25 smoked chicken recipes

A light yet delicious Chinese dumpling soup. The dumpings are made with several kinds of veggies, smoked tofu, shiitake mushrooms, water chest nuts, and black fungus, tossed with soy sauce, rice vinegar, sesame oil. Simply wrap it up with store-bought wonton or dumpling wraps.

Hot-smoked chicken tenders dipped in a sticky honey-whiskey-Worcestershire glaze. Three ingredients, five minutes on the smoker, and pure backyard flavor.

Smoked chicken drumsticks rubbed with a triple-pepper blend, paprika, thyme, and garlic, then slow-smoked over wet wood until juicy and tender. A barbecue classic with serious heat.

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Chinese barbecue sauce blends ketchup, brown sugar, soy, ginger, garlic, and liquid smoke into a sticky-sweet glaze. The 6-ingredient sauce that turns ribs and chicken into char siu magic.

Whole chicken and lentils baked in a clay cooker with smoked pork, aromatics, red wine, and dry mustard. A one-pot French-style braise with deeply concentrated flavor.

Chinese-style steamed whole chicken with a ginger-scallion dipping sauce made with smoking-hot peanut and sesame oil. Tender, juicy, and deeply flavorful.

Slow cooker cassoulet with frozen chicken drumsticks, smoked turkey sausage, navy beans, and vegetables in a tomato-herb broth. A rustic French-inspired stew with 10 minutes of prep.

Potato salad with smoked turkey, artichoke hearts, and green olives in a cumin-spiked lemon-garlic vinaigrette. A mayo-free, Mediterranean-inspired picnic salad.