Grilled Pork Tenderloin

My butcher always has nice pork tenderloin for $4.99/lb, it was a nice night, so I felt like grilling.

I usually make my own marinades, but after a long day at work, I used a bottle of Lemon Sesame Ginger marinade I picked up at Costco...

Tossed in a Ziploc and put it in the frig for some happy time.  About 1 hour.

Fired up the Stumps Backyarder grill and got a nice, hot, fire going...

It really is like mid May around here.  Even the trees are past their bloom...

Jed is a ham for the camera.  One of the three dogs...

Put the tenderloin over the hot fire and seared all around the outside...

Once seared, I moved to indirect heat and cooked to 170 internal temp.  I use a Thermapen for my temperature taking when cooking.  Best product out there if you ask me.

It took about 50 minutes to get to 170.  I then brought inside and let rest for 5 minutes, then sliced into medallions.  Just the way I like it: brown on the outside, tender and juicy on the inside...

The marinade added nice flavor.  What would I do different next time?  I would inject the tenderloin with the marinade and I would also let it marinade at least 4 hours.

Enjoy,

Bill

Cooking for Novices, Part 3: Seafood Stew

I wanted to make this before it warmed up too much around here for stew.  It is basic, simple, and is a winner around here for dinner.  You might have to pick a few things up at the store, but you can have dinner ready in under an hour with this recipe.

Ingredients:

2 stalks of celery.  Halved and diced.
2 carrots, peeled, halved, and diced.
2 plum tomatoes, diced.
1 small zuchinni, diced.
1/2 medium sweet onion, diced.
1 clove garlic, minced.
2 cod fillets, diced.
1 cup frozen scallops, thawed and rinsed.
1 cup uncooked ditalini.  You can use what you have on hand.
32 oz regular spaghetti sauce.  I use my homemade canned sauce, but any canned sauce will do.
32 oz can of crushed tomatoes.
2 tbsp Parmesan cheese.
1 tbsp granulated garlic.
2 tsp oregano.
1 tsp basil.
1 bay leaf.
Olive oil for saute.
S&P to taste.

Take a 6 qt pan and heat olive oil.
Add celery, carrot, onion, and garlic clove and saute until they start to become tender.
Add spaghetti sauce, crushed tomatoes, parm cheese, granulated garlic, oregano, basil, bay leaf, and S&P.
Bring to a boil, turn heat to low, and simmer for 30 minutes.
Add zucchini and seafood, bring to boil.  Let cook 3 minutes.
Add pasta, cook for 8 more minutes.

Serve with crusty bread and a salad for a quick easy meal.  Anyone can make this for sure...

You can add any seafood:  shrimp, crab, any firm fish, scallops, etc...  The sky is the limit.  I only used scallops and cod as this is what I had on hand.

Enjoy,

Bill

Dirty Smoke BBQ Blog: Tips From a First Time Certified BBQ Judge

A very good article below on someones first experience as a KCBS judge.

Enjoy,

Bill

Dirty Smoke BBQ Blog: Tips From a First Time Certified BBQ Judge

Three Dogs BBQ now featured on Alltop

If you look down to the right, there is a gadget that is a link to Alltop.  Alltop is a website that lists blogs across a wide range of topics.  The gadget below is a link to the most up to date posts concerning BBQ news.

So, if it looks interesting, give it click and see if you can't find something else interesting in the BBQ world.

Thanks,

Bill