GRILLED CHICKEN LEG QUARTERS

Now that we have our grill ready, let's get to the Grilling part of our show.

Penny will be our guest cook tonight, as she shows me the ins and outs of grilling on the Big Green Egg.

I am working up the the day that she will actually allow me to touch the egg, without the world coming to an end.

You will need 2 leg quarters

Crisco Oil

Greek Seasoning (Cavenders)

Glaze of your choice 

Your grill at 350 degrees. (Don't forget the drip pan)

(Note: we use a plate setter on the egg. If you are using a Weber you will need to grill the chicken INDIRECT)

And of course, an adult beverage (Take internally)

Pat chicken dry with paper towel and trim off any extra fat

Oil the chicken with Crisco (both sides)

Add some Greek Seasoning on both sides 

PUT ON GRILL FOR TWENTY MINUTES – CHECK THE COLOR

Raise grill to 400 turn chicken over and grill for twenty more minutes. 

When the internal temp of the chicken reaches 180, turn off the heat (close all the vents)

 Yeah, I know it says 190.

Brush on your GLAZE and let sit on grill for 5 minutes

Serve with a tater or veggie......(also add an adult beverage)

Simple, isn't it ???

Yepper.....

See you all next time !!!!

Live Long And Prosper

HOW TO PROPERLY START YOUR GRILL

OK, so it's been awhile. I DID NOT FALL OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH, We got a bit busy here and have not had a lot of cooking time. And a winter cold put both Penny and I out of commission for damn near a month.

Football season is over. My Gators finished up the year by beating Florida State in the final game of the regular season. Then they capped off a 10-3 season with the mauling of Michigan in their bowl game. Finished at #7 nationally.

Not bad for a team that the year before was 4 and 7.

But it is time to move on. I know it's January and all my friends up north are shoveling snow, but here in the south, we are sitting on our courtyard, with an adult beverage in our hand. 

And we are getting ready to fire up the grill.

So, so have a new grill, some charcoal and a can of lighter fluid.

Now you are ready to start that grill.

Not so fast. (As Lee Corso likes to say)

I do not believe that chemicals are good for you. I have to wonder what kind of chemicals are getting into our food, when we use them to start the charcoal.

I always had a better way.

I am not going to go into great detail about the history of charcoal. I encourage you to use your google buddy and educate yourself.

There are many types of grills and charcoal. I have my favorites and I am sure you do too.

I am not a fan of the traditional charcoal briquette. We ONLY use LUMP Charcoal. It's the real deal. And I believe there are less chemicals in the lump charcoal.

Now let's talk about fire.

I do not use lighter fluid for ANY reason. Nor do we use those briquettes that are soaked in lighter fluid.

I always liked the electric starter. Slip it under some charcoal and plug that puppy in.

Unfortunately our new house has GFCI outlets on the outside and these will trip with this type of starter.

Not wanting to have an unsafe outlet outside, I decided to go another route.

Enter my brilliant wife. (Who is Godess of Google) She showed me the proper, safe, and HEALTHY way to start your grill.

We use a Big Green Egg at our house and have for over 12 years.

Yes, I made the table

This method should work on any type of charcoal grill.

 

This is so easy, I wished I had thought of it.

Here is what you'll need.

Take three paper towels, Wad them up and soak them with cooking oil.

Put them under some charcoal and light. That's all there is to it.

No muss, no fuss. No accessory to let cool and store.

And NO CHEMICALS !!!!

Now that we have our grill started, let's do some CHICKEN. We'll talk about Grilled Chicken next time here on KILL IT CUT IT UP AND COOK IT.

But first, a cute puppy

Live long and prosper.

GAME DAY LEFTOVERS

Did you ever have one of those days when you didn't want to cook, nor go out??

This was the case this past Saturday. The Gators were on a two game losing streak, so they got a noon time start against South Carolina, and the former Gator Coach Will Muschamp (who got a raw deal at Florida)

Penny was out with a friend buying Roses for the yard, so I decided to have LEFT OVERS.

If you recall, we recently did a low carb Vegetable Beef Soup. Since we COOK AT HOME we had enough leftovers to throw in the freezer, just for a day like today.

You can get the recipe here: 

https://killitcutitupandcookit.blogspot.com/2018/10/low-carb-beef-veggie-soup.html

I am not much on throwing left overs in the Micro Wave. I don't think they heat evenly, and are good only in an emergency (IE: The game is starting)

We have plenty of time, the beer is cold so let's get to it.

 First things first

 

I took the soup out last night and let it thaw in the fridge. I then put it in the crock pot (ON MEDIUM) to heat it up.

(THIS IS SO DAMN SIMPLE)

OK, the soup is hot and the game is starting. Grab a beer and join me.

Damn, we're behind AGAIN.

OK so it's halftime, let throw together as couple of ham & cheese sandwiches to go with the soup.

You don't need a recipe for a sandwich do you ????? Just look at the pretty pictures.......

Yes, we started with a cute doggie. 

Now for the sandwich.

Don't forget the beer.

Let's eat, the second half is about to start.

So to my amazement, the Gators roared back an won 35-31

Ball State you ask? The MAC Conference did a TV deal with ESPN a few years ago, to move their games during the second half of the season to TUES/WED/THURS. It gives ESPN something to show and does give the schools some national exposure. But I have a rule that I only watch College Football on Saturday. Not during the week....oh well. F.Y.I. As of today, they are 4-7.

Up next is IDAHO , then Florida State. See you then.

Live long and prosper