Some good grilling tips, courtesy of El Pollo Loco. Invest in a meat thermometer or “temperature probe.” This is an essential tool for preparing perfectly grilled chicken. To check the internal temperature of chicken, place the thermometer into the meat where the leg and thigh come together, taking care not to touch bone. Always grill [...]
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Barber Foods has recently released a new line of chicken designed especially for grilling. “Chicken Grillables” are basically frozen, pre-formed chicken patties that you take straight from the freezer to the grill. Made from all-white chicken meat, and lightly seasoned, Chicken Grillables are perfectly “bun-sized” and cook much more quickly than regular chicken breasts. Weighing [...]
Monday, September 10, 2007
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If you are going to get a Turducken for the holidays or that next family get together, you should check out Cajun Grocer.com. You DO know what a Turducken it is right? It’s a chicken stuffed inside a duck, stuffed inside a turkey. CajunGrocer.com ups the ante by stuffing sausage in as well! You order [...]
Tuesday, July 4, 2006
Making your own BBQ sauce, especially one with a unique flavor such as this one, immediately establishes you as a serious grilling aficionado. Ingredients 6 bone in chicken breasts 2 cp. fresh blueberries 1/4 cp. balsamic vinegar 3 tbsp honey 3 tbsp ketchup 1/2 tsp garlic powder 1/2 tsp ginger powder Bring all the ingredients [...]
Saturday, July 1, 2006
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Over at the BBQ General weblog the General has posted an article with a number of spicy grilled recipes. One of the more interesting to me was his recipe for barbecue chicken that is first smoke, then deep fried. Before going into the smoker, the chicken marinates in soy sauce, orange juice, and barbecue sauce. [...]
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
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A few weeks ago I wrote about the The Smokenator contraption that converts your Weber grill into a water smoker. The other day I tried out a smoked chicken recipe to see how it did. To get started, cut some pats of butter (about 1/2 a stick) and some fresh herbs such as rosemary and [...]
Sunday, September 18, 2005
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You’ll find Chicken sate to be a featured appetizer in many Thai restaurant, but in my opinion they make a good meal on their own when served over rice. Once again I ate them all before taking a picture. Mine look a little different those pictured here. I like mine with a little char on [...]
Monday, September 12, 2005
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Huli Huli is Hawaiian for barbecued chicken, and it sounds delicious. Pineapple, rice wine vinegar, and ginger give this dish an Asian flavor. This recipe is especially well suited to rotisserie cooking. By the way, one of the ingredients may not ring a bell to you. “Shoyu” is a type of Japanese soy sauce. Understanding [...]
Sunday, September 11, 2005
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When most people think of barbecue sandwiches, two things come to mind. Chopped beef and pulled pork, depending on your particular neck of the woods. But have you ever considered a chopped chicken barbecue sandwich? Slow smoked, pulled and chopped, a delicious dish. The secret however, is in the sauce. As with pulled pork, you’ll [...]
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
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Previously, I’d written about building a smoker from a trash can for about $50. Here’s a follow on article explaining how to modify the setup to smoke a turkey and a couple of briskets. In this modification, they’ve used a second trash can to double the height of the smoker in order to make the [...]
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
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So under appreciated. Skinless, boneless chicken thighs are not only cheap, they taste good and couldn’t be easier to grill. Chicken thighs are of course dark meat, and thus more tender, moist and flavorful. To grill them, I first give them a healthy dose of salt and pepper, or sometimes a simple chicken rub or [...]
Saturday, July 30, 2005
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Sunday, July 24, 2005
A popular method of cooking chicken in recent years both in barbeque contest as well as backyard barbeques is the beer-can chicken. A.K.A Beer in the Rear Chicken. This method is suprisingly easy, quite delicious, and always impressive.
Saturday, July 16, 2005
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Any grilling recipe with booze in it has my vote, so here’s a couple of adult flavored chicken dishes to try: Grilled Chicken in Kentucky Bourbon Barbeque Sauce Gin Chicken Tequila Lime Chicken Bloody Mary Chicken
Saturday, September 5, 2009
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