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  • Armenian Bulgur Salad

    Armenian Bulgur Salad
    Armenian Bulgur Salad
    (Serves 4)


    1 cup bulgur #3 or #4 (larger variety)
    1-2 tablespoons butter, to taste
    1 shallot, minced
    1 1/4 cups broth (either chicken or vegetable)

    1 teaspoon cumin 1 tablespoon tomato paste
    1/4 cup pomegranate seeds
    1/2 cup parsley, chopped
    1/4 cup fresh mint, chopped
    1/4 cup feta cheese, crumbled
    1/4 cup sultanas (golden raisins or use any dried fruit you like)
    1/4 cup shelled, roasted, and salted pistachios
    1/2 cup garbanzo or cannellini beans (canned)
    Salt and pepper to taste

    Dressing:
    1 large bulb black garlic (or 1 teaspoon garlic powder)
    1 tablespoon pomegranate molasses
    1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
    2 tablespoons fresh orange juice
    Salt to taste


    NOTES: One time I had no pomegranate seeds, so I substituted for barberries.
     

    Heat butter in a saucepan. Add the shallots and sauté until translucent. Add the bulgur, tomato paste, cumin, about a half teaspoon salt, and the broth. Stir and bring to a boil. Once boiling, reduce heat and cover. Simmer for 20 minutes (or follow package directions).

    For the dressing, in a small food processor, whirl together the black garlic (or garlic powder), orange juice, pomegranate molasses, salt and olive oil. Let the cooked bulgur cool then add the rest of the ingredients (from the pomegranate seeds to the garbanzo beans).

    Add salt and pepper to taste, then drizzle the pomegranate molasses dressing over the bulgur mixture, and toss gently to combine.

  • Competition Chicken Thighs

    Competition Chicken Thighs

    Competition Chicken Thighs (Serves the Judges)


    16-20 All Natural, bone-in, with skin chicken thighs
    2 quarts chicken broth (8 cups)
    2 large zip lock bags (that will hold 6-10 thighs each

    Spice Rub
    4 tblsp brown sugar
    4 tblsp paprika
    1 tblsp salt
    1 tblsp garlic powder
    1 tblsp black pepper
    1 tblsp onion powder
    1 tblsp chili powder

    Optional spices:
    celery, lemon pepper, cumin, thyme, dry mustard, cloves, cayenne pepper, sage and ginger

    Irish salted butter
    I can't believe it's not butter spray
    Apple juice, for spritzing

    BBQ sauce
    4 cups your favorite bbq sauce
    ¼ cup apple juice, for thinning the bbq sauce
    2-3 tsp real maple syrup
    Irish unsalted butter


    NOTES: There are so many different types of chili powder, that picking the right one or blending the right ones could be the difference between 1st place and no place! Don't be afraid to experiment! The optional spices have all been used in various rub recipes, try adding one or a few to the spice mix, start with a tsp and go from there!
     

    Loosen the skin of chicken on the open sides, you'll notice it adheres strongly to one side in particular, let that side stay attached.
    Square the chicken thigh with a boning knife, by laying it on its skin side down, the skin should now be pushed to side where it does not get trimmed away (make sure that the one side the skin is attached, stays attached!).
    Now trim the knuckle off the bone, there will be a groove where your heavier chef knife will do the trick just inside the knuckle bone, press hard with the back end of the chefs knife, give it hard short hit to the knife end with your palm to get the knife through. Trim any pieces of cartilage you may have missed and in general any veins, tendons or any thick pieces of fat that will not render.
    Trim the edge of the other side of the knuckle you removed, just square it off.

    Wrap the skin around the whole thigh, tuck in ends, smooth the top and tuck tuck tuck. Place 8-10 thighs in each large zip lock bag and add 4 cups of the chicken stock to each bag.
    Place the marinated thighs in the refrigerator for 5 hours.

    Remove the thighs from the brine and place skin side down on a wire rack with a sheet pan underneath it.
    Mix all the dry rub spices together. Sprinkle the dry rub spices evenly over the bottom of the chicken. Don't be shy because a lot of flavor needs to come from that single bite that judges will take!

    Now it's time for the spice rub.

    300°F. to 310°F.

    Put the chick thighs skin side up, making sure they are wrapped snugly in their skin in an aluminum baking pan, 8 to a pan, use a whole stick of butter, cut into pieces, tucked into the sides of the chicken and pan and between the 2 rows of chicken, you don't want to put the butter on top of the chickens skin to keep the spices adhered.
    Now a quick thin spritz of I can't believe it's not butter spray over the top of the chicken will help to break down any fat in the skin.

    Place in an offset heat source BBQ for 1 hour.

    If the color is looking good then put a temperature probe into one of the thickest thighs and wrap the top with tinfoil so you don't burn the chickens skin. You are looking for 196-197°F.
    Once the temp is hit, you want to have a quick dunk in your BBQ sauce, let the thighs sit back on a wire rack so the excess sauce drips off and add it back to the smoker for 10 minutes to set the sauce.

    The final step is to give the thighs a quick spritz (through a spray bottle) of apple juice to create a shiny sheen on top.
    Use any chicken that is too small looking or the skin shrunk back too much as your taste tester, check for salt content and bam! time for the judges to judge!

  • Crawfish Pies

    Crawfish Pies

    Crawfish Pies (Makes @30)


    1 lb crawfish tails
    ½ cup vegetable oil
    1 cup onions, finely chopped
    ½ cup celery, finely chopped
    ½ cup green bell pepper, finely chopped
    ¼ cup garlic, finely chopped
    ¼ cup tasso ham, finely chopped
    ½ cup flour
    ¼ cup tomato sauce
    1½ cups chicken broth
    Salt and Pepper to taste
    Tobasco sauce to taste
    1 egg
    ½ cup milk
    ½ cup water
    2 packs of pie dough sheets


    NOTES:
     

    Pre-heat oven to 375°F.
    Heat a 10" saute pan, medium high heat, add the oil. Let the oil come to temperature. Add the onions, celery, bell pepper garlic and ham. Saute for 3-5 minutes. Add in the crawfish. Bring the crawfish to temperature. Sprinkle in the flour, using a whisk, stir constantly until a white roux is formed, cook for 3-5 minutes so the raw flour taste gets cooked out.

    Now add the tomato sauce and slowly add in the chicken broth until a sauce is formed. (You may not need all the stock!)
    Bring to a boil and reduce the heat to a simmer and simmer for 30 minutes. Season to taste with S&P and tobasco.
    Remove from heat and allow to cool. (preferably overnight)

    In a small mixing bowl combine the egg, milk and water, this will be your egg wash to brush on the outside of filled dough and to seal the edges of the dough, set aside.
    cut 3 inch circles out of the pie dough.
    Prepare a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
    Place about 1 tsp to 1 tblsp of filling in the center of the circle brush the edges with a little egg wash, fold in half and seal the edges by using a fork and pressing into the edges crimping them shut, so no filling leaks out. Pierce the top of the pie so steam can vent out during the baking and brush the top with egg wash. Repeat with the remaining dough circles and bake for 20 minutes.