Best Rosemary Smoked Chicken Panini Recipes

TUSCAN ROSEMARY-SMOKED WHOLE CHICKENS

Steps:

• For the brine, bring 6 cups water to a boil in a large saucepan. Add the broth, salt, honey, sugar, peppercorns, rosemary and garlic, stirring to dissolve the salt. Remove from the heat and add the ice cubes to cool quickly to room temperature. Place the chicken in the bucket, breast-side down, cover and refrigerate for 2 to 4 hours.
• Remove the chicken from the brine and rinse well with cold water. Pat dry, place on a baking rack and refrigerate for at least 1 hour and up to 4 hours. This will allow the skin to dry out which will produce a crisper skin while cooking.
• Preheat your smoker to 275 degrees F and up to 325 degrees F if your smoker can do it. Add the soaked wood chips and rosemary sprigs.
• Brush the entire chicken with canola oil and sprinkle with pepper. Put the chicken in the smoker and place a drip pan underneath. Smoke until the breast temperature reaches 160 degrees F and the thigh reaches 170 degrees F, depending on the size of the chicken, 1 1/2 to 3 hours.

CALIFORNIA SMOKED CHICKEN PANNINI

Steps:

• Spread bread generously with red pepper aioli. Top one slice with cheese and chicken slices. Layer avocado and tomato on the other slice. Fold sandwich together and spread top of sandwich lightly with 1 teaspoon mayonnaise.
• Heat a panini press or grill pan over medium high heat. Place the sandwich mayonnaise side down on the pan. Brush the top side of the sandwich with remaining teaspoon mayonnaise.
• Griddle until the cheese is melted and the sandwich is golden brown and hot. Transfer to a cutting board and let it rest for one minute before slicing and serving.

ROSEMARY SMOKED CHICKEN PANINI

Steps:

• Preheat your panini press to high or use a foreman type grill or do on stovetop in skillet.
• Lightly brush one side of bread slices with EVOO.
• Place oiled side down on a work surface and place equal amounts of cheese on each slice.
• Arrange chicken slices on one slice and tomato slices on the other.
• Sprinkle chicken with rosemary, salt and pepper.
• Put two slices together.
• Place panini in your press and press lightly for about 30 seconds.
• Continue to bake for 3 minutes until bread is grilled and crispy and cheese is melted.
• Remove from grill, slice and serve hot.

ROSEMARY-PAPRIKA CHICKEN AND FRIES

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 425 degrees, and place a sheet pan on the oven's lowest rack to heat. In a liquid measuring cup or small bowl, stir together the mayonnaise, lemon zest and garlic. Season with salt and pepper.
• Transfer half of the mayonnaise mixture (about ¼ cup) to a medium bowl. Stir in the smoked paprika, rosemary, red-pepper flakes and ½ teaspoon black pepper. Season the chicken all over with 1½ teaspoons salt. Add the chicken to the bowl of paprika-mayonnaise, and rub it all over the chicken. Set aside.
• Halve the potato crosswise (no need to peel), then cut it into ¼-inch-thick fries. Right on the cutting board, drizzle with the olive oil, and season with salt and pepper. Toss to coat.
• Place the chicken breasts skin side down on the heated sheet pan, then scatter the potatoes around the chicken in a single layer. Roast on the bottom rack for 15 minutes, then flip the chicken so the skin side is up. (No need to turn the potatoes.) Roast for another 10 to 15 minutes, until the fries are browned underneath and the chicken registers 155 degrees when an instant-read thermometer is inserted in the thickest part. (The temperature will rise as the meat rests.) Let the chicken rest for at least 5 minutes, then cut the chicken meat from the bones and slice. Stir the lemon juice into the remaining mayonnaise mixture. Eat the chicken with the fries and a puddle of the lemon-garlic mayo for dipping.