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Chicken, Rub

Tandoori dry rub

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I had never done a tandoori chicken on the grill, but if the lady asks, the lady gets (a first try). For the rub, I did the following to make it, and that was good!

  • 0.5 tablespoon of black pepper grains
  • 4 tablespoons of cumin seeds
  • 3 tablespoons of coriander seeds
  • 8 whole cloves (dutch would be ‘kruidnagel’)
  • 5 tablespoons of paprika powder (I used a slightly sweetened one)
  • 0.5 tablespoon of cayenne pepper
  • 0.5 teaspoon of cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon of nutmeg
  • 0.5 tablespoon of sea salt

Put these dry herbs in a pan (no oil or butter, ofcourse) and heat it up to release all the flavors.

Once nicely warm and smelling A.W.E.S.O.M.E.! (If I may say so myself), I’ve grounded them up to a fine well mixed seasoning.

ready to use. This amount is more than enough for multiple times, but please use at your own discretion. I’m not the boss of your kitchen 😉

OTP, Rub

Carolina Dry Rub

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Carolina dry rub is a great rub for Pulled Pork. I’ve not invented this rub, but I do love it a lot! It’s great for pork, really!

The ingredients are :

  • 2 tablespoons of salt
  • 2 tablespoons of sugar
  • 2 tablespoons of brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons of ground cumin
  • 2 tablespoons of chilipowder
  • 2 tablespoons of freshly grounded black pepper
  • 1 coffee spoon of cayenne pepper
  • 4 tablespoons of paprika powder

Mix it all up well, and put it on your meat and let it rest overnight in the fridge, before starting the cook! Lovely!

Pesto

Rucola pesto, home made

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Simple but very tasty pesto.

  • about 50 grams of rucola
  • 40 ml of olive oil
  • a pinch of salt
  • cloaf of garlic
  • 30 grams of pecorino or gran padano or even parmigiano (grated)
  • 40 grams of roasted pine nuts
  • 1 teaspoon of black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon of lemon juice

 

Put all ingredients in the blender and mix it up till it’s a nice green substance. If too dry, just add some olive oil. Drops at a time.

Beef, WGA

T-Bone and Taters. Good food.

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Not much complication, but a genuine good dish for a saturday. I still had a nice little T-Bone steak in the freezer, and decided to prep that. I wanted something nice and simple, since I didn’t have that much time today.

I’ve marinated the steak using a simple yet effective way.

Just used the following.

  • 5 tablespoons of olive oil
  • pepper
  • salt
  • 2 cloves of garlic, not too finely cut up.

I’ve put that all in a ziplock bag, with the defrosted steak and let that rest in the fridge for about 2 hours.

Meanwhile I’ve sliced up some potatoes and heated up my skillet with some olive oil. I’ve baked the potatoes and just added some dried italian herbs and some salt to it. Simple yet effective.

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Meanwhile I’ve heated up my WGA with some charcoal and waited until it was searing hot. Just do both sides of the T-Bone for about 60 seconds and then move it to indirect and close the lid. For a red steak, use about 4- 6 minutes, depending on the thickness of the steak and for medium, use about 7 – 9 minutes indirect. Great steak. I’ve covered it in aluminium foil for about 5 minutes before serving and eating. Loved it with a glass of rosé wine.

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Fish, Indirect, OTP, Rub, Salmon

Salmon with orange rub and glaze

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Oh, a nice and warm sunday again…. It’s been way too long that we had a good sunday like this. Fortunately I always have something in the freezer to grill, but since I’ve decided to do more fish, then fish it is. Salmon. Always present in my fridge, and a thankful and enjoyable fish. I am kinda finished with the standards, salmon on a plank, mustard glaze etc. I wanted to do something different, and found the following.

Needed for the preparations :

Rub :

  • 2 tablespoons of brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon of grated orange skin
  • 1/2 a teaspoon of cumin
  • 1/2 a teaspoon of paprika powder
  • a pinch of salt
  • 1/2 a teaspoon of dried coriander
  • black pepper to taste

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For the sauce, ready to be made later :

  • 1 squeezed orange (just the juice)
  • 1 tablespoon of honey
  • 1/2 teaspoon of brown sugar
  • 2 teaspoons of worcestershiresauce.

So, all of the above, and of course 1 or 2 pieces of beautiful salmon on the skin. (or 1 big one, of course)

Prepare the rub and make sure it’s all mixed well. Shouldn’t be too hard, but just go the extra mile.

Now take the salmon and make sure it’s got no grates in it. Just feel careful with your fingers and if you feel a pinch, use some pliery like device to jerk it out. No need to pull that out of your mouth, once eating it.

Make sure the meat is dry and apply the rub. Don’t be shy there.

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Now seal it in a bag and keep it cool for a minimum of 1.5 hours. I did mine about 6.

Just make sure you take it out, about half an hour to an hour before you add it to the Q, to get warmed up to room temperature.

Light up the Q and bring the temperature to a constant 160 degrees celcius. ( I know …. but I’m based in Holland, so don’t judge…).

I started out with the glaze / sauce by putting on my Q grill pan and heating up the orange juice really gently. Once it starts to get hot, add the honey and the brown sugar. stirr well and once it starts to get hot again, add the worcestershire sauce. heat it up and keep it boiling until you get a nice warm and slightly thick sauce, that you can glaze your salmon with. It needs to stick stlightly.

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Add the salmon to the Q, indirect, and put the glaze on it.

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Close the lid and wait until it’s about 10 minutes in. If you have the core temperature pen, just try and see if you reach the 45 degrees Celcius already. If so, it’s done, if not, wait longer …. duh….

I’ve done mine with some grilled green asparagus and some sweet potato slices. It was a small piece of heaven here, so I really enjoyed it.

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Easy recipe and definitely worth a try too! Have fun!

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