recipe   .. 

4 cups water
1/4 C. Kosher Salt
1/4 C. dark brown sugar
2 Tbls. Whole black peppercorns
4 skinless boneless chicken breast halves
1 small sweet onion, thinly sliced
4 thin lemon slices
1 bay leaf
2 sprigs fresh thyme
2 cinnamon sticks, broken in half
2 cups wood chips (preferably cherry or apple), soaked 1 hour in water to cover, drained
6oz. (Half a bottle) Nature Isle Mellow or Spicy Caribbean BBQ Sauce

Whisk 4 cups water, salt and sugar, in large bowl until sugar dissolves.
Add chicken breasts, sliced onion, lemon slices, and broken cinnamon sticks, peppercorns, bay leaf and thyme.
Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate 1 hour.
Prepare Grill (medium-high heat).
Place wood chips in 8x6-inch foil packet left open at top; set packet on top of hot coals 5 minutes before grilling chicken.
Remove chicken from marinade; discard marinade.
Grill chicken until just cooked through, about 8 minutes per side.
Transfer chicken to platter.
Lightly brush with the Nature Isle Mellow Caribbean BBQ Sauce and serve.
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