Chicken Lollipops
Drumsticks are the 2022 Chicken Wing - Thanks Consumer Price Index. Doesn't mean it has to be boring, let's make 'em special
Ingredients
- 8 Chicken Drumsticks
- 1 Stick Butter
- 1 Cup BBQ Sauce -ish
- 1/4 Cup BBQ Seasoning -ish
Instructions
- To go from Drumstick to Lollipop: Cut just below the knuckle, take a paper towel and expose the bone/knuckle. Weak hand the leg bone, and take your strong hand and push the meat down to the large end. This takes some effort, but pile up that meat at the bottom. Don't forget: There's a small sharp bone against the main bone. Remove it and clean up any tendons poking out from the meat ball at the bottom.
- Season it up with your favorite bird rub. Let it chill in the fridge for an hour and get that seasoning soaked in. For presentation's sake, foil up the exposed bone - otherwise, you'll get a charred result.
- Get RecTeq fired up to XTREME SMOKE (180 degrees). Place birds in for about a half hour.
- After 30 min, crank it up to 350. Transfer the bird legs to a half pan with that stick of butter and let it roll until IT 165.
- Heat up some BBQ sauce in a saucepan and get ready to glaze up the birds (Boss move: Add some of that butter from the pan to your sauce)
- Coat the lollipops with your favorite BBQ sauce. Make sure you got an even coat all around.
- Dial up that RecTeq to 450 and drop the Lolli's on the grates until IT 175. This will only take another 10-15 minutes or so - keep an eye on 'em so you're not burning the sauce. Again, IT 175 and a beautiful cooked BBQ sauce glaze.
- Eat 'em up!