Smoked Then Fried Chicken Lollipops
Have you ever had chicken lollipops? If you haven’t, give these a try. They make a great appetizer.
Length of time from start to finish: 1 hour 40 min
Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients:
- 4lbs Chicken drumsticks
- 1/2 cup pork panko
Seasoning:
- Chipotle blend
- Lemon pepper
Sweet Buffalo Sauce:
- 2 tsp garlic paste
- 1 tsp dried parsley
- 1/4 cup agave syrup
- 1/4 cup wing sauce
- Juice of 1/2 lemon
Here is a link to my seasonings https://www.spanglishasadero.com/ use code Fire10
Instructions:
-Preheat your smoker to 350 degrees.
-Now, let’s prep the chicken drumsticks. You want to expose the bone. This is mainly for presentation purposes. Grab a sharp knife and be very careful. With your knife, go around the chicken drumsticks where the meat meets the flat area of the drumstick. Go around it a few times and cut away at the tendons as well.
-Now, grab a paper towel and pull that skin up and over the knuckle. Once you prepped them all, coat them in cooking oil and season with your favorite poultry seasoning.
-Coat them in pork panko (sub regular bread panko) place them in the smoker and leave them smoking until 150 internal temperature. While they are cooking, make your sweet-spicy sauce.
-Place those ingredients in a sauce pan and simmer on low for 10 min and stir consistently so nothing burns.
-Now remove the lollipops and heat up your oil to 350 degrees. Fry them for 5 min or until golden brown. You want the internal temperature to be at 175 degrees on the thickest part of the drumsticks.
-Now toss them in that delicious sauce and serve along your favorite sides.
