I have been making a lot of beef ribs and pork ribs lately and I am looking for some new ideas. I think I am going to try Mr. T's salmon recipe this weekend, but I am looking for some other new recipes to try. What have you been cooking lately that you particularly like?
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I really like making pastrami. I cheat and use commercial corned beef instead of curing my own, which makes the process very easy. You can search many recipes here. I use a coating of ground mustard seed, black peppercorns, and coriander seed. Then I smoke at 225 to an IT of around 165. I use about 2 - 3 oz of wood (usually pecan) in my Amerique. After smoking, it's only smoked corned beef; you have to steam it to make it pastrami. The next day I steam it on a rack in a covered pot to an IT of 200 - 205, then slice and serve as hot pastrami, or cool for great sandwiches. Try it, you'll like it.
Cheese! Although cheese smoking season will be coming to a close pretty soon for me since it is warming up.
+1 on the pastrami... To make it easier, you can dry cure. Still takes 5+ days, but don't have to worry about making brine and the briner bucket taking up an entire fridge.
fish and shrimps
hmmm... never thought to smoke shrimp. what is your process?
jobiewan posted:hmmm... never thought to smoke shrimp. what is your process?
peel them. marinade with oil, garlic, basil, oregano, a little bit of soy sauce instead of salt. half an hour in the smoker.
Janefly posted:jobiewan posted:hmmm... never thought to smoke shrimp. what is your process?
peel them. marinade with oil, garlic, basil, oregano, a little bit of soy sauce instead of salt. half an hour in the smoker.
Sounds great! approx. what temp?
I made the pastrami recipe as suggested by @jay1924 above and it was excellent. I will be making that again often. Thanks!
Glad it worked out!
I jus smoked a Corned Beef Brisket that was packaged for boiling on Saint Pats day. I have a SM025. I set the temp to 225F.it was about 3 1./2 pounds. It took about 9 hrs to fully cook to 190F. It was little dry but flavor was great. I wrapped in foil about 6 hours in. Any suggestions so t won't be a dry next time.
Thanks
Frank
As posted elsewhere, don't smoke it to such a high IT, stop at about 165 and then steam to 200 - 205 to retain the remaining fat. It isn't like smoking a fresh brisket; the cure has already "cooked" it a bit. Sort of like smoking a ham vs smoking a fresh picnic.
Jay, please advise how you steam it ? In a crockpot? Thanks
I just put it in a large pot with a steamer rack in the bottom, and steam on the stove covered.
Ok thanks Jay
bobmc posted:I have been making a lot of beef ribs and pork ribs lately and I am looking for some new ideas. I think I am going to try Mr. T's salmon recipe this weekend, but I am looking for some other new recipes to try. What have you been cooking lately that you particularly like?
I caught part of Burgers Brews & 'Cue the other day and the guy went to a place serving smoked bologna. I think I'm gonna have to give it a shot. Anybody been there done that?
bobmc posted:I have been making a lot of beef ribs and pork ribs lately and I am looking for some new ideas. I think I am going to try Mr. T's salmon recipe this weekend, but I am looking for some other new recipes to try. What have you been cooking lately that you particularly like?
Been experimenting with sous-vide and smoking after. Does it counts?
https://recipes.anovaculinary....e-and-smoked-chicken
Using Anova cooker, two separate EVERIE containers (for dark and white meat), Cookshack, time and patience.
And some spices.
It is my preferred way for chicken now, but white and dark work best at different temps so I have to cook them separate (breasts and legs, not whole unfortunately).
upd: photo
Also smoked salt and peppers. But that's just basic.
I tried a shrimp recipe yesterday based on @Janefly 's recommendation and it came out very good. My daughter went crazy over them. I found a marinade recipe online that I tweaked. I had a pound of medium shelled shrimp in the freezer (41-60 count) and they were done somewhere between 20 - 25 minutes. I cooked at 250 with half a chunk of apple. I also stirred in a tablespoon of butter at serving. Below is the marinade I used. If I had a lemon on hand I would have put in some lemon zest too.
4 Tbsp olive oil
1 1/2 Tbsp soy sauce
1 tsp honey (you can certainly add more than this)
3/4 tsp granulated garlic (fresh garlic would be great too but I didn't have any)
1/4 tsp table salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
On my list! Thanks!
