Nashville Hot Chicken Legs | Smoked Chicken Legs Recipe

find yourself be wanting some spicy chicken you do and you're thinking oh i heard of that nashville hot chicken but i ain't got time to go to nashville you don't got to because i'm going to show you how to make it oh so good on a smoker and let me tell you folks you're going to need the fire extinguisher to put this in out come on i'm gonna get it to going [Music] hey thank y'all for stopping by camp on a muggy afternoon it is it is thick y'all be thinking i'm blushing i ain't blushing i'm hot you know y'all been asking me for some hot chicken wings hot chicken legs hot chicken something nashville style well folks i didn't drive to nashville i just come up with this on my own this is sort of like a nashville hot chicken leg on the pit barrel smoker it's got a great sauce that goes on it that gives it that bite and we're going to talk about legs i got some show us your legs i got some really good legs i do now you heard me say it before many times and we're talking about getting something that is really tender when we get through with it and you see me do it to steak with lime juice and you've seen me use it on pork and stuff like that but today folks what are we talking about we are talking about brining some chicken so you brine something you're gonna get some flavor sure enough with what you got in the brining solution but also you're going to make things more tender and that's what we're after now i recommend you do this process at least six hours or overnight could you use thighs could you use the whole chicken yeah you sure can you just have to have a bigger thing to put it in because you want this to be submerged now you see me start this process out with about eight cups of cold water had a little ice in it it did then we mixed in a little spices to go with it some of that red river ranch original some allspice some cloves and what do i think will really give it some good flavor some dried rosemary put it all in there i'll let it soak about six hours i did and you can see when we bring it out here it's sort of got a little bit of sheen to it in that color where all that seasoning was i just asked you to rinse him one more time in there make sure there ain't nobody coming with him that ain't supposed to and looky there there is a rosemary leaf we'll get him off in a minute now folks you all know when you fry chicken oh my gosh it's an alfred hitchcock movie the birds are here [Music] you got to pat this chicken dry because he'd been swimming in there for a while and when you get out of the pool you want a towel don't you so does this chicken i guarantee you so let me get him all out here get him rinsed off we'll get them patted dry and we'll go on with the procedure now i forgot to mention too in any browning solution what is the major component that needs to be there to break down the chemical reaction when the sun versus the moon and the north stars pulling against the southwestern sky salt yep gotta have it you can use rock salt table salt anything you want but make sure you got that salt in there as a base now we got them all padded up dry we do and we're going to season them really well we are i want you to get some of that seasoning on there what kind is it red river ranch mesquite www.raleigh.com it'll got you fixed up it will well we got that old pit barrel fired up and what you don't have a pit barrel folks let me tell you folks all the time asked me what's your best griller what's your best smoking apparatus what's your best what you call it hey i like that pit burl to me it is a very versatile smoker that just gets the job done you can pick it up and tote it off anywhere so if i'm going to smoke something most the time it's going to be on that pit barrel and y'all be asking what grill you're going to use kent i'm just going to tell you right now rich in them whoo they make them hasty bait grills and them things folks you can smoke on them but they are the best grilling machine i ever had besides old bertha because bertha will do it to it and everything you need to know about these little grills where you can find out some more information will be listed down there in the little link below just like the recipe we'll have it there for you to see we will and i think i'll let you folks know i ain't getting paid by pit burl nor hasty bake when i use a product and it's that good and let me tell you something folks we use it in all kinds of conditions they stand out i'm going to recognize them because they are good people and they make a great product so let's talk about some wood what we're going to use now there's all kinds out there i mean i started with a little oak today in that little basket in there and then we're gonna add what we're gonna add some alderwood from my good friends up there in the northwest that sent me some got me hooked on it so i just found me some more and i got me four chunks to start out with and guess what else we're gonna put in there shin a lot of y'all be asking me hey what do you like to smoke with but i do love some mesquite and look how them little trees grew their little bitty wood chips right there what they left over from them spatulas and come in this neat little bag they were sent to me there was so we're going to put them in there and we have got us a fire blazing making some smoke now if you didn't have this you could be using some hickory maybe some cherries some apple mix in whatever you want but blend some woods get that maximum amount of flavor in there and just lay the little fellers in there right nicely this is about an hour cook time pretty close to that we will frank sinatra was here because smoke gets in my ass we gonna flip these over here after a while and start basting with some secret sauce that you're gonna love i'm talking it is good now folks everything is ready to go if you're looking for a temperature on this i'll tell you where's the gauge oh it ain't got one i'd say we're about 235 to 240. that is the ideal temperature of what i want these legs to be smoking at because that way everything's gonna get lathered in smoke and it's gonna come out what smoother than a safeway chicken well folks we've been on about 30 minutes we have and we flipped them you seen me do it got that good color to them i mean them chicken legs is looking fancy they are but remember that sauce i was telling you about that we needed to put together that's got that kick going to make it got a bite in it but it was so good tennessee folks are gonna be proud oh they are because we're gonna start out with what a half a cup of my favorite hot sauce now folks i didn't know this hot sauce existed until we did the shrimp poor boy sandwich what y'all didn't see it i bet they'll have you a link up there where you can find it and somebody done went down there from louisiana and sent me out so much crystal hot sauce because folks this stuff right here you put it in your coffee it's so good so i want you to start with a half a cup of that and then some of that w sauce that i ain't gonna even try to say worcestershire sauce pour it in there and then we're gonna add some what some mustard powder about that much a little bit of onion powder which is really about that much which is about a tablespoon and then guess what we're going to add some brown sugar you didn't see this in coming did you you thought i was finna break out something else but no what are we talking about the dark karo syrup about that much because that stuff is going to help that stuff caramelize and stick on there and be oh some of that good so let's give it a good stirring get it all mixed up and incorporated well i wish y'all could smell that get it over here where y'all can smell it cause folks that stuff right there be smelling some of that good we got it all mixed we're gonna take it over to a burner and we're gonna bring it to a simmer and let her go for about three minutes folks we got this on and you want to let it come to a simmer just a little bit of rolling bowl light simmer we go there and stir it for about three minutes it's going to thicken up a little and it's going to be some of that goodness and when that gets done guess what we're going to go to basting them little old legs all right folks we got her over here simmering there about three minutes got me about four garlic cloves here and i don't want you to put them in there at the first because i don't want you to take the chance of trying to burn them rascals up we just want to give it a little of that flavor and let me tell you that is hot enough that them little garlic cloves is married into that hot sauce really well and guess what they have some great flavor coming out of that it is time to do some basting so let's just go ahead and get us some of this sauce and just baste right on here give everybody some glistening really good stuff we're going to coat them all really well let it cook for about four or five minutes with the lid on then we'll turn them over and baste the other side you like your chicken basted big [Music] well we flipped them over and we based it again about every four minutes to walk till i run plum out of sauces the way i do it and then i just take them off just roll them back and forth cover them with some tinfoil let them set about 10 minutes and then guess what but that chicken is what we call done all the way through sorry pups it is too hot for y'all to eat is what we call spicy chicken that's how good it is well i hope you all enjoyed this because we sure did and it was a little muggy and you seen some light changing as we went along as the sun went down and the clouds disappeared but everything you'd be needing to know be down there in the little description down below you can find it and as always i tip my hats all our service men and women and the veterans who have kept this old country safe in that flag of flying we thank all you watchers who are watching and if you're new get in here let me give you a hug and don't forget to hit that subscribe button well hope you enjoyed and i'll see you down the nashville hot spicy smoky chicken drumstick leg rendezvous [Music] can nashville hot chives chicken thinking thinking legs okay [Music] look here hey what seems to be the deal you got the back edge huh it's bad hang it oh my gosh beak are you hung up high center yeah here we go you

Channel: Cowboy Kent Rollins

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Id: vvr8HzIHPxA

Length: 11min 3sec (663 seconds)

Published: Wed Sep 09 2020