Smoker Pulled Chicken Bacon Ranch Sliders

I love chicken bacon ranch, and I love pulled chicken. It was a no brainer to combine these, and if you follow any of my content you know I’m very pro sliders! These Pulled Chicken Bacon Ranch Sliders are al but guaranteed to be a hit!

YouTube Instructional: https://youtu.be/oBTV8O9gvaY

Ingredients:
~3.5 Lb Whole Chicken
Garlic Powder
Black Pepper
Potato Slider Buns
Dill Pickle Chips
Bacon
Roughly Chopped Lettuce
Cheese (optional) - provolone is great here

Wet Brine:
8 Cups Water
8 Tbsp Kosher Salt
4 Tbsp Brown Sugar
2 Garlic Cloves

Ranch Dressing:
1/4 Cup Buttermilk
1/4 Cup Sour Cream
1/4 Cup Mayonaise
1/2 Tsp Dried Dill Weed
1/2 Tsp Dried Chives
1/2 Tsp Onion Powder
1/2 Tsp Garlic Powder
1/4 Tsp Kosher Salt
1.5 Tsp Lemon Juice

Step 1: Wet Brine the Chicken

Mix together the wet brine and completely cover the chicken

Brine 12-24 hours overnight

Remove from brine and completely rinse off all wet brine

Pat dry with paper towel

Step 2: Dry Season the Chicken

Coat the exterior of the chicken with a light coating of olive oil

Sprinkle garlic powder and black pepper all over the bird. No need to go crazy, but get it all over.

Step 3: Smoke the Chicken

Preheat smoker to 225 degrees

Put chicken sitting up

Smoke to internal temp of 160-165 at thickest part of chicken

After an hour and a half begin basting in butter every 15-20 minutes until done.

Step 4: Make the Ranch Dressing

Mix together the ran dressing ingredients

Put the mix into the fridge to allow to congeal

Step 5: Pull the Chicken & Coat in Ranch

Once the chicken reaches an internal temp of 165+ pull it from the smoker and cover in tin foil for 15 min or so

Put the chicken into a large bowl and slowly begin pulling the meat off. Take the skin and set aside (if you want to eat later!)

Set aside the amount of chicken you want to make into ranch sliders, and slowly pour in ranch dressing until its thinly coated (don’t go overboard!)

Step 6: Assemble the Sliders

Toast up the slider buns (optional)

Put down a layer of pulled chicken, pickles cheese (optional) - I used provalone, chopped lettuce, and more ranch dressing

Enjoy!