Little balls of chicken, cherries, habanero pieces and flavored inside and out with my rub and sauce for that perfect super bowl or anytime snack that will drive you and your friends wild.
Course Appetizer
Cuisine Hot Smoking
Prep Time 30 minutesminutes
Cook Time 1 hourhour
Total Time 1 hourhour30 minutesminutes
Servings 12-15
Author Jeff Phillips
Ingredients
2lbground chicken*
2eggs
1cupbread crumbs
15-18fresh cherriespitted, seeds removed
2habanero pepperscleaned, seeds and veins removed
2TBScrumbled blue cheeseoptional
Jeff's original rub
Franks Original RedHot Sauce
Jeff's original barbecue sauce
Instructions
Prep Cherries and Habanero
Chop 18 fresh cherries very fine and set aside
Chop two cleaned/deseeded habaneros very fine and set aside (only use one habanero if you don't want them to be very hot)
Mix it up
Fold in bread crumbs, rub, blue cheese (optional), eggs, cherries and habanero to ground chicken
Form & Season Cherry Bombs
Form 1-inch cherry bombs from the chicken mixture
Pour some rub in a plate and roll the 1-inch balls in the rub to coat lightly
Insert a toothpick into the center of the cherry bombs
Smoke the Cherry Bombs
Smoke the chicken cherry bombs at 225°F for about 1 hour or until they reach 165°F in the center
Make the Special Sauce
Mix up some special sauce for the cherry bombs using one part Jeff's original barbecue sauce and one part Franks Original RedHot sauce
Finish up and Serve
Drizzle the sauce on the smoked chicken cherry bombs or serve on the side for dipping