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Hickory-smoked chicken

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Ingredients:
3 cupHickory wood chips
5 lbsRoasting chicken
1 tspPoultry seasoning
2 tspChopped fresh or
1 tspCrushed dried rosemary
-leaves
1 Orange, sliced
2 medStalks celery, chopped
-(about 1 cup)
3 Onions, cut into fourths
1 tbspChopped fresh or
1 tspCrushed dried rosemary
-leaves
1/2 cupMargarine or butter
-melted
Procedures:
1Soak wood chips in water about 30 minutes.
2Rub cavity of chicken with poultry seasoning and 2 teaspoons rosemary.
3Fill cavity with orange slices, celery and onions.
4Fasten opening with skewers; lace if necessary.
5Tie or skewer drumsticks to tail.
6Fasten neck skin to back with skewer.
7Fold wings across back with tips touching.
8Insert meat thermometer so tip is in thickest part of inside thigh muscle or thickest part of breast meat and does not touch bone.
9arrange hot coals around edge of grill.
10Place foil drip pan under grilling area.
11Drain half of the wood chips; add to hot coals.
12Stir i tablespoon rosemary into melted margarine.
13Place chicken, breast side up, on grill over drip pan about 4 inches from medium coals.
14Cover and grill 3 hours to 3 hours 30 minutes, brushing frequently with margarine mixture, until thermometer registers 180! to 185!.
15If necessary, add remaining drained wood chips and coals every 30 minutes to maintain smoke and even heat.
168 to 10 serving"s.
17from the files of al rice, north pole alaska.
18Feb 1994