What are guys holding out for post them pictures up! Need to see what you got so i can chose my cook for tomorrow i have a couple of things swimming around in my head.
started the filling by cooking a few split chicken breasts w/ ancho chili, soileaus, cumin, mexican oregano, salt, pepper
filling .... chicken, smoked pepperjack, montery jack, red pepper, green chiles, garlic, soileaus, cumin, mexican oregano, salt, pepper, a little chicken broth & cream
made a sauce (no pics) .... made a roux with butter & flour, added some chicken stock til thickened, added 1/2 can green chiles, can hatch enchilada sauce, smoked pepperjack, montery jack , sour cream
filled corn tortillas with the chicken, topped with the sauce & a little more pepperjack , into the MAK with some rice on the bottom shelf
the rice - brown rice, diced tomatoes, cumin, new mexico red chile powder, soileaus, mexican oregano, salt & pepper
I started by sectioning several tangerines and squeezing all their juice into a bowl and added some tangerine zest to deepen the flavor. Then I added some red pepper flakes, salt, pepper, garlic, Golden Rod honey, a bit of EVOO and some cider vinegar. I plopped the wings into the bowl and mixed them all around to get covered with all those happy flavors and set them aside and well hidden from a very curious cat.
I put the wings onto the Weber with some cherry pellets.
Looking good!
While the wings grilled, I cooked down the marinade, reduced it by half, strained it and adjusted the flavor. It was wicked hot so I added a little apple juice and brown sugar. I also made some rice and steamed some rainbow Swiss chard.
When the wings came off the grill, I tossed them in the reduction sauce to add a burst of flavor.
And here is the plated shot:
Well had a little left over pulled pork so thought I would try something new. Pork Tamales with 3 Pepper Sauce. Her we go. Part 1
Toast, soak,stem and seed some california,guajillo and ancho peppers. Saute some onions and garlic. Puree some fire roasted tomatos and add peppers,onion and garlic. Blend well.
Going a little outside of the norm with this one... All day smoke, thawed meat , and a Sriracha/Zach's flavor combo.
Should be done around 8PM tonight.
Oh yeah, and it's almost BASEBALL SEASON!
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5:30 PM peek..
The 2 on the right are already at 200°! So, off they come for a little nap time in the coolers.
The other 2 are climbing out of the 170s.. They will be awhile. (might just chuck them in the crock pots to finish, and shut down the Traeger for the night)
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Bark with a bite indeed... These turned out crazy good.
I shredded two of them, and the stragglers went into the fridge whole.
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I bagged up the shredded pork and I'm reheating the whole butts in the crock pot for dinner/further shredding.
I needed a snack, so I whipped up a little Carolina SOS to munch on..
The Players: Garlic EVOO, Garlic Pepper, and PB Bovine Bold!
EVOO'd and rubbed...Placed in Fridge for 2 Hrs
Smoked for 1 hour @ 225. Raised temp to 275. Glazed with Blues Hog until IT of 165
Sorry about the pic order...still have probs with upload manager =)
Part 2: Grilled Squash w/ Cherry Glaze (from Big Poppa)
Homemade Garlic Butter, Strained and Poured over Cut up Squash with Kosher Salt and Pepper. Placed in Fridge for 3 Hours
Removed and arranged them on skewers. Rubbed with Obee Cue Sweet Rub
Set temp on Mak to High along with grill grates. Hit em with more rub. Grilled for about 10 mins. Then hit 'em with Balsamic Glaze w/Cherry. Grilled until glaze carmalized...about 10 mins.
Enjoy!
Again...sorry for pic order. Cant seem to figure it out
Well, I decided it was time to try to cook a full meal now that my arm is out of the sling. I wanted to do something a bit different. With one arm in a sling, I had lots of web time to look for ideas. Here is what I came up with.
First off, I wanted to make some shrimp and pork meatballs with an Asian flair, but smoked. I remember my wife taking a Chinese cooking class when I was stationed in Hawaii. She made shrimp meatballs that I still remember. I thought I would give it a try.
First off, here are the raw shrimp ready to be thrown into the food processor.
Next is two more of the ingredients to go into the processor—lime zest and chopped green onion.
You can’t make meatballs without some “poke”.
Here’s what it looks like after a whirl through the food processor. The mixture is ready to form the meatballs and then be put into the smoker.
I wanted to do something different when smoking them. My sister gave me a stove top smoker a few years back as a Christmas present. It uses saw dust as its source of smoke. I used a little cherry saw dust and added some apple pellets.
Here are the shrimp meatballs ready to be hit with some smoke.
This is what the stove top smoker looks like on the, wait for it, stove top!
The smoked shrimp meatballs nearing the end of their journey.
The plated shrimp meatballs served with some Thai chili sauce. They were even better than I remembered.
Now that the appetizer is out of the way, it’s time to get the rest of the meal together. Check out part 2.
It’s time to get the chicken into the Asian marinade. The marinade was a nice touch to the chicken.
I wanted some Chinese green beans, but didn’t want to steam them. I took fresh green beans, and cut them into large bite-size pieces to cook on my Frogmats. I also cut up some spring onions to add to the green beans and use for garnish when the meal was plated.
Here is everyone on the MAK (using BD apple pellets) at 350.
Here is my plate ready to eat.
I ate too many shrimp meatballs. Instead of serving up some of my homemade coffee creamer ice cream for dessert, I poured myself a snifter of Courvoisier. That’s all I had room for. Hope you enjoyed the meal as much as I did.