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Sexy Valentines Chicken Hearts – Sweet Outside Tender Inside
How does a barbecue pitmaster wow his sweetheart on Valentine’s Day? Maybe chocolates, flowers, romantic dinner, and fancy love poetry? Nope, for 2014, I figured I’d do something unique to celebrate V-Day with my sweetheart who is also a Grand Champion Pitmaster. I reckon the way to her heart is by giving her chicken hearts . . . that is, sexy heart-shaped boneless chicken morsels that are sweet on the outside and tender on the insides. From her smiles when she received them, I guess I succeeded! If you want to try these sexy chicken hearts for your V-Day, here are some tips from me to you (guys and gals, alike).
- Total Time: 1 hour 35 mins
- Yield: 2
Ingredients
- Small chicken thighs (as many as you like)
- SYD Competition Chicken Rub (won 1st Place USA in 2012 KCBS Chicken TOY)
- Your favorite barbecue sauce (add some honey and hot sauce to make it sweet and spicy)
Instructions
- Debone chicken thigh and trim off excess meat, skin, and fat. Trim to fit the heart-shaped mold you are using (I used a heart-shaped silicone cookie sheet). Cut a V-notch on one end to help it fit nicely
- Debone thighs and trim to fit your heart-shaped mold
- Remove the skin and scrape excess fat from the underside of the skin
- Fit the thigh into the shape
- Put skin on and apply your chicken rub
- Scrape excess fat from under the skin and drape over meat
- Cook in 275F pit for about 30 minutes. This should be long enough to set the shape
- Season with your favorite Chicken Rub
- Carefully remove from the silicon mold and place into a foil pan
- Cover foil pan tightly and cook covered foil pan for another 30 minutes in the pit
- Open the foil cover and be cautious so you don’t burn yourself with the steam escaping
- Brush you heart shaped morsels with your favorite sweet and spicy barbecue sauce
- Glaze and return to pit to set
- Return to pit for 5 minutes to set
- Watch her (or his) heart melt when she sees it!
- Enjoy!
- Prep Time: 30 mins
- Cook Time: 65 mins
- Category: Appetizer
- Cuisine: American