Recipe Box, Grilling with Bobby Flay

the Painted Apron

11 years ago

Happy February 💗 and Happy Super Bowl Sunday 🏈 !

Now, just in case you have some time to kill before the big game tonight, how about working on a big BBQ meal to sink your teeth in while you’re watching~

Last weekend HHjr decided to make a complete Bobby Flay dinner extravaganza

Okay!

My husband and son have been doing so much grilling lately I’ve had time to tackle some big projects

Like painting a “Butterfly Garden”…

Actually, these glasses are headed to a gift shop in Selma, Alabama. They are expecting a lot of visitors because of the recent Oscar nominated movie about the Civil Rights Movement, and they asked me to paint the town’s name and signature butterfly on stemmed glasses. If you go to Selma, be sure to stop by Carter’s Drugs on Broad Street and pick up a little souvenir~

I also finally got up my courage to paint the secretary in our family room, you know with all this free time I had on my hands~ but more about that another day…

Because I was happily doing my own thing, I was not following HHjr around with my camera and don’t have a ton of prep photos, but I did catch the brisket, coated with seasoning, on it’s way to the grill

Here’s our menu derived from The Food Network show, Bobby Flay’s BBQ Addiction: Bobby’s Basics, episode, Don’t Mess with Texas BBQ here

The secret to cooking brisket is low and slow, on a covered grill to absorb the smokey flavor and develop a rich dark “bark.” You can find the recipe for Bobby’s Smoked, Spiced Rubbed Texas-Style Brisket here

You end up with a profusion of texture, the crisp, crunchy crust, and the soft tender meat within

It was served on homemade Texas toast, thick slices of bakery Italian bread, buttered, garlic seasoned, and toasted

with Pickled Red Onions, from Bobby’s Texas Style Potato Salad here

homemade Easy Breezy BBQ Sauce [see recipe below]

barbeque style pinto beans

The beans are cooked with grated carrots, bacon, onions, some of the BBQ sauce, and the “burnt ends” of the brisket for added flavor. You can see Bobby’s Pinto Beans with Burnt Ends here

and grilled Corn with Maple and Chipotle here

Needless to say, it was a feast!

Juicy Details

Ask your butcher for a smaller brisket cut if you aren’t serving a lot of people, this piece was just right for 4-6.

This is the sauce my son used, our favorite homemade sauce, it is so simple to make, you can put it together in under 5 minutes and then let it simmer for 15 minutes and it’s ready to go. You can also keep it for 2 months in the fridge, but it won’t last that long 😋

Easy Breezy BBQ Sauce

Course condiment, sauce

Cuisine American

Keyword BBQ sauce, easy BBQ sauce, homemade BBQ sauce

Prep Time 20

Servings 3 cups

Ingredients

2 cups white vinegar
1 1/2 cups Heinz ketchup [substituting another brand will change the taste]
1 1/2 cups packed dark brown sugar
2 T chili powder
1 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
1 T kosher salt
cayenne pepper optional if you want more heat

Instructions

Mix all ingredients in a non-reactive saucepan and bring to a boil over medium high heat.
Lower the heat and simmer for 15-20 minutes or until the sauce coats the back of a spoon. It won’t be overly thick.
It can be used right away or stored in a jar in the refrigerator for 2 months

Just in case your grill is covered with snow, get out your slow cooker and make some Peachy BBQ Chicken here

or an oven dish like Oven BBQ Ribs here. You can enjoy fall off the bone ribs in as little as 2 hours!

If you need a super fast, crowd pleasing, meat lovers, appetizer, try these Bacon Wrapped Smokies here from Better Homes and Gardens [their photo] , little hot dogs wrapped in bacon and sprinkled with brown sugar, and baked