BBQ Chicken and Cowboy Beans!

chicken

🥗Healthier: skinless chicken

💰Cheaper: chicken thighs

Skinless chicken is lower in fat; chicken thighs are often cheaper than breasts.

barbecue sauce

🥗Healthier: homemade barbecue sauce

💰Cheaper: ketchup

Homemade sauce can be lower in sugar; ketchup is a budget-friendly alternative.

Busted down whole chickens into chicken halves.

Seasoned chicken halves with olive oil and Lane's barbecue island dust on both sides.

Moved outside to the smoker and loaded the chicken halves onto the Southern Pride roll tisserie.

Set the smoker to 275°F and closed the lid.

In a cast iron pot, added 1 pound of ground beef and seasoned it with Smoky sweet rub.

Cooked the ground beef until fully cooked, then removed and drained the grease.

Added 1/2 pound of bacon to the pot and cooked until crispy.

Added the cooked ground beef back to the pot without draining the grease.

Mixed the beef and bacon together in the pot.

Added 1 can each of red kidney beans, lima beans, pinto beans, navy beans, and baked beans without draining the juices.

Mixed the beans together well.

Added 1/2 cup of white sugar and 1/4 cup of brown sugar to the beans and mixed it up.

Added W sauce and Honey fire barbecue sauce to the beans and mixed well.

Tasted the beans and added salt as needed.

Placed the beans on the smoker with the chicken to infuse a smoky flavor.

Stirred the beans while the chicken was finishing cooking.

Glazed the chicken with Honey fire barbecue sauce.

Closed the lid of the smoker and let the chicken glaze for another 10 to 15 minutes.

Removed the chicken from the smoker and let it cool for 5 to 10 minutes before slicing.

Cooking Techniques

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