Smokin Monkey

I have deleted Hundreds over the last few weeks. Seems to be the Bitcoin Mob!

2 hours ago, sub333 said:

Wow, I looked on here yesterday and saw endless spammy stuff.

Thank you to the mods/admins for clearing it all up 😃

16 minutes ago, U can do that again said:

Ditto

Took some time to clear the forum up!

Yes, I m battling this spam, removed about 100 accounts so far!

Can only be one subject this month. Food you would cook for the Kings Coronation! 

I will kick British Beef week off with the simplest thing, A Beef Burger!

This Beef Burger, is no ordinary Beef Burger, it’s a Beach Burger, cooked on the Beach on the Worlds Smallest BBQ!

The smallest BBQ in the World, 100mm x220mm?

80/20 Ground British Beef.
 

Cooking over Charcoal.

Time for a flip!

Some nice Grill Marks.

Add a slice of Plastic Cheese!

Burgers Ready!

Toast the Bun.

Bun Ready!

Add some Spicy Mayo

Some of that Green Stuff!

Beach Burger Ready to Demolish!

Tasted Good!

Do you want to see a video of this cook? Then Click Here!

April 23rd - 30th is British Beef Week, so let’s see those Beef Dishes!

13 minutes ago, AdamG said:

Looks fantastic Smokin monkey!

Any leftovers before @Justin asks?😋👍

Haha, sorry all gone!

For Take Away month, this is mine.

I love India and especially Goa, which is like a second home and an Adopted Family!

So it got to be India, and even more Goa Xacutti Chicken Curry! (With a Flat Bread)

Toast some Spices

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Make the Paste/Marinade

Marinate the Chicken

Fry some Onions 

Fry the Chicken

Add some Stock

Cook the Flat Breads

Time for a taste

If you would like to see the full cook, Click Here

That’s better than the local Take Away! 

I help compile a yearly challenge list for a YouTube Channel, Cast Iron Wednesday, so it would be easy for me to replicate that list, but I do not want to do that!

The Channel is mostly American, so this being a essentially UK based, it would be good to have UK Challenges!

30 minutes ago, hoogl said:

What about the winner of the month choosing the following month or month after? 

Spring - Lamb

Summer - Holiday theme, beach exotic etc.

Autumn (Fall)- Tender ribs, Chicken etc Pull/Fall apart meats.

Winter - Winter Warmers, Stews Soups

January - Jerk, Asian (Lunar New Year)

February - Fish, Valentines Day? (Meal for Two)

March - St David's Day? Mothers Day? Meat Free? 

April - St Georges Day? Easter

May - Marinade, 

June - Burgers, 

July - 4th July Party. US style

August - Recipe from a book

September - Sausage, Seafood

October - Open fire

November - St Andrews Day? Nuts

December - Christmas. 

I do like my alliteration  

My job here is done!

Would love to hear what ideas the Community has for these Monthly Challenges?
 

I literally think of an idea on the day a post it up, so if anyone has ideas, I can draw up a list!

I’am thinking Sushi 🍣! 🤢🤮

For those that don’t know, I am allergic to Seafood 🦞 

I am going to call this a draw between @pittmab and @AdamG!

It’s a pity I have chosen “Take Away Food” as the March Challenge, this both of these would of qualified!

So what’s in store for March? IT’s favourite Take Away 🛵! 

12 hours ago, hoogl said:

The chicken looks great. nice colour to it. 

How are you finding the Woodfire? Could you use it indoors as long as you don't load with pellets/use woodfire mode? 

Yes you can, it’s a straight forward “Air Fryer” until you push the Woodsmoke Technology Button.

OK this is my Chicken cook for February, so popping my head above the  !

Cooked on the new Ninja Woodfire Grill.

🎥🎥  Watch the full video here!  🎥🎥

@pittmabgreat looking Spatchcocked Chicken and the color is intense!

Februarys Monthly Challenge is simply “Chicken”

@AdamG winner winner Chilli Dinner!

19 hours ago, AdamG said:

That looks amazing🤤😋 great effort!

Where did you get the round bread loaf from?

I think Im going to try this myself soon👍🍻

The Bread was from Lidl.

This is my Hungarian Goulash for the January Challenge.

Brown the Beef in a Dutch Oven

Fry off Onions & Garlic 
 

Add the Spices
 

Tinned Tomatoes 

Cook for 2 Hours

Add Red & Green Peppers 

After another hour cooking, it’s ready!

Serve in hollowed out round bread loafs with Sour Cream 

Ingredients

3 tbsp vegetable oil

2 lb (700g) beef braising steak, cut into bite-size chunks

2 tbsp plain (all-purpose) flour

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper

2 brown onions - peeled and diced

2 chopped cloves garlic

2 tbsp tomato puree

2 tbsp paprika

1 tbsp smoked paprika - just use regular if you don't have smoked

large pinch of salt and pepper to season flour

1 tin canned chopped tomatoes in juice

2 cups (500ml) hot beef stock (water plus 2 stock cubes is fine)

1 tbsp honey - optional - this is just to neutralize some of the acidity from the tomatoes

1 red bell pepper - deseeded and sliced

1 green bell pepper - deseeded and sliced

1 cup (225ml) sour cream

Chopped flat leaf parsley

The topics for the January Monthly Challenge is………….. Winter Warmers.

So that’s anything you would cook on a Winters Day to that would you through!

Stews, Chillis, Chowders you get the idea!

And the December winner is……………. @hoogl!

Well done for an amazing Cook!

4 hours ago, hoogl said:

Here's my submission for Decembers Challenge. I've been trying to take part in previous months but I keep missing due to work/personal factors so happy to take part. I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas and all the best for the New Year. 

Gammon on WSM (1451) with Whisky Barrel for smoke - 1522

Gammon on WSM - 1551

Added Salmon  - 1602

Added some glazing to Gammon - 1618

Salmon Done - 1639

Added 80 Pigs in blankets homemade with a JD and Honey glaze - 1644

 Salmon resting - 1648

 Gammon After last Glaze, pulled (1901) after and left to rest. - 1810

My Christmas Eve Dinner - 1924

Turkey Crown wrapped in Bacon on the Aldi Kamado with Whisky Barrel for smoke, seasoned with salt, pepper and rosemary - 1332

Turkey almost done - 1630

Turkey resting, covered with foil - 1633

Turkey Sliced for dinner. A better crispy skin this time, Cooked a little hotter than last year and made a great difference.  

 

Christmas Dinner, Turkey, Pigs, Gammon and Salmon from Xmas Eve. Yorkshire, Air fried roast spuds, Honey glazed carrots. 

Gravy made from a drip tray underneath the turkey. Has mostly dried in so I deglazed it with chicken stock to make gravy. 

 

Overall the skin was better than last years. Dinner was fantastic, Went to In laws for Boxing day and had to drive back home for the Smoked gravy I had left  as MIL didn't have enough and loves my smoked meats. 

It's just my Partner and I so we have a ton of left overs. Here's some gammon before I packaged and froze into 150-200g packs for lunches. I did the same with the Turkey. 

 

 

 

Amazing Cook, where was my Christmas Dinner invite?🤣