DM's All-Purpose Poultry Brine

[Tar54]

Tony can you brine 8-10 hours for a whole bird? I want to try your brine and I am trying to figure out how to get it to jive with my work schedule...

 

[SconnieQ]

What kind of bird? Chicken? Turkey? A general rule of thumb is 1 hour per pound of bird. You can adjust the salt if the basic brine time does not fit your schedule.

 

[Tar54]

What kind of bird? Chicken? Turkey? A general rule of thumb is 1 hour per pound of bird. You can adjust the salt if the basic brine time does not fit your schedule.

Sorry...Chicken...can I brine it and cook it several hours later?

 

[SconnieQ]

Brine about 1 hour per pound for chicken. If you need to brine it for 8-10 hours, and have a 4 or so pound chicken, then you can reduce the salt in the brine. Maybe to 1/2 cup salt per gallon of water (instead of 1 cup per gallon of water). You can leave the rest of the ingredients as is. It is no problem to brine in advance, rinse, then keep in the refrigerator until you are ready to smoke.