Brining is the process of submerging meat in a salt solution, often in combination with other flavoring agents (herbs, chili, aromatics), to give your meat its best shot at staying moist while cooking. With brines, you’ll want to marinate the whole bird/spatchcocked bird at least a couple of hours, but for more flavor leave it in the brine solution overnight.
Add a touch of barbecue to your holiday dinners with this chile brined, butter injected, spatchcock turkey, smoked on the Yoder Smokers YS640 Pellet Grill. Barbecue Smoked Turkey is sure to be a hit this holiday season!
Every Fall we just can’t wait for the weather to cool off so we can whip up a batch of Chili Blanco. Creamy and savory with a touch of char from the grill, this White Chili with Chicken is a recipe we can’t get enough of!
If you’re a fan of fried and spicy foods, then this Nashville Hot Chicken is a must-try recipe! Crispy fried chicken cooked right on the side burner of your gas grill, smothered in a FIERY cayenne paste! Don’t worry, you can adjust the heat to just how crazy or tame your taste-buds may be. Either way, the flavor is fantastic!
Chef Tom fires up the Clementi Wood Fired Oven for an incredible, simple Cajun Grilled Oysters recipe. The perfect appetizer to warm up your pizza oven!
Barbacoa is a meat that many of us here in the U.S. have come to know as shredded beef. Depending on the geographic location it could refer to whole heads of cows (or cheeks), even sheep or goat meat, often cooked over an open fire, but more traditionally wrapped in leaves and cooked in a pit, dug in the ground. The interpretation is loose, today. Often barbacoa is cooked over an open fire, braised or even steamed. Whatever the cooking method or meat, one thing you want to look for is a cut of meat with a high fat content, which makes beef short ribs perfect for this Beef Short Rib Barbacoa.
We’re taking it over the top today with a mind-blowing Quesadilla Burger featuring two caramelized onion quesadillas for buns, a half chorizo, half beef burger patty, tons of fresh veggies and the star of the show… fried hatch chile rings!
Chicken with Alabama White Sauce is a regional specialty made famous by Big Bob Gibson in Decatur, Alabama. The white barbecue sauce is unlike any other barbecue sauce out there, and may seem strange, if you’re new to the idea. However, the flavor is incredible and works great with smoky grilled chicken. Bonus: with the sauce prepared ahead of time, and your chicken prepped and ready to cook, this is an IDEAL tailgate dish! So fire up the good ol’ Weber Kettle, and give it a try!
If you’re looking to branch out from your typical American barbecue, give these Korean Barbecue Short Ribs (or Galbi) a try. It’s a simple way to achieve big flavor, especially with the salty, umami addition of the Ssamjang dipping sauce!
One of our favorite uses for leftover rib-tip meat is our scratch-made Mexican chorizo (Boston Butt pork shoulder works just as well!), and what better way to enjoy chorizo than in a Chorizo Breakfast Burrito?! We’re putting the Le Griddle to work, and the payoff is huge!
There are a number of ways to smoke salmon. You may be familiar with the fully cured smoked salmon, like lox, that you find on bagels or cured platters. It’s dense, often salty and fully cured and safe to eat without cooking with heat. There is also the option of hot smoking fresh salmon with little more than seasoning on the surface of the fish to affect the final product. This recipe, however, lives somewhere in between. By giving the salmon a quick cure, you can force flavors into the flesh while pulling some water out and concentrating the flavors. The fish is not fully cured, so we finish it on the grill, which imparts smoke flavor and makes the fish safe to eat. The end product is flavorful, tender, juicy and quite versatile. Partially cured Hot Smoked Salmon is great served hot off the grill or cooled and eaten on salads, sandwiches or as a snack.
If you’re looking for a go-to brisket recipe, then look no further! This Smoked BBQ Brisket recipe doesn’t fuss with the bells and whistles involved in a competition style brisket, but boasts great flavors, the smoke-factor you love and most importantly, produces the best gift a brisket can give… burnt ends!
Chef Tom is back, and he’s bringing you his Food Network Magazine published recipe, Chipotle Flank Steak with Chef Eric’s Blue Smoked Slaw! Tom & Eric debuted this recipe at the Food Network & Cooking Channel’s South Beach Wine & Food Festival in February 2018, and now we’re bringing it to you!
The Grilled Chicken Sandwich may not sound like the most exciting recipe, but this particular sandwich is packed full of flavor and easy enough to prepare and enjoy week in and week out! I know what we’re having for dinner tonight!
By
Tom Jackson
