Steak and Chicken

Not wanting to give a wonderful steak to a 4-year old I decided to cook some chicken to go along with the steaks. The chicken can been seen in the back marinading in the small orange bowl.

On the chicken I created another sweet sauce that I was sure my kids would enjoy. The marinade for the children had:

1 T soy sauce

1 T honey

1 T extra virgin olive oil

pepper to taste

The steak had my usual rub that you can find several places on the blog...most recently in late December.

Grilling Mistakes

Yes, these steaks may look good. However, you can see they are a little charred for most peoples taste. On a cold February night I was attempting to not open the grill cover at all. I could see a good bit of smoke coming from the top and had cause for concern.

Upon opening the cover I was greeted with four well done steaks. The steaks were just a little fatty so the dripping grease had cause a major flame-up. Next time I am going to stay closer to the grill!

T-bone Steak

Once again, simple rubs are my mode of grilling. T-bone, or any bone-in steaks, are among my favorites. This steak was prepared with a rub of:

1 tbs Kosher salt

1/2 tbs of pepper

1/4 tbs of garlic powder

Rubs can be left on the steak as long as you would like. I like to rub the steak about thirty minutes before placing on the grill.

Pork Chops with Sorghum Barbecue sauce

I am not normally a fan of a sweet taste on meats. I enjoy garlic flavors and salty flavors. However, in an effort to broaden my palate I tried this recipe modified from something I found.

The marinade contained:

1 cup ketchup

1/2 cup sorghum

1/4 cup red wine vinegar (its what we had)

1/4 cup mustard

3 T Worcestershire sauce

1 T Kosher salt

1 T pepper

I added the ingredients into a pot and brought to a boil. After the sauce came to a boil I let it simmer for an additional five minutes.

The pork chops marinaded for about three hours in the sauce. After I removed them from the marinaded I poured the sauce back into a pot and brought to a boil. I wanted to be able to use it on the side.

On the side I grilled bacon-wrapped asparagus. I lightly brushed extra virgin olive oil on them and let the grill perform the rest of the magic.

The pork chops were very good and just needed more salt and pepper. The kids even seemed to enjoy them!

Birthday Chicken

I recently celebrated a birthday. My wonderful wife was willing to cook, order take-out, or even go out. However, my choice was to grill my own dinner with her preparing the sides.

On the stove-top I cooked mushrooms and onions with a small amount of oil. Once the chicken was cooked these were used as a delicious topping.

I used a simple rub on the chicken with:

1t- garlic powder

1t- black pepper
1t- Kosher salt

Another delicious side was the stuffed stuffed baked potato from the Omaha Steak delivery from Santa.

With a cold beer the dinner was perfect.

Whole Chicken

I have had a whole chicken in the freezer since I worked at the Valleydale Farmers Market last summer. I defrosted the chicken and discovered that it was already cut into pieces. However, I wanted to experiment with injectable marinades so I decided to attempt to inject the marinade into the various pieces.

In the marinade I used:

3 Tablespoons of butter

2 Tablespoons of lemon juice

1 Tablespoon of black pepper

1 Tablespoon of onion powder

pinch or two of salt

I injected the chicken about thirty minutes prior to placing it on the grill. I cooked it loosely wrapped in foil for about an hour on indirect medium heat. After an hour I moved it to the hot coals for the remaining thirty minutes. At this point I put the wings and legs on the grill.

The marinade was very good but did seem to be missing something. Next time I cook a whole chicken I will probably add something to the marinade. Any suggestions?

Grilling Tools

Though it has been a long time since I updated the blog, I have grilled several times. I had a birthday at the end of January and even got to grill for my the occassion. I hope to have five or six updates over the next week.

The main birthday gift I received was a remote thermometer. I recently grilled an small chicken and the thermometer was a great help. You can see that I snapped this picture right before the thermometer sounded.