INGREDIENTS 1 cup plain yogurt 2 Tbsp olive oil 4 cloves garlic, minced ½ Tbsp dried oregano 1 medium lemon ½ tsp salt freshly cracked pepper ¼ bunch fresh parsley 3½ to 4 lbs chicken pieces INSTRUCTIONS To make the … Continue reading
Category Archives: Poultry
Zesty Ranch – used as a dip 1 cup Ranch 1/4 cup Sriracha. Sriracha Cajun Mayo – Used on fried oyster poboy 1 cup mayo 1/2 cup sriracha 1 tbs Cajun seasoning Sriracha Hot Wings Blue Cheese Dip 1/4 cup … Continue reading
This cook was a fiasco as the dust burned up in the too hot MES (for dust) and then they were very salty.
May 14, 2016 – Saturday Ambient temp is in the mid 70″s and humidity is 90%+. Line of thunderstorms rolled through about 4 PM. Bought four small turkey legs and a tray of small chicken leg quarters at Fiesta. About … Continue reading
May 5, 2016 Ambient temp is about 75° and humidity is 28%. Boiled a dozen Large eggs and shelled. Cut three medium white potatoes in half and rubbed with EVOO. Put potatoes near back wall and eggs in front of … Continue reading
Saturday, April 23, 2015 Bought the leg quarters and turkey legs this morning at HEB to smoke this afternoon as the second smoke in the MES 40. Had gotten this week the air probe for the ChefAlarm as well as … Continue reading
Sunday, April 17, 2016 Having bought the MES 40, gen. 2.5, yesterday we had a lot of things to smoke. Decided that filling it with all kinds of cold meat was not a good idea so we did the chicken … Continue reading
This recipe comes from the restaurant “Brennan’s” located in New Orleans. This recipe is posted exactly as it was in the book [so said the source]. For more heat add some cayenne pepper. It was developed by their Chef Lazone … Continue reading
2/5/2016 – Made two smoked appetizers to take to Kelley’s for the game and smoked the third on gameday morning. Beef & Pork Meatballs; aka moinks (moo+oink). Ingredients 1 lb. 80/20 ground beef 1 lb. Hormel HOT breakfast sausage 1/4 cup … Continue reading
Chef JJ’s poultry brine method — “Day one, Brine overnight. Next day, drain and pat dry. l place the bird on a rack over a drip pan then in the refer overnight. Day three smoke or cook however…JJ” Families Favorite … Continue reading