Look delicious with the exception of the broccoli
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Look delicious with the exception of the broccoli
I liked your post for I know you are being kind. It was good for a first attempt. I used frozen veggies and zap in a bag rice, all cooked on the griddle. I just added some spice and sauce. The hood you suggested steamed the veggies perfectly after a quick fry. I'm the easy lazy sort of cook. 
Don't undersell yourself. Looks go a long way to a meal tasting great, and that looks great. And as much as I like scratch cooking meals, there are as many that I throw together with steamed veggies and boil in bag rice.I liked your post for I know you are being kind. It was good for a first attempt. I used frozen veggies and zap in a bag rice, all cooked on the griddle. I just added some spice and sauce. The hood you suggested steamed the veggies perfectly after a quick fry. I'm the easy lazy sort of cook.
Ditto what Unforgiven said
I went expresso on my rice mostly because it's just for me. The wife does not eat rice no matter how it's fixed. She buy cauliflower rice in a package. I don't care for it at all. So making just a small batch of fried rice makes sense and I have found the ready made just perfect for me. It's not as good as scratch but when I saw a YT cook griddling with it.... I was all in. This guy also uses Udon ready made noodles on the Blackstone. I've never tried them but bought a couple of bags today and will try them in another stir fry type dish. My wife does not do noodles either. She shies away from carbs and it is helping her fight against diabetes. I'm a carb hog and we struggle to find a happy balance and not cook two separate meals.
FWIW, doing rice from scratch is really only about quantity as I'm often cooking for a hord. You basically make the rice, put it on a pan and refrigerate it, then simply reheat it on the griddle, so really no different than rice in a bag. Just more cot effective for larger quantities.
ozonetrooper
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Talk about wind, we have had non stop blowing for more than a week now. That old washed out piece of plywood in my first pic is to block the wind as I could not control the fire with it blowin on the Smokey ...
I think I'll have to do the same thing. I have a low railing around my patio that lends itself to something to be added to block the wind. I've not decided just what yet... plywood most likely. Windy days make for difficult outdoor activities... especially cooking.
In honor of the Masters...
LOL! Just realized my next door neighbor has a Blackstone mini
I see a midnight griddle session in your future.
I'm using the Blackstone tonight. I'm fixing bacon, egg and cheese sandwiches on toasted hamburger buns for dinner. I had planned to fix fajitas tonight but on a whim we dined at my favorite Mexican restaurant last night. Two nights of heat in a row might be over the top.
Now that was fun! I have an electric griddle that I normally do bacon, eggs, pancakes, and the like on. It is large and awkward to clean. Anyone need a well broke in electric griddle? I think I'll gift it to my youngest daughter for I now have no need for the device. The Blackstone did a beautiful job cooking my breakfast dinner and I had all of the real estate in the world to do the cooking. I really thought I wanted the smaller unit but my son insisted I get the 36" model that was on sale. With four burners I had hot to warm across the surface. It was perfect for the different temps I wanted for the bacon, the eggs, and to toast my buttered buns. I'm sure my neighbors hated smelling that bacon frying. At least my house won't smell like bacon for a couple days.
I think I'll gift it to my youngest daughter for I now have no need for the device. The Blackstone did a beautiful job cooking my breakfast dinner and I had all of the real estate in the world to do the cooking. I really thought I wanted the smaller unit but my son insisted I get the 36" model that was on sale. With four burners I had hot to warm across the surface. It was perfect for the different temps I wanted for the bacon, the eggs, and to toast my buttered buns. I'm sure my neighbors hated smelling that bacon frying. At least my house won't smell like bacon for a couple days.
Tonight I made expresso fajitas on the Blackstone. I used a pound of ground beef and two packages of frozen 3 pepper and onion blend and some purchased fajita sauce. I put a slight sear on the onions and peppers while my ground beef cooked and then stirred them together. I finished it with the sauce while my tortillas slightly browned. I'm still having fun.
I broke down and purchased the cooking set I should have bought to begin with. The set came with two far superior spatulas than what I started with and the scraper I wanted. I searched everywhere and could not find the scraper sold separately anywhere. My son uses a chopper tool for his scraping but I find it to be a knuckle burner. The sauce I used for my stir fry as well as tonight's fajita sauce contained some sugar. It cleaned up okay but took some effort. My son isn't into those sort of dishes and hasn't dealt with the caramelized sugars. I foresee a lot of those sort of cooks in my future and need the right clean up tool.
I broke down and purchased the cooking set I should have bought to begin with. The set came with two far superior spatulas than what I started with and the scraper I wanted. I searched everywhere and could not find the scraper sold separately anywhere. My son uses a chopper tool for his scraping but I find it to be a knuckle burner. The sauce I used for my stir fry as well as tonight's fajita sauce contained some sugar. It cleaned up okay but took some effort. My son isn't into those sort of dishes and hasn't dealt with the caramelized sugars. I foresee a lot of those sort of cooks in my future and need the right clean up tool.
ozonetrooper
Android Expert
Your only as good as your tools !
Sunday is still smoke day. I'm smoking another of the corned beef briskets I bought when they were on sale. I wasn't that happy with my last smoked corned beef so I'm going a different route this time. I'm going to smoke it for a couple of hours then put it in a covered pan with water. I plan to fry some potatoes on the griddle to go with the roast.
I've never smoked a Corned Beef Brisket, but wouldn't it be better to put it in a pan with beef broth rather than water?
I'm sure it would be just fine with a beef broth. Once it starts cooking and steaming it will be making its own beef broth. What I'm after is that steam / simmer cook. I traditionally cook the brisket in a crockpot. I've used beef broth but most of the time just water. All I know for certain is that slow smoking until it was serving temp did not turn out well. It wasn't over cooked but was a bit dry and definitely lacked tenderness that I'm accustomed to.
Hopefully the water bath will fix that.
I wasn't proud of my brined brisket though it was better than the one I slow smoked. There was nothing wrong with the results and if I was forced to smoke another, I would duplicate today's cook. I think the problem we have with the brisket is we are accustomed to a smoky tasting tender brisket. Our corned beef brisket we are accustomed to it being cooked in a crock pot. The results are completely different and great. I would never attempt to cook a brisket point in the crock and I'm over trying to cook a brined brisket on the smoker.
The big problem we have with the smoked brined brisket is it loses a lot of its brined flavor while not gaining any smoke flavor. It was a waste of smoke and would have turned out the same if it were simply slow baked in the oven. The result was good. The meat was fairly tender and moist. I've had better points but I wouldn't be embarrassed to serve it to someone. It just wasn't what we want from a corned beef brisket.
My fried potatoes and onions turned out great. It was fun to fry them on the griddle.. for the experience. I won't likely fire up the griddle just for frying potatoes in the future. It's easier and the results are fine by simply oiling them up and baking them. If I'm using the Blackstone to make dinner then frying potatoes as I'm cooking seems a why not option.
The big problem we have with the smoked brined brisket is it loses a lot of its brined flavor while not gaining any smoke flavor. It was a waste of smoke and would have turned out the same if it were simply slow baked in the oven. The result was good. The meat was fairly tender and moist. I've had better points but I wouldn't be embarrassed to serve it to someone. It just wasn't what we want from a corned beef brisket.
My fried potatoes and onions turned out great. It was fun to fry them on the griddle.. for the experience. I won't likely fire up the griddle just for frying potatoes in the future. It's easier and the results are fine by simply oiling them up and baking them. If I'm using the Blackstone to make dinner then frying potatoes as I'm cooking seems a why not option.
Any takers?
No it won't
Yeah, no way I would eat this. You first 😊
Can it do a pizza?
I'll eat the steak. I'll try pretty much anything.......once.....lol
I would have braised the beef first and then sear it to seal in the juices and then smoked it.