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I had this half pork belly in pop’s curing brine for 13 days, and finally today was the day to make it into bacon!
This is my first bacon attempt, and I must say, it didn’t turn out too bad.
I used a homemade rub…
3 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tablespoon homemade Jalapeño Powder
1 tablespoon paprika
3/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
Used honey as a binder…
Fat cap side…
Meat side…
Cold smoked with 2 smoke tubes with u-bolt mods running 50/50 pellets and...
My wife saw a Tamarind Heads sauce mention, intrigued, looked it up and adapted it to our (or my) taste, as chili pepper tears me up. Sauce was as follows, and extraordinary:
Flappers were dry rubbed with Korean seasoning salt (90% NaCl, 10% MSG), white pepper, super finely ground black pepper, baking powder, garlic powder, scant celery salt.
Weber 22" kettle with a Slow n Sear. (Spider Grill controller in pic not in use). Wings on at 400F.
Sauced at roughly 40 minutes in, sticky...
We'll be firing up the smokers, grills and the wood pile for another great weekend in the Carolinas. The last 11 have been really spectacular. So save that weekend for some great BBQ, good beer and good times.
Check out the past 11 gatherings here.
1st Annual NC Gathering
2nd Annual NC Gathering
3rd Annual NC Gathering
4th Annual NC Gathering
5th Annual NC Gathering
6th Annual NC Gathering
7th Annual NC Gathering
8th Annual NC Gathering
9th Annual NC Gathering
10th Annual NC...
cooked up a smoked chuck roast French dip sandwich..
The chuck roast went on the grill for about an hour to takes on some smoke an some color.
It then went into a pan with a thin sliced white onion, beef bone broth with a splash of Worcestershire sauce, light soy, and shaoxing wine this was covered and went back on the grill for 90 minutes
The jus was strained an poured into a small bowl, some French bread was sliced in half, and got a layer of mayo, Swiss cheese and the thin sliced...
G'Day Bruces! :emoji_sunglasses:
Had a bit of fun today with a take on a Chicken Sammich... It's kinda long, so less talk and more pics the better....
Started with Aldi Chicken Thighs.
Butterflied them out like this.
Assembled a buttermilk marinade. LOTS of HDD. Making it count. And some salt, because HDD needs salt. Some garlic too.
Mixed it up.
In went the chicken for 24 hours.
Next day, time for the coating. 100% Potato Starch, more HDD... I mean why NOT right...
As I shared in another thread our local Savealot had bottom round advertised for $4.99 a lbs. They just had small trimmed ones in the case so like usual I knocked on the butchers door haha. He let me get whole cryo packed bottom rounds for $3.99 a lbs. Grabbed twi yesterday and one today. Grabbed the 14 pounder and trimmed up the fat, silver skin and tendons. Cut off about a 12oz thin piece I'll use for stew meat. Mixed up some double strength BtB beef broth with a little...
Beef bacon, turkey breakfast sausage, country taters, smoked Monterrey jack, scrambled eggs. Not the prettiest but sure was tasty.
Definitely won’t be the last fatty.
Butts were on sale for $0.99/lb last week and I messed up only buying one.
Deboned into 3 pieces, into the brine on the 5th. Low-salt (1/8c/qt), just a tiny bit of maple syrup for sugar, and a lot (1/4c?) of white pepper which has become a staple in my brines.
First chunk was diced and fried Friday to make a hearty 1:1 potato soup/chowder.
Yesterday filled up the PBX with Kingsford and 4 decent apple chunks.
Rubbed with my current all-purpose:
-4p Paprika
-1p Jalapeno Powder
-1p Black...
First thing first ,, you need some sirloin .
So I grabbed a 14 pound knuckle from GFS .
Out of the bag , getting the " lay of the land "
Identify the seams between the muscle group and just start in .
Always one large roast in there . I try to get that out first .
Then deal with the rest . This was what was hiding that roast above .
Again , looking for the natural seams .
Cleans up into this . Another nice roast .
This is the result . Some nice clean whole muscle meat , and...
Family coming out to visit for the weekend due to nephew on leave for couple weeks from marines and dads 85th birthday. Full house as everyone staying here. Kids came in from college too. 14 mouths to feed in all. Wife picked up a 20 lb brisket from costco. The prime cut packer was only 10 cents more per pound so went that route. It looked good in the package. Trimmed it up and partially removed the point the night before. Cut off about two pounds of fat. Rubbed it down with my homemade mix...
Loaded Potato Salad from Kilo Charlie
Ingredients:
(measure with your heart on most of these things😉)
1 pound tri- color small potatoes, cut into halves or quarters
1/2 cup Kewpie Mayo
1/2 cup sour cream mixed with ranch dip mix
Bacon, cooked and crumbled
Green onions, chopped
Crumbled blue...
Reverse-Seared Blue Cheese & Onion Burgers
These hickory smoked burgers with caramelized onions, crumbled blue cheese and a little sausage mixed in with the ground beef are the perfect burgers for an easy Sunday lunch. Or dinner. Or next weekend. Or maybe even today. Super simple to throw...
Make Your Own Pastrami + Reubens with Homemade Russian Dressing (recipes included)
SMF is like having your own personal pool of outdoor cooking experts and knowledge right at your fingertips. Literally the best resource on top of a community of a lot of lovely people.
All the St. Paddy’s Day...
Deviled Eggs
Ingredients:
6 eggs
1/4 c Mayonnaise
1 tsp mustard
1/2 tsp honey
1/2 tsp smoked paprika
1/2 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp brown sugar
1/4 tsp salt
2 slices bacon, fried crisp and crumbled
Instructions:
Add 6 eggs to a pot of boiling water, and boil for 10 minutes. Remove and rinse...
Perfect Mashed Potatoes
Ingredients:
5 lbs Yukon (any waxy) potato, washed/scrubbed, roughly peeled, and quartered
2 sticks butter, melted
1/2 c sour cream
1 cup heavy whipping cream or half and half
1 Tbs coarse black pepper
1 tsp fine or sea salt
Place potatoes in a large stockpot filled...
Pop's Brine
1 gallon water
1/2 cup kosher salt
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1 TBLS cure one
1 tsp lemon or orange extract
Inject the turkey with as much brine as it will hold and soak overnight. Drain , rinse and pat dry. Place the turkey back into the fridge for an hour or so...
How To Make @jcam222's Keto-Friendly Baked Beans
Ingredients:
1 Tbs of @jcam222's sweet heat sugar-free rub (RECIPE), or to taste
6 cups of black soy beans, canned or pre-cooked
2 lbs bacon, fried and chopped
2 large onions, diced
2.5 lbs ground beef, cooked and crumbled
2 bottles of G Hughes...
How To Spatchcock (Butterfly) a Turkey
Materials needed:
Large cutting board
Sharp kitchen shears
Meat cleaver or large chef’s knife
Thawed Turkey (remove neck and giblets from inside the turkey; discard the pop-up thermometer and any trussings)
1. Place the thawed uncooked turkey on a large...
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