Honey Garlic Bacon Wrapped Chicken Lollipop
Honey Garlic Bacon Wrapped Chicken Lollipops
This is a must try recipe. The chicken lollipop is a “frenched” chicken leg. The meat is cut loose from the small end and pushed down creating a “lollipop” look.To turn regular chicken legs into lollipops you'll need a sharp knife. Make a cut completely around the lower part of the leg just below the knuckle cutting through the skin and tendons. Push the meat down to the large end and pull the remaining skin and cartilage off the knuckle. There's a tiny bone right against the leg that needs to be removed. Remove this bone with your fingers & trim away the tendons sticking out the top.
Ingredients
- 7-9 chicken drums
- 9 Tbsp butter unsalted
- 7-9 bacon slices do not use thick cut
spicy honey garlic sauce
- 6 Tbsp Melted butter unsalted
- 1/2 Cup franks hot sauce or your favourite hot sauce
- 1/3 Cup honey
- 6 garlic cloves minced
- 3 Tbsp Bonfire sweet heat full boar bbq rub or your favourite bbq rub
Instructions
- To turn regular chicken legs into lollipops you'll need a sharp knife. Make a cut completely around the lower part of the leg just below the knuckle cutting through the skin and tendons. Push the meat down to the large end and pull the remaining skin and cartilage off the knuckle. There's a tiny bone right against the leg that needs to be removed. Remove this bone with your fingers & trim away the tendons sticking out the top.
- Dust with your favourite bbq rub then wrap with bacon, then dust again with more bbq rub, add in a pan with 3 tbsp of butter
- set your smoker at 300 degrees, I am using nomad grill (charcoal, with applewood smoke). I set my smoker for a 2 cooking zone hot and cool. I placed the pan in the cool zone and smoked for 2 hours
- meanwhile, whisk all the spicy honey garlic bbq sauce ingredients together
- at the 1 hour mark I basted the chicken with the sauce every 15 minutes. Easy tip add your spicy honey garlic bbq sauce in a measure cup and dip the drum in
- you can serve over rice or alone and enjoy!
