https://youtu.be/3i-BCY8bXPY Video Blackened Prime Rib Steak Video Blackened Prime Rib Steak, lot’s going on this week with Valentine’s Day, Rat’s birthday and, of course, Date Night. We wanted something extra, extra special. So, we went down to see Juan Carlos our butcher at El Toro market. He always has something delicious to show us. He cut 4 of these 2 inch steaks out of a…
Blue Lamb Burgers Blue Lamb Burgers, our friend Nancy doesn’t eat beef. So, we suggested the “other red meat”. She’d never had lamb so she was pleasantly surprised by how lean it was and that the flavor was much stronger than beef, too. We added her favorite blue cheese and served them medium rare. Ken loved making them because he got to use his new…
Barbequed Chicken Bourbon Bacon Glaze Barbequed Chicken Bourbon Bacon Glaze, because sometimes simple is really delicious. Ken wanted a simple barbecued chicken and we did great with a little help from our friends. Just three ingredients made for a delicious easy dinner. We plan to do two of these beauties next time and take the second one on a romantic picnic. Lovely. We did a…
https://youtu.be/1A5KIDa0uB8 Shredded Roast Beef Video Shredded Roast Beef, we love the Big Beef flavor of chuck roast. There are tons of recipes you can do with shredded, smoky roast beef. There was a lot of beef here -16 pounds- that we smoked for 7 hours. It was so big that I cut it into 3 large roasts that I smoked at the same time so…
https://youtu.be/MtujuUAT3E4 Video Al Pastor Game Day Tacos Video Al Pastor Game Day Tacos because we love tacos. So many ways you can do them and they’re all good. We just got a new Sawtooth wood pellet grill and wanted to do something special, “Al Pastor” is always special. Juan at the El Toro market thin sliced 8 pounds of pork for us, an overnight marinade…
https://youtu.be/cag4C23EAis Video Texas Heat Burger Video Texas Heat Burger, 2 chili seasoned 1/3 pound sirloin beef patties, pepper jack cheese, Candied Jalapenos, Ghost Pepper Sauce all stacked on garlic Texas Toast. I love big burgers and it seems that I fall in love again every few weeks! A little sweet heat in Burger Heaven. The folks at Briggs True Texas Seasoning were kind enough to…
https://youtu.be/tIr5bqEGIsE Scotch Eggs Go Tailgating Video Scotch Eggs Go Tailgating, A Scotch egg is a work of art. These things are AWESOME; everyone who has tried one says “Oh My Gosh, these are great!!!” And being the Chef those words are music to my ears. A Scotch Egg is a hardboiled egg, wrapped with a quarter pound of sausage, then wrapped with a strip of…
https://youtu.be/ZWV3VUl7XWY Radical Short Ribs We found some beef short ribs on sale and that was all we needed to make our mouth water. Patti picked up 3 pounds of them and the rest is delicious history. Thinking we would do a long braise with a bit of a Hawaiian twist with crushed pineapple and Dr. Pepper for the sweet, plus a little pecan smoke… See…
https://youtu.be/vxzRE-uiORc Video Pulled Pork Green Chili Pulled Pork Green Chili was Ken’s brainchild. He loves pulled pork and green chili. We had plenty of one and none of the other. We had some of his smoked pulled pork in the freezer, plus his smoked jalapeno sauce and lots of other goodies blended into an awesome Smoky Green Chili. We smoked our peppers and onions on…
https://youtu.be/VVSMXFkFLDw Pork Tenderloin Stuffed Portabellas Pork Tenderloin Stuffed Portabellas, the pork tenderloin is one of our favorite cuts, tender and juicy. One of the only things that can make them better is having them wrapped in bacon. To our delight that’s just how they come from Zaycon Fresh. Each tenderloin is 5 ½ ozs. making for consistent cooking times. So, it’s easy to cook them…
https://youtu.be/CuFhBNPsKE4 Patti’s Philly Cheese Steak Video Patti’s Philly Cheese Steak, Patti knows something about Philly cheese steaks, she was born and raised in Philly and something was missing from her sandwich: much meat. We fixed that with a big sirloin stuffed with smoked cheese and covered with grilled onions. No American cheese here because we stuffed it with smoked Gouda. Now, this was a cheese…
https://youtu.be/UuV13UTZdQg P B & J Burger Video P.B. & J. Burger… Think about a thick, juicy burger with a square of bacon, smothered with a peanut jalapeno sauce, then topped with cheese. Oh dang, those are some very nice thoughts we’ve been having all day. We love our Char-Griller’d burgers here and are always trying new flavor combinations. The one folks complain about the most…