BarBQBoozers

Yay, The Dutchess is back! Back in the cold and rainy Netherlands after a trip to the sunshine state of CA! Gimme another week to get my laundry done and to get some extra sleep, and I’m ready to leave again! Ehm no, that’s a joke, and a bad one too. While I was there, one of my daily routine jobs was to make pics of menus. Since I couldn’t eat it all, I had to take some ideas back home. And of course it wasn’t only menus and food that I made pics off.  The regular tourist things were photographed too, and lots of wineries and glasses (full or empty) and oh yes a certain cop (but that’s another story for another website in another life hahaha).

Since “jetlag” is still written all over my face (geez…why didn’t anybody warn me upfront?? Ugh), I’m having a hard time typing a long story,  thinking and concentrate at the same time, and well the only thing that goes perfect these days is drinking and sleeping in an unusual schedule (more than before so we can call that unusual I guess yes). Hahaha I don’t have a problem with it, but everybody else around me seems to dislike it, weird….

Well anyway, it’s time to make dinner, you’re hungry? I hope so, because I have the most delicious hot oven fried chicken for you. With a crispy crust of cornflakes! I’m wondering if that could be considered now as  breakfast too?? I mean, if you can get fried steak for breakfast (and I had it!!!) why not this….hmmm… okay I’ll be honest, the leftovers taste great as a late night snack and yes, for breakfast too. Busted. Owww where’s that cop when you need him?? Damn, I’m sooo guilty!

Let’s go, oh and this is so easy to prepare, you can even do it with a jetlag!

Chicken breast, cut into large chunks, larger than “bite size” I’d say
1 egg
A large shot of Malibu (yeah booze baby!)
4 cups cornflakes, crushed
Pepper
Salt
1 tablespoon chile chipotle seasoning
1 tablespoon of your favorite chicken seasoning
Some fluid butter (or melted butter)

Mix the egg with the Malibu in a large bowl. Mix the cornflakes with the pepper, salt, chile and chicken seasoning in a large plastic bag.

Dip the chicken chunks into the egg, and then transfer them to the cornflakes and shake it (ooh shake baby shake!) until all chunks are covered with flakes.

Place them on a oven tray (use parchment paper) and put them in the fridge for 30 minutes.

In the meantime preheat the oven to 375F.

Before you put the chicken in the oven, drizzle them with a bit of butter. Put them in the oven for about 15-20 minutes or until done (depends on how big your chunks are baby…).

I served mine with fries and a few different bbq sauces, I love to dip yes, don’t you??!

And now I need some sleep again, cheers!

Enjoy!

 This perfect recipe started with a trip to the market, for a pork loin, but then all of a sudden the seafood deli counter caught my eye. Well maybe it could have been that extremely attractive lady with the long dark hair and sparkily shoes, that made me look that way... but something drew me that direction. I think it could have been the halibut that did it...  but something inside my spirit said I had to have it! (The halibut too).

As for the attractive lady with the sexy eyes and long hair.. well she said she had other dinner plans, but I'm sure there was a connection.. I felt it in my soul... hahaha... ok, ok... it's my story... I'm sticking with it! Humor me! 

The Halibut filets were enormous and when the butcher grabbed them from behind the glass they weighed 3-1/2 lbs! Woah... Bub..you better cut that in half. He then asked me if I wanted the bigger half or the smaller half....which cracked me up.... I guess he flunked fractions in math class. haha! I said give me the bigger half which weighed 2-1/2 lbs. Some of the best Halibut I had ever seen.

That dark haired beauty didn't know what she would be missing!! Well maybe she did... I'm sure she has thought about me ever since, and what a great dinner it would have been.... (humor me again..) 

When I got home I seasoned the filets with lemon, lime, and pepper. Cut it into two pieces and  laid them side by side on foil. Then next  poured two shots of Vodka over the fish, and put one shot into me. Of course you knew that was coming....

Then I covered the entire grouping with my favorite BBQ sauce consisting of Cranberry and a Vodka blend (you can use your favorite sauce here). Added a covering of snow peas (because they were on sale and always go well with seafood). Then I smothered the entire concoction with a liberal layer of honey.. (there's that bear again) and wrapped it all in the foil blanket and placed in the fridge for two hours.

Standing Ovation with Clapping and Encore For The Bear!!

Oh-I forgot to mention..I also picked up a pound of shrimp. It was a spontaneous reaction because I love shrimp, and was still trying to entice that dinner mate to join me. Hey ya gotta fan the eternal flames...right?  Speaking of flames...make sure you light your BBQ and get it ready for some action... We are almost there... Stick with me...hand in hand we will get this perfect recipe cookin soon!

Put the shrimp in a tin container along with a can of pineapple chunks, two more shots of vodka, a splash of soy sauce and stir.  The shrimp will steam on the grill with this mixture. I bet you can almost taste it and feel it in your gut!! Can't you feel it?

It should be getting hot right about now.. and its time to place it all on the grill's red hot coals! Place the foiled wrapped halibut on the grill along with the tin container of shrimp, close the lid and cook on medium/low heat for about 20-30 minutes until the shrimp turns pink and the filets reach an internal temp of 155-165 degrees. 

After its all done.. here ya go! The perfect combo of fish and shrimp.

I added freshly cooked beets and grilled corn on the cob for a meal that was really delicious.  

By the way-If that dark haired beauty is reading this... sorry you missed out on this perfect meal... but I feel deep inside, that the tofu she was clinging to, in the palms of her hands, was probably excellent too. haha! 

Time for me to make more plans and another recipe. Man can not live on just Halibut and dreams alone! Next Grilliant Idea involves bacon, blackberry preserves, almonds, chocolate and of course some booze.

Heading for the kitchen and will post more later.

Until then....


 

Owww…..in all the hectic of this week I almost forgot that Saturday is International Bacon Day! How could I forget…even though I think it should be Bacon Day every day!

And I know you’re all waiting for a juicy story about balls and sauce but that’s not going to happen today! Sometimes even the Dutchess has to settle for a quick one, but that’s better than nothing!! Now let’s get those balls rolling!

1 lbs. ground meat (not too lean)
1 egg
2 tablespoons of your favorite bbq sauce
1 tablespoon parsley, dried
A few drops of hot sauce
½ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon chipotle chile seasoning
1 spring onion, only the green part, thinly sliced
Pepper/salt
Panko (I used about 1 cup)

Mix all these ingredients and make meatballs.

Then it’s time to get saucy!

1 thick slice of bacon (ooow homemade by The Dutchess herself!), cut into cubes
½ cup bourbon
¼  cup heavy cream
½ cup beef broth
Pepper
2 tablespoons of your favorite bbq sauce
Pepper/salt
Grated cheese
Butter

This time I used the Burnt Finger BBQ Private Stock Barbecue Sauce in the sauce and in the meatballs, and it tasted great, again! The smoky taste was a good choice for this meal!

Start with melting the butter in a wide pan and cook the bacon until crisp.

Set the bacon aside but leave the grease in the pan.

Add some more butter and cook the meatballs for about 10 minutes.

Place the meatballs on a platter and add the bourbon, heavy cream, beef broth, pepper and bbq sauce to the grease. Let it boil for 1 minute.

Put the meatballs back in the pan, close the lid and let it simmer for about 15 minutes.

If the sauce hasn’t thickened enough now, you can add some sauce thickener. Sprinkle the cheese over the meatballs, close the lid and let it melt in about 5 minutes…

And this is the result: mouthwatering, and I tell you something, these meatballs would be great on a bun!! As all meatballs do… haha!

Before I forget, don’t forget to click on this FriendsEAT link, or click on the picture below, and you will see some (fun) facts about bacon!!

         Happy International Bacon Day!!!!

Cheers and enjoy!