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Smoked Cured Spare Ribs
Smoked Cured Spare Ribs
What’s different about these ribs is the addition of pink curing salts to the brine. What this is going to do is turn your ribs into ham. Yes. Ham ribs. They turn out so unbelievably moist, I kinda only want to make ribs this way from now on. They will take a total of 5 hours of smoking.
Equipment
- Electric Smoker
Ingredients
- 4 lb spare ribs
- 1 tbsp paprika
- 1 tbsp black pepper
- 2 tsp ground sage
- bbq sauce
Brine
- 4 cups water
- 1/4 cup sea salt
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 tsp pink curing salts
Wood Chips
- hickory wood chips
Instructions
- Mix together the brining ingredients.
- Brine the ribs for 1 day.
- Season the ribs with paprika, black pepper, and ground sage. Let rest on a rack for an hour before smoking.
- Preheat your smoker to 250 degrees. Place the ribs in the smoker.
- At the 3 hour mark, brush a layer of your favorite sauce on the ribs.
- Brush one more layer of sauce on the ribs at the 4 hour mark. Smoke for 1 more hour for a total of 5 hours of smoking.
- Let the ribs rest for 20 minutes before cutting.
Cemita Poblana
Cemita Poblana
Cemita Poblana originates from Puebla, Mexico. This wonderful sandwich contains either a breaded chicken, pork, or beef cutlet fried and topped with a plethora of ingredients including avocado, oaxaca cheese, chipotle peppers, onion, cabbage, and cilantro; all on a brioche sesame seeded bun. If you can’t find buns with sesame seeds, a regular brioche bun will work.
Equipment
- Meat Mallet
Ingredients
- 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts or thighs
- salt
- pepper
- 1 large egg beaten
- 1 1/2 cups panko breadcrumbs
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil for frying
Cemita Poblana
- 2 brioche rolls
- 1 avocado sliced
- oaxaca cheese grated
- red onion thinly sliced
- 2 chipotle peppers chopped
- green cabbage shredded
- cilantro sprigs
Instructions
- Hammer the chicken with a meat mallet to 1/4” thick. Season both sides with salt and pepper.
- Dip the chicken in the beaten egg.
- Coat the chicken in the breadcrumbs.
- Heat up the cooking oil in a sauté pan over medium high heat. Place the the chicken in the oil.
- Fry the chicken for 5 minutes a side until golden brown and crispy. Drain on paper towels.
Sandwich Assembly
- Placecdliced of avocado on the bun.
- Place the chicken on top.
- Top the chicken with the oaxaca cheese and chipotle peppers.
- Top with red onion, cabbage, and cilantro.
Galinhada
Galinhada
Galinhada is the Brazilian version of chicken and rice. This dish gets it’s culinary influences from Portuguese and Indian cuisine. The galinhada is a great one pot meal that requires minimal prep work and cooking time.
Ingredients
- 2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breast cubed
- 3 tsp chicken bouillon
- 1 tbsp parsley chopped
- 1 tbsp cilantro chopped
- 1 lemon juiced
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1/2 medium white onion diced
- 3 green onions chopped
- 5 garlic cloves minced
- 2 tomatoes seeded and diced
- 1 bell pepper diced
- 1/2 cup peas
- 2 cups basmati rice washed and rinsed
- 1 pinch saffron
- 3 cups water
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Marinate the chicken with the bouillon, lemon juice, parsley, and cilantro for 2 hours.
- Heat up the cooking oil in a Dutch oven over medium high heat. Sauté the chicken breasts for 5 minutes.
- Add in the onions, garlic, and green onions. Sauté for 3 minutes.
- Add in the tomatoes, bell peppers. Sauté for 2 minutes.
- Pour in the water. Add the rice, peas and saffron. Bring to a boil. Cover. Reduce the heat to medium low. Simmer for 15-20 minutes.
