Showing posts with label tomato. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tomato. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Buffalo Chicken Egg Muffins

Watch out McDonald's there's a chicken in the house!! So the other day I smoked the Smokin Hot Spatchy so that I would have some smokin hot pulled chicken for recipe number two. I have been looking for something a bit different to serve to holiday guests. Tired of the typical quiche, breakfast casserole, etc... So i was looking for a recipe that my mom used to make and stumbled upon a variation of what she did. These are super simple and if you have guests that don't like the HEAT you can make a batch or two that are savory . In fact the protein can be changed out. Any pre-cooked protein will do. My mom would make these with diced ham, crumbled bacon and breakfast sausage. She never did spicy ones, except to use spicy sausage. One of my favorites growing up was like a Denver omelet, bell peppers onion, diced ham. I think that a savory version loaded with sage, thyme, would be great too. For those adverse to eating the yolk, egg whites can be used solely. There are many variations you can come up with. Heck I'd even try pulled pork or brunt ends!

Here's the base recipe adjust accordingly and omitting the hot sauce is perfectly fine. This Recipe makes 1/2 dozen muffins (plan on 1 egg per muffin)

Pre-heat oven to 425°

6 eggs
1 pound pre-cooked buffalo chicken (http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/154228/smokin-hot-spatchy ) or crumbled bacon, finely diced ham, crumbled breakfast sausage)
2 green onions or shallots diced
1 Jalapeno finely diced
i clove garlic finely diced
Salt and pepper to taste
Chipotle pepper as garnish on top
Several table spoons of hot sauce

Note you will need parchment paper cupcake liners (greasing the pan wont do. I did not have them so I made my own out of the parchment paper sheet liners I have. For a standard size muffin tin 6" squares work the best. Find a cup that fits in the tin and wrap the square around it smooth out the sides. Stick in tin.





Whisk eggs, onion, jalapeno, 2 tablespoons hot sauce, salt and pepper together in a bowl.



Spoon into lined muffin tin. Only fill tins half full. Carefully place chicken on top of egg mixture (it will sink some). Spoon rest of egg mixture on top. I like to add a few small pieces of meat again, a couple more dashes of hot sauce and a dusting of chipotle. Bake for 25-30 minutes in a 425° oven, or smoker, or dutch oven (more on that later).


Half full                                                                                 totally full                                                                           Garnished and ready for the oven


Fresh out of the oven!


Yumm!!!!


Enjoy!!!!

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Perfect weather for pot roast!

Pot roast sounded good. So into the smoker we go been super cold here the last couple days. Hit -18 last night was -13 when I got up. About 8 right now. Running the mini at 285* cherry and pecan.







Making Smokey Au Jus and roasted veggies too.



IGrill performed flawlessly in the single digit weather!



As did the Mini-WSM













Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Zucchini Crust pizza

That's right!

Throw out dough we're making Zucchini  crust pizza. Here's the recipe for the crust

4 cups zucchini, shredded
1/2 cup mozzarella, shredded
1/4 cup parmigiano reggiano (parmesan), grated
1 egg
1 teaspoon oregano or Italian seasoning
salt and pepper to taste
1 teaspoon basil

Place shredded Zucchini in a colander and lightly coat with a tablespoon of salt. Mix and let sit for 15 minutes. Press zucchini with a paper towel to drain of as much water a possibles or ring out in cheese cloth.



Mix all together. Spray stone or pan with non-stickspread out on pizza stone or pan. Bake in 450* oven for 12-15 minutes to set. Remove and top with pizza sauce more cheese and whatever toppings you like. Put back in oven. Cook until cheese is bubbly gooey good!

Prepped and ready for the Oven to set.         


Get you helpers to chop up toppings while the crust is setting up.
Fresh Maters and Basil
Crust set and ready for the toppings
Spread some homemade sauce and get those helpers spreading toppings!
Ready for the oven
Looks Tasty!
Under the broiler
Time to Enjoy!

ENJOY!!!!

Monday, July 8, 2013

Tri-tip with Steamed golden beets, beet greens and Caprise salad

Due to a late start, I decided to sue a higher temp cook in order to make sure we could have dinner at a decent time. I normally like to run the smoker around 265*-285* for tri-tip. I also like to have the terracotta saucer in place as a diffuser. For this cook I ran the smoker at 308* (that's where it wanted to settle and hold) and I did not use the diffuser. I also let this tri cook to an IT of 145* because he in-laws to be like there steak more towards the side of well done. The tri turned out good, but not really to my liking. One issue that occurred is that the side that was down turned out more done than the side that was up. Normally at the lower temps and with the diffuser in you do not need to flip the steak. If I do another high temp tri I will definitely flip part way through. So quick re-cap 308* Mini-WSM Kingsford Blue and pecan, Cooked to an IT of 145*.


Cooking away on the Mini, juicy!


After the rest


About a 1/3 cup of juice in there!


Split the Tri. Can you tell which side was up and which side was done?


Sliced and ready for plating!


Steamed golden beets and beet greens.




ENJOY!!!!

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Spatchy Chicken and sliced crispy taters

Cranked up the Mini-WSM with 365 Lump, cherry wood. I took out the clay diffuser and poured on the heat


Look at that nice TBS!!!


Seasoned with chipotle powder, garlic, Smoked Serrano Salt, and CBP.


Golden brown Crispy skin delight!


Devil Bird!!!


Slice the taters about 3/4 of the way through. Coat inside and out with EVOO, Smoked Serrano Salt, CBP.


Onto the gasser @ 450* for 45mins-one hour.


Crispy skin taters!!


Dripping goodness!!!



Enjoy!!!!