Slow Cooked Beef Brisket (Gluten Free and Organic)

Beefy brisket is transformed into tender morsels of barbecue goodness. Rub the beef with a combination of chili powder, cumin, brown sugar, cayenne, and garlic, then slow-cook it in a sweet-savory sauce that includes smoky chipotle chiles. After 10 hours of gentle cooking, the meat can be sliced or shredded, tossed with the sauce, and stuffed into a sandwich.  This is a great dish to have at a picnic, party or any sporting event.  



Have Fun and as always ENJOY!!!!!!!!

Ingredients

For the barbecue sauce:

1 1/2 cups ketchup
1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup finely chopped yellow onion
3 tablespoons cider vinegar
3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
2 chipotles in adobo sauce, finely chopped
1 teaspoon garlic powder
3/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

For the brisket:

1/4 cup paprika
1 tablespoon chili powder
1 tablespoon ground cumin
1 tablespoon packed dark brown sugar
1 tablespoon kosher salt, plus more as needed
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, plus more as needed
1 (5-pound) beef brisket

Instructions

• Place all of the barbecue sauce ingredients in a 3-quart or larger slow cooker and stir to combine.
• Place all of the measured brisket ingredients except the brisket in a medium bowl and stir to combine.
• Place the brisket on a cutting board and cut it in half width wise. 
• Evenly coat it with the spice rub and place the 2 brisket pieces in the slow cooker. 
• Cover and cook on low until fork-tender, about 10 hours.Transfer the brisket to a clean cutting board. 
• Pour the barbecue sauce from the slow cooker into a medium heatproof bowl and set it aside.
• Remove the excess fat from the brisket and discard it. 
• Slice the meat against the grain into 1/4-inch-thick pieces and return it to the slow cooker. (Alternatively, you can shred the meat with 2 forks.)Use a spoon to skim and discard the fat from the surface of the barbecue sauce. 
• Return the sauce to the slow cooker and stir gently to combine it with the meat. Taste and season with salt and pepper as needed.

Srirachia Spiced Bacon (YES, The best thing i have ever invented)

My wife does not eat pork, but man I love me some bacon and I can not resist that smell, taste and flavor.

Here is an awesome recipe and treat you all will love.

Enjoy



Ingredients

• 1 lb thick cut bacon
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 Tbl plus 1-2 tsp Sriracha Chili sauce *the extra tsp is optional as it depends on your spice level tolerance
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp water (optional)

Putting This Together

• Preheat oven to 400F.
• Combine brown sugar, Sriracha sauce and cinnamon in a bowl.
• Line a rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil.
• Place a wire cooling rack on top.
• Spray the rack with cooking spray.
• Place the pieces of bacon on top of the rack trying not to overlap.
• Microwave the spice mixture for 15-20 seconds until it’s spreadable.
• Spoon or brush the mixture on top of the bacon.
• Place in oven and cook for 13 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and flip the bacon.
• Reheat the spice mixture. If necessary add the water to help make it spreadable.
• Spoon or brush the mixture on top of the bacon
• Return to the oven and cook for 13 minutes.
• If the bacon is not crispy enough (remember it’ll crisp up as it cools), flip the bacon over, spoon any remaining spice mixture and bake for a few more minutes. OR you can broil for 1 minute each side but watch as this will burn.
• Remove from the oven, allow to cool 1 minute on the rack and then using cooking tongs, remove the bacon from the rack and plate

SKYLINE CHILI DIP (Gotta Love That Cincinnati Tradition)

When I moved to Portland, Oregon.  I craved Skyline soooooooooooo much, that when I flew home for the holidays I would have Skyline every night for a week.  My stomach didn't agree with it, but my taste buds loved me.



Anyways here is another classic Cincinnati tradition for any fun event.

Enjoy my friends on the West Coast, everyone in the Cincinnati, Kentucky area already know how to make this.

Ingredients

1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
1/4 c. diced onion
1 (13 oz.) box Skyline original chili
8 oz. shredded mild Cheddar cheese

Putting This Magic Together

• Spread cream cheese evenly on bottom of 8 x 8 inch microwaveable casserole dish. Sprinkle on diced onions. Pour heated Skyline chili over onions and cream cheese. Cover with shredded Cheddar cheese.
• Conventional oven: Heat at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Microwave oven: Heat on High for 2 minutes or until cheese is melted. Allow to stand for 5 minutes before serving. Serve with nacho chips or corn chips.

Your Finished Product

Football Whoopie Pies (Easy To Make)

These pies are easy to make and fantastically good.  I hope you enjoy them as much as we are for this Sunday.  Im a baking queen watch out.

Have a Super Bowl and GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Hawks.

Enjoy

Ingredients

6 tablespoons (3 ounces) shortening
1 cup sugar
1 large egg
1 cup milk
5 tablespoons cocoa
2 1/4 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 teaspoon salt

Cream Cheese Frosting

Cream Cheese Frosting:
1 stick (8 tablespoons) unsalted butter, room temperature
12 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
1 pound (4 cups) confectioners sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Now Putting These Beauties Together

• Preheat oven to 350°.  
• Cream together shortening and sugar. 
•  Add egg and vanilla, beating well until blended.  
• In a bowl whisk together the flour, cocoa, salt, and baking soda.  Slowly beat in the flour mixture, alternating with milk, until blended.  
• Using a cookie scoop, drop onto greased baking sheets. 
•  Then using a toothpick or butter knife to gently create points on either side of the circle, creating the shape of a football. 
•  Bake 10 to 12 minutes, or until firm.  
• Cool on racks then fill with filling, below.

Making Frosting

• With an electric mixer on medium high speed, beat butter and cream cheese until fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. 
• Reduce speed to low. 
• Add sugar 1 cup at a time, and then vanilla, mixing until smooth and combined, scraping down sides of bowl as needed. 
• If not using immediately, frosting can be refrigerated up to 3 days in an airtight container. Bring to room temperature again before using.

Assembly:

• Fill a piping bag fitting with a star tip with your cream cheese frosting.
•  Flip one of your Chocolate Whoopie Pies over so the bottom is facing up.
•  Starting from the perimeter, frost your whoopie pie, working your way in, until the entire circumference is frosted. 
• Gently press the bottom side of another whoopie pie on top, creating a “sandwich”. 
• Use the remaining cream cheese frosting to pipe football laces onto the top of each whoopie pie.

Your Finished Product

Fried Chicken And Homemade Waffles (Boom)

I loooooooooooooove me some fried chicken and how can you not love it with waffles.  Salty and sweet all in one amazing bite.  Made these for Felicia's meeting group.  Lets just say, I was asked to come and make them food every Wednesday.

Anyways, folks enjoy this amazing combination that you can make cheap at home and its better then going out.

Enjoy.........

Ingredients For Chicken

2 Cups Flour

1 Cup Corn Flour

3 TBL Woschertchire 

3 TBL Hot Sauce

1 TSP Granulated Garlic

1 TSP Paprika

1/2 TSP Granulated Onion

Salt And Pepper To Taste

2 Cups Buttermilk

2 LBS Chicken

Ingredients For Waffles

6 TBL Butter

2 Eggs

2 1/2 Cups Flour

1/2 Cup Sugar

2 TSP Vanilla

1 TSP Baking Powder

2 Cups Buttermilk

Time To Marinate The Chicken

Grab a large bowl

Pour in your buttermilk

Pour in your hot sauce

Pour in your Worchershire 

Mix all together

Put your chicken in

Allow this to marinate for 2 hours or overnight

Lets Make The Waffles

Grab your mixing bowl

Add your cinnamon

Add Buttermilk

Mix them well

Add eggs, vanilla, salt, sugar, butter and mix all ingredients well

Get your waffle iron hot and ready

But first lets fry some chicken

Lets mix the flour

Add all your seasonings to the flour for your chicken

Grab a large pan and add oil

Turn heat on to medium highland splash a little water in it to make sure its hot

Mix your chicken in the flour

Add it to the oil, one at a time, so the oil doesn't get to cool

Allow to cook on each side for two minutes

Make sure chicken is cooked to 165 degrees

Make your waffles

When waffles, chicken are done 

Eat them together and your awesomeness is there

Ignore the cat......Sebastian loves chicken.

Enjoy my friends

Pear Freaking Amazing Pie (Felicia's Words)

As I get older, I grow patience I guess. I never baked in my early culinary years.  Now, I enjoy it, what's wrong with me, I'm not sure.  But I will continue to do it, if I become good at it and of course if I have time.  

Well Felicia my wonderful wife, has asked me to make a pear pie.  Since we went to Costco and bought a 8 lb bag for just us 2.  I had to do something with them fast.  So here you go my friends.

It's Amazing.

Enjoy........

Ingredients

1/2 Cup Brown Organic Sugar

4  TBL Corn Starch

1/4 TSP Ground Ginger

1/4 TSP Nutmeg

3/4 TSP Cinnamon

2 TBL Fresh Lemon Juice

5 TBL Butter

2 TSP Vanilla

5 Cups Pears (total of 8 pears, sliced thin)

Homemade crust (recipe for mine is on my blog)

Now lets put this awesomeness together

Pre-heat oven to 425 degrees

Grab a large bowl

Slice your pears thin and put in large bowl

Add your first 4 ingredients and lemon juice

Mix it well together until all coated

Add your vanilla extract

Roll out your pie dough on a nice floured surface

Grab your rolling pin and roll the dough out thin

Add it to your nicely oil pie pan

Add your pear filling next

Top it with your other pie dough top

Now use your index finger and thumb and pinch dough together

When down

Grab a sharpe knife and slice 5 slits in the top

Make an egg wash for the top to brown it nice and evenly (I used 1 egg mixed well)

Bake in oven on 425 degrees for an hour

Put a drip pan under pie

Take out of oven and let it rest for a 1/2 an hour

Enjoy my friends, have any questions.  Just ask.

Enjoy......

Wasabi Roasted Ginger Chicken (yum, yum, yum)

Ok, so normally Felicia can not take spicy food. But tonight I threw her a curve ball.  I introduced her to an amazing dish that I just came up with out of the thin little air.  Only took 20 minutes to put together and bake only another 20.

We served it over rice with steamed asparagus.  Amazing.

Enjoy

Ingredients
Organic Chicken Breast
1 TSP Ginger Powder
1 TSP Granulated Garlic
1 TSP Seasme Oil
2 TBL Soy Sauce
2 TBL Olive Oil
Pinch of Salt
4 TBL Wasabi Mustard (Jungle Jim's)

Putting The Magic Together

• First wash off your breast (get your mind out of the gutter)
• Grab a small bowl
• Add all your dry ingredients to the small bowl and mix well with a fork
• Pat your breasts dry
• Turn oven on to 400 degrees
• Drizzle your breast with the oil, soy sauce and seasme oil and rub it well
• Now rub the salt all on it
• Now rub your other dry ingredients all over it
• Place in a baking pan and bake till golden brown (about 20 minutes)
• Take out of the oven and serve it with rice and what ever vegetable you want

Enjoy my friends. Ask me anytime to help with recipes.