April Newsletter
04 / 02 / 2009

Outdoor Cooking With The Smoker King

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Recipe of the Month

Grilled Red Snapper Tacos

Recipe Name: Grilled Snapper Tacos
Posted By: The Smoker King
Number of Servings: 6
Preparation Time: 45 minutes

Recipe:

1. Place filets in a dish big enough to hold them plus the marinade
2. Mix together garlic powder, cumin, black pepper, oregano, the juice of one lime, and cooled, melted butter
3. Pour over fish, coating each side evenly
5. Refrigerate for 20 minutes
6. Heat Soy sauce and Olive oil over medium heat in a pan big enough to saute vegetables in.
7. Saute and caramelize bell peppers and onions in Olive oil/Soy sauce mixture
8. Mix together Mayo and Adobo sauce.
9. Place fish in a wire mesh fish grilling basket, or in aluminum foil if you don't have one
10. Brush with marinade juice the fish were in
11. Place fish on grill and squeeze the juice of 1 lime over fish
12. Grill for 4-5 minutes per side, or until fish is cooked thoroughly. I use a grilling basket to easily so turning the fish is easy.

Serving suggestions:

1. Heat tortillas
2. Add 1-2 spoonfuls of Mayo/Adobo sauce to the tortilla and spread evenly
3. Fill taco with approximately 1/3 of one fish filet
4. Add sauteed vegetables and a little Cilantro and diced tomato
5. Squeeze a little lime juice over taco and serve

Enjoy

Grilled, Bacon Wrapped Dove

I figure you may have a few dove left over from dove season. If you don't, you can purchase frozen quail at your local grocery store. They work just as well.

Ingredients:

1. About 10 dove breasts. (Carve them off of the breast bone as you would a chicken)
2. 1 Bottle of Italian Salad dressing.
3. 1 Tablespoon Garlic Powder
4. 1 Tablespoon Onion Powder
5. 1 Tablespoon of cajun seasoning
6. 1 Tablespoon of freshly cracked pepper
7. 20 jalapeno slices
8. 20 Tooth Picks
9. 7 slices of bacon stretched and cut into thirds

Recipe:

	1. Soak the toothpicks in water for at least 30 minutes.
	2. Trim all fat and bullet trauma off of the dove breasts.
	3. Trim each dove breast off of the breast bone.
	4. Stretch each piece of bacon and cut into 3 equal pieces.(1 bacon strip is enough for 3 dove breasts)
	5. Place a jalapeno slice next to each breast, wrap with bacon, and push a toothpick through to lock in place.
	6. Place each wrapped dove breast in the marinade.
	7. Marinade for about 4 hours.
	8. Build a medium fire in your pit and let the coals burn down. (About 20-30 minutes) I also add a piece of pecan wood for great flavor.
	9. I use a fish grilling basket to grill all of the dove at one time. This is much easier than having to flip each dove breast. Make sure you space them out if you use one.
	10. If you don't have a basket, cook the dove breast indirectly; around the fire not over the fire.
	11. The are done when the bacon is done. Don't overcook the bacon.

Tip of The Month

Oven Thermometer

When using your smoker, your temperature gauge may falsely read higher than the temperature of the air around your meat - where you are actually cooking.

Purchase an inexpensive oven thermometer to accurately read the temperature you are cooking at. You can usually pick one up for under $5.00.

I have noticed when my exhaust vent is closed, the temperature in the pit is closer to the temperature read on the gauge of the smoker. If the vent is open, the heat is escaping faster, and the air in the top portion of your pit is much hotter than the air around your meat. Your gauge will read hotter than what you are actually cooking at.

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