Smoked BBQ Chicken Mac and Cheese

September 24, 2018, 9:26 am

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We were cleaning out the fridge and pantry and found 3 chicken breasts, 2 pieces of bacon and some that Kraft shells and cheese... so I figured throw it all together and see how it tastes
Wrapped the 2 pieces of Bacon around the chicken, threw some spices on and cooked on the egg at 350 for about 30 minutes, Made the shells and cheese according to the directions but only cooked the shells about 70% so they could finish off in the final mix. Diced up the chicken and shredded the bacon, put the chicken back in the pan with the melted butter and bacon grease and added some bbq sauce, put it back on the egg for about 10 minutes. Then we mixed everything in the cast iron added some sauteed bread crumbs and more shredded cheese to the top and back in the egg for another 20 minutes, came out delish! 

 

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Smoked Creamed Spinach with Bacon

October 11, 2018, 8:14 am

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Made this last night after I realized my wife was about to go out of town for the weekend and leave me with a giant container of fresh spinach that would most certainly get thrown away. Found a few recipes online and used those as a base to come up with one that would utilize the ingredients I had on hand. 



Paired with some reverse seared NY strips and we had one heck of a meal. We loved the creamed spinach so much that my wife made me write down what I did in order to replicate it again - so here ya'll go.

Ingredients:

• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 3 tablespoons minced garlic
• 1 ¼ cup heavy cream
• 1 cup of chopped cooked bacon
• 16 oz fresh baby spinach
• 6 oz cream cheese
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
• ¼ cup panko breadcrumbs
• Salt & Pepper to taste

Directions:

• Get egg setup to 350 indirect
• Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 2 minutes. Add the heavy cream and cream cheese. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until slightly thickened and cream cheese is melted, about 5 minutes. Mix in the spinach, bacon, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 cup of the Parmesan. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Transfer the mixture to a disposable foil ½ pan or a baking dish and sprinkle with the panko and remaining 1/4 cup Parmesan. Bake on the egg until bubbling and light golden on top, about 15 minutes.

Leftovers for lunch today won't disappoint!

Sweet Thai chili and turmeric fried rice

October 12, 2018, 1:35 am

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A year ago, @CPARKTX posted about some grilled Vietnamese pork chops. This was served with a side dish of rice that had a few ingredients including kale and turmeric. I tried to replicate this, but attempted to be creative and dehydrated the kale. This did not work. At all. But the mains were nearly ready and I needed a side dish, so I threw in some sweet Thai chili sauce and red onion that I had to hand ... wow, this really worked.

Recipe in the link below, easy to make. Had leftovers last night with stir fried king prawn.

https://www.thecooksdigest.co.uk/2018/10/12/sweet-thai-chili-and-turmeric-rice/





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