Smoked Chicken Breast

This smoked chicken breast is boneless skinless chicken that's coated in a homemade BBQ seasoning, smoked to tender and juicy perfection, then brushed with BBQ sauce. The best chicken breasts you'll ever eat!

Course Main

Cuisine American

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 1 30

Brining Time 2

Total Time 1 40

Servings

Calories 254kcal

Author Sara Welch

Ingredients

1/2 batch chicken brine optional but highly recommended
2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts
1/3 cup BBQ rub homemade or store bought
1 cup BBQ sauce homemade or store bought

Instructions

Follow the brine recipe as instructed, cutting all the ingredients in half. Place your chicken breasts in the bowl of brine, cover and refrigerate for 2 hours.
Remove your chicken from the brine. Pat dry. Preheat your smoker to 250 degrees F.
Coat the chicken breasts with the spice rub.
Place the chicken in the smoker and cook for 60-90 minutes or until a thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the breast registers 165 degrees F.
Brush the chicken breasts with the BBQ sauce then smoke for an additional 10 minutes.
Let the chicken sit for 5 minutes. Slice and serve with any remaining BBQ sauce.

Notes

Make sure your chicken breasts are roughly the same size so that they cook evenly and are all done at the same time.
In my opinion, homemade BBQ rub and BBQ sauce taste best. If you need to use store bought, that's also fine too.
Brine the chicken so that it is infused with flavor and stays moist in the smoker. I use a half batch of my favorite chicken brine recipe.

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