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Brine help
Anyone have a good brine for chicken they would be willing to share?
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For 1 gallon of water try: 1 cup of kosher salt, 1 cup of light brown sugar, 2 Tbs of course pepper, and 3 TBS of Webers kickin' chicken rub. Heb or Walmart should have it. Personally I would take the water to near boiling then add all the ingredients. I think the brine becomes a little more potent that way. I brine my 2 halves for about 10-12 hours.. out of habit.
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Welcome to the Forum, Altomari another way to grill a moist Chicken is by Beer Canning and/or Injecting it . Good Luck with your Cook and, if you can, post up some pics when finished
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Smokin’ Okie’s Holiday Turkey Brine
1 gallon water
1 cup coarse Kosher salt
3/4 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
4 tablespoons black pepper
3 - 4 tablespoons chopped garlic
1 teaspoon Allspice
In a 1/2 gallon of water cook the ingredients then add a 1/2 gallon of cold water. Let sit in fridge for a couple of days to chill and come together.
1 gallon water
1 cup coarse Kosher salt
3/4 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
4 tablespoons black pepper
3 - 4 tablespoons chopped garlic
1 teaspoon Allspice
In a 1/2 gallon of water cook the ingredients then add a 1/2 gallon of cold water. Let sit in fridge for a couple of days to chill and come together.
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Hey OUP, have y'all deputies ever thought about making stickies out of posts such as this one for easy reference? If so, this should be added IMHO.
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Hmmm, let me think on this one
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Any of these would work. You can also keep it super simple.
1 gallon of water
1 cup Kosher salt
1 cup sugar
Then add whatever you want or nothing else. I hit it with some Valentinas hot sauce.
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1 gallon of water
1 cup Kosher salt
1 cup sugar
Then add whatever you want or nothing else. I hit it with some Valentinas hot sauce.
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outlaw wrote:Hey OUP, have y'all deputies ever thought about making stickies out of posts such as this one for easy reference? If so, this should be added IMHO.
Maybe if "enuff" various brine suggestions show up on this thread then it could possibly be a good sticky to place in Rubs, Spices, Sauces, Mops and Marinades Thread
Any suggestions Y'all
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We use the Holiday brine as I mentioned or a simple brine of 1 gallon water, 1 cup Kosher salt, 1/2 cup brown sugar. Our competition chicken brine is about as complex as the holiday but that recipe is one I keep because it took Debbie and I years to nail the flavor profile. The web is full of brine recipe's just watch out for ones that involve citrus because extended brining with those will effect the meat from the acids.
For birds in the 4.5 to 5 pound range we brine for 12 hours and inject.
For birds in the 4.5 to 5 pound range we brine for 12 hours and inject.
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Thank you everyone.....
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It's been noted that the bare bones basic brine (try saying that 5 times really fast!) is simply 1 gallon of water, 1 cup kosher salt, 1 cup sugar. To REALLY spin it is to keep that ratio the same regardless of the ingredients. Keep your salt/sugar ratio at 1:1.
Wanna add soy sauce? Subtract from the salt you initially add. Same goes for sweet. Subtract a bit from the initial sugar for anything added (honey, maple syrup, etc). This will help combat the brine going too far in 1 direction and help keep it balanced.
Wanna add soy sauce? Subtract from the salt you initially add. Same goes for sweet. Subtract a bit from the initial sugar for anything added (honey, maple syrup, etc). This will help combat the brine going too far in 1 direction and help keep it balanced.
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Yes, balance is important. It's easy to go all salty on a comp. brine knowing that salt equals calls, however w/out balance you can get a funky salty flavor in your bird that's just not very good and actually tastes off balanced. Start off simple because in the end it can be hard to detect tons of flavor and spices you add to a brine. Some will say that only certain flavor molecules can penetrate the cells of the meat.. maybe.. maybe not.
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Altomari 8868 wrote:Anyone have a good brine for chicken they would be willing to share?
Fitbrine.com.
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