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Smoked Chicken Salad
INGREDIENTS
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1¾ cups salt
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2 cups Worcestershire sauce
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10 sprigs thyme
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5 dried bay leaves
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¼ cup chopped sage
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½ cup Crystal hot sauce
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¼ cup black peppercorns, toasted and roughly crushed
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1 (3- to 4-lb) whole frying chicken
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1¼ cups soaked wood chips
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½ cup plus 2 Tbsp mayonnaise, preferably Duke’s
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2 Tbsp grainy mustard
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2 tsp fresh thyme
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2 tsp chopped fresh rosemary
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1 Tbsp chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
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½ cup chopped roasted peanuts
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2 Tbsp minced shallots
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¼ cup minced celery with leaves
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2 tsp salt
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2 tsp freshly ground pepper
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1½ cups quartered, seeded muscadine grapes (or red or green seedless grapes)
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Toasted buns or white bread, for serving (optional)
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