Shooter
Living life on the heavies.
Sitting at the house tonight, the wife at work, I was wondering whats for dinner and I got to thinking. I get stuck in rut on smoking cigars what about foods. I thought about it and I am a steak and potato kinda of guy. Toss in some chicken, pork and venison (during hunting season). Thats what I usually grill, along with corn maybe some mac and cheese also. I thought I should mix it up tonight and venture out. I usually get surprised like I did when I started using the mahogany sauce for smoking. (There is a thread around somewhere I posted).
My questions to you, what are you favorite dishes and how do you prepare them? What do you tend to smoke with em, if anything particular?
Just getting off the phone with my mother I realize she is a big salmon lover. So tonight I combine a few different things seeing how they will work.
Salmon, due to the fact my mother is a fan. Cooked on cedar planks
Sugar snap peas: No reason just saw em and grabbed em
Sweet potato: Hate em, because of all the family dinners being forced to eat em whilst covered in marshmallows.
I scrubbed the potato and coated it with olive oil and salt, wrapped it in aluminum foil and tossed on the grill for an hr. Easy enough.
The salmon was given a good coating in sea salt (not big fan of regular sat), fresh cracked pepper and a generous coating of fresh chopped garlic. It goes on the grill at 20 mins and counting over indirect heat, atop the cedar planks. About 5-7 mins after they have been on the grill I throw some lemon butter on em.
As for the cedar planks, pick em somewhere, I got mine from the grocery store. Soak em in water for an hr and toss em on the grill about 10 mins prior too putting the salmon on em. This gives them a chance to heat up.
The sugar snap peas are sautéed with coconut oil for about 8 mins or so. With about 4 mins or so to go add a few shakes of some Worcester sauce to tame down the sweetness. It worked out very well. If they get wrinkled looking they are over done.
All the while listening to jazz and drinking wine. Speaking of which I know little about wine. I grabbed a bottle of zin out of the wine fridge and I must say it was a little much with the food selection, however those that know will know I drank it anyway. Feel free to suggest a better wine pairing.
Time line about on hr.
Heat the grill up to about 350 toss the potato on.
30 mins to go toss on the cedar planks
20 mins to go toss on the salmon heat up the skillet
10 mins to go toss on the peas.
Wash it down with wine and tonight, I had a PSD4 from 05.
Enjoy.
I look forward to getting some new thing to try out.
Shane
My questions to you, what are you favorite dishes and how do you prepare them? What do you tend to smoke with em, if anything particular?
Just getting off the phone with my mother I realize she is a big salmon lover. So tonight I combine a few different things seeing how they will work.
Salmon, due to the fact my mother is a fan. Cooked on cedar planks
Sugar snap peas: No reason just saw em and grabbed em
Sweet potato: Hate em, because of all the family dinners being forced to eat em whilst covered in marshmallows.
I scrubbed the potato and coated it with olive oil and salt, wrapped it in aluminum foil and tossed on the grill for an hr. Easy enough.
The salmon was given a good coating in sea salt (not big fan of regular sat), fresh cracked pepper and a generous coating of fresh chopped garlic. It goes on the grill at 20 mins and counting over indirect heat, atop the cedar planks. About 5-7 mins after they have been on the grill I throw some lemon butter on em.
As for the cedar planks, pick em somewhere, I got mine from the grocery store. Soak em in water for an hr and toss em on the grill about 10 mins prior too putting the salmon on em. This gives them a chance to heat up.
The sugar snap peas are sautéed with coconut oil for about 8 mins or so. With about 4 mins or so to go add a few shakes of some Worcester sauce to tame down the sweetness. It worked out very well. If they get wrinkled looking they are over done.
All the while listening to jazz and drinking wine. Speaking of which I know little about wine. I grabbed a bottle of zin out of the wine fridge and I must say it was a little much with the food selection, however those that know will know I drank it anyway. Feel free to suggest a better wine pairing.
Time line about on hr.
Heat the grill up to about 350 toss the potato on.
30 mins to go toss on the cedar planks
20 mins to go toss on the salmon heat up the skillet
10 mins to go toss on the peas.
Wash it down with wine and tonight, I had a PSD4 from 05.
Enjoy.
I look forward to getting some new thing to try out.
Shane
