Butterflied Grilled Chicken

April 25, 2009.   Categories Light / Healthy, Poultry, Smoking / Grilling.

Butterflied Grilled Chicken

Butterflied Grilled Chicken Recipe & Photo by: http://bigboldbeautifulfood.blogspot.com This blogger found my website and when I visited hers, this recipe made my mouth water!  We are both fans of the Big Green Egg smoker and I’m happy to share this delicious and simple method for grilling chicken on the Egg.  Please visit her site and check out some of her other wonderful pasta and seafood recipes (mussels are her...

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Smoked BBQ Beans

April 19, 2009.   Categories Fabulous Side Dishes, Smoking / Grilling.

Smoked BBQ Beans

  Smoked BBQ Beans 5 slices center cut bacon, chopped 1 yellow onion, chopped 5 garlic cloves, minced 1 jalapeno, chopped 1 pound, pinto or small white beans (soak overnight) 6 cups water 1/4 cup Irish Whiskey 1 cup BBQ sauce 1/2 cup, dark brown sugar 2 tbsp spicy brown mustard 2 tbsp adobe sauce from canned chipotles 2 tbsp smoked Tabasco sauce 2 tbsp good quality molasses splash of Guinness (optional) 2 tsp salt pepper Wash, sort and...

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Carter’s Thanksgiving Turkey Brine

November 22, 2008.   Categories Christmas, Poultry, Roasting, Smoking / Grilling, Thanksgiving Dinner.

Carter’s Thanksgiving Turkey Brine

Carter’s Turkey Brine Submitted by: Carter Snead It’s been said by some that Carter’s Thanksgiving turkey is the best they’ve ever had.  I asked him to share his technique to brine the turkey. I’m so glad I did!  On Thanksgiving, I followed his recipe and it was the best turkey I’ve ever made.  When we were carving it, juice was literally squirting at us (even from the breast.) Brining is the process of...

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Grilled Lamb Chop Appetizers

November 14, 2008.   Categories Appetizers, Smoking / Grilling.

Grilled Lamb Chop Appetizers

Grilled Lamb Chop Appetizers This is one of the easiest and most celebrated appetizer you will ever make for a party.  Simply buy a rack of lamb. Have the butcher french them, cleaning the bone.  You can then hold the chop easily. Have any fat cut off and leave it like a lollipop!   Cut it into chops approximately 1.5 inch wide.  Season with salt and pepper – only!  Why mask the great flavor of lamb on the grill? Every grill is...

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Alabama Ribs

November 10, 2008.   Categories Smoking / Grilling.

Alabama Ribs

Alabama Slow Cooked Ribs Submitted by: Carter Snead Laurie, enclosed is my Alabama Ribs recipe that I have made for Marilyn, your mother, et al. the last few Labor Days. The following recipe is good for about 4-5 lbs of ribs. I routinely double it. . . The sauce: Dice one medium onion and sautee in a tablespoon of butter; add about 2 tsp minced garlic and sauté some more – do this in a pot big enough to hold about 2 quarts. Then, once...

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