How to Make a Bacon Wrapped Pork Loin
Seeing a lot of great bacon wrapped creations out there lately. Probably the most common is a bacon weave on trimmed, injected, and/or brined pork loin.
Here’s a quick and good video tutorial from RustedTruckRanchBBQ:
PF Chang’s Chicken Lettuce Wraps
One of the things we always look forward to when we eat out at PF Changs are their chicken lettuce wraps. So savory, tangy, and fresh. Another favorite pastime of ours is trying to recreate restaurant-quality (or better) dishes at home!
This is our tenth or so attempt at perfecting PF Chang’s lettuce wraps at home, and they really do just keep getting better and better.
VIDEO: Baby Back and St. Louis Style Ribs on the Kamado Joe with Code 3 Spice’s Backdraft Rub
Looking for a great YouTube grilling, smoking, or BBQ channel to follow? Be sure to check out T-Roy Cooks. In this video, T-Roy shares his method of smoking two styles of ribs on his Kamado Joe using Code 3 Spice‘s Backdraft Rub:
Love T-Roy’s simple method: Worcestershire Sauce on both sides, and then generously sprinkle on the rub. He lets them go for 5 hours at 250F. No saucing, but he does spritz with apple juice every hour or so. Mmmm. Mmmm. Those look goood!
Kickin’ Jalapeno Chicken Grilled in Cast Iron Skillet
Some like it hot. We like it so spicy, that it’s burning practically our face off hot. Here’s our take on a Kickin’ Jalapeno Chicken that we improvised with on a weeknight.
Ingredients …
Bahn Mi Pulled Pork Sandwiches
We make pulled pork about once or twice a month. Usually smoke a big fatty pork butt or shoulder. Unless we’re having a backyard patio party, we have a few pounds leftover. Sometimes we vacuum seal and freeze the leftovers for a weeknight delight. Getting “porked out” usually isn’t a problem around our house. But when you have a day old heap of pulled pork sitting in your fridge, what to do with it?
We like to make Bahn Mi Pulled Pork Sandwiches! Here’s how…
Grilled Flat Iron Steak Tacos and Smoke Roasted Salsa
Everyone in our house loves steak. We also love tacos. As regular readers know, we make both. A lot. But besides sweet potatoes, asparagus, and potatoes — we’ve never really tried smoking many vegetables.
Last night, we expanded the playbook, and think we finally nailed it. So we put together this quick little how to video for you…in under 60 seconds …
REVIEW: Traeger Turkey Pellets Blend
If you’re entrusted with cooking the bird on Thanksgiving, you’re probably looking for a risk-free, no-fuss tried and true recipe. Have a reoccurring nightmare about dry turkey, or sweet dreams about crispy, herb-crusted turkey legs?
If you’re on a wood pellet grill, this Traeger Turkey Pellets Blend might be for you:
We did a 20-pound test bird this weekend, and were cooking for 16 people. It was your typical friends-giving feast (with no less than 4 other Traeger-owners coming, NO PRESSURE!).
Again, we were looking for an easy, but proven, method and recipe. After skimming a dozen articles on spatchcocking, brining, injecting, rubbing, etc — we said: “Meh, nothing exotic.”
That’s when we turned to the wisdom of the Traeger Grills family. We had two bags delivered from a Traeger Instagram contest (“BBQ Hero of the Week”) over the summer.
The results were nothing short of amazing. “Best turkey I’ve ever had,” raved one friend. “OMG, moist, zesty, and great smoke flavor,” commented another. “Got to try that for our family Thanksgiving now, ” said one of our Traeger brethren.
Now, most everything that comes off the Traeger at our house is good. But that’s “most” not all. Not ashamed to admit we have a few hiccups every now and again. So these were pretty strong endorsements. What’s the secret? We followed Traeger’s included Smoked Bourbon & Orange Brined Turkey recipe to a T. Here are the basics (minus the booze):
Brine overnight (bag comes inside the pellets bag, fish it out!)
Pat dry, apply rub (again, included in the bag)
Put turkey directly on the grate (we put in a disposable roasting pan)
Set Traeger to smoke for 2 hours (for us, 180F)
Turn up to 350F for 2-3 hours (or until internal temp reaches 165F)
WHERE TO BUY?
You can pick up the Traeger Turkey Pellets Blend at your local dealer, or order from Amazon. If you HURRY, you select one-day or two-day shipping for Prime members, to still get in time for Thanksgiving.
Watch our mid-cook Facebook LIVE video from TraegerFanatics.com for some laughs:
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VIDEO: How To Smoke a Ham
Via Jeff Phillips, author of Smoking Meat, this one is an oldie (2009) but a goodie:
Looking for more recipes? Check out Jeff’s book:
Be sure to also check out other great HOW TO VIDEOS on our blog.
VIDEO: How to Smoke Turkey Legs
Via Chef Tips:
Smoking instructions:
Smoke for about 4 hours at 225 F. Bring it down to 180F for the last hour, or until the meat reaches an internal temperature of 160 F. When you remove the turkey legs, it will continue to cook up to the proper 165 F.
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