Nothing says backyard BBQ like smoked chicken and baked beans. The reality is you can smell this picture. Don’t fake it, you know you can. OR should we say you have memories of that BBQ and the experience that we all look forward to. Good food and good fellowship are hard to beat! Next time you have a BBQ we would suggest you try these chicken quarters and baked beans!
Ingredients:
Smoked Chicken Quarter Ingredients
- 4 – 6 Chicken Quarters
- Lane’s Signature Brine
- Lane’s Signature Rub
- Lane’s Kinda Sweet BBQ Sauce
Baked Beans Ingredients
- Lane’s Signature Rub
- 2 – 1lb cans of your favorite baked beans
- 1/2 lb Bacon Uncooked
- 1/4 Cup Ketchup
- 3 Tablespoons Dark Molassas
- A dash of hot sauce
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons yellow mustard
Instructions:
Chicken Quarters Method
1. Trim any excess fat or skin from the chicken quarters
2. For best results, begin by brining the chicken quarters overnight or at least for 4 hours in Lane’s BBQ Signature Brine. Rinse off, then pat dry.
3. Pull back the skin and dust our Signature rub lightly on the chicken
4. Return the skin and do and add a light coating of Signature rub for additional flavor and color
5. Set smoker at 225 and Place the chicken quarters on your smoker bone side down until it reaches 160ºF
6. Once the chicken reaches an internal temp of 160ºF, flip the chicken to skin side down (for crispy skin, raise your pit temp to 450º+)
7. Remove the chicken quarters when it reaches 180-185ºF internal temperature
8. For a classic BBQ flavor, glaze the quarters with Kinda Sweet sauce while the chicken is still hot (optional, you can also place the chicken back on the smoker for extra caramelization, but we only sauced it while hot and it’s great)
Baked Beans Method
1. Mix Brown sugar, ketchup, dark molasses, hot sauce, yellow mustard, and Beans together in a aluminum tray
2. Cut the bacon into 1 inch squares and spread out evenly on top of beans
3. Dust the top of the beans with Signature rub
4. Smoke at 225 for 1 to 1.5 hr or until bacon becomes crispy
Recipe Note
You could add onions and peppers to your baked beans if that’s your style.
Recipe Provided by Lanes BBQ