It's game day and smoked chicken wings are on the menu! I love a good wing and there is no doubt that the deep fried version you can get at your local sports bar is a great option. But, there is something about a smoky barbecue spice-rubbed chicken wing that is hard to beat. A typical problem ...
Okay, so you probably don’t scour the internet for amazing bleu cheese dressing recipes, but it’s so easy to make and definitely better than the preservative laden garbage you are likely to find at the store. Plus, it’s hard to find a better dip for your crudité platter — a fancy French term for a…
If you are going to throw an authentic Santa Maria style barbecue, you had best serve it with salsa, not barbecue sauce. The traditional condiment for that smoky, garlicky, and juicy Santa Maria Tri-tip, is a fresh and punchy salsa. Santa Maria style salsa is similar to your typical salsa fresca, but typically includes celery,…
If you’ve never had Santa Maria style pinquito beans, you owe it to yourself to give them a try at least once in your life. Pinquito beans are small pink beans that look somewhat like stunted pinto beans. The flavor profile is similar to pinto beans and they could be used interchangeably. However, if you…
So it’s a weeknight, but you have that itch to throw something on the smoker. Pulled pork? Forget about it — unless you like waking up your family to eat dinner at 4am. Ribs? Maybe you could pull off ribs in time, but you’d still be pushing the late hours and those kids need to…
While I like a good dry-rubbed rib with no sauce, every now and then it’s refreshing to eat some ribs adorned with a sticky glaze that leaves you licking your fingers. Usually, that means ribs with a sweet Kansas City barbecue sauce slathered all over that beautiful meat, but this time I am going for…
I don’t always make my barbecue with an Asian twist, but when I do, I reach for my home made Asian barbecue sauce. This is the same sauce I used in my pork belly gua bao recipe to impart that coveted umami flavor with a spicy kung fu kick. Even better, this sauce is incredibly…