Barbecue Pork Steaks - What They Are and How to Cook Them

If you are a native of Saint Louis, Missouri, or the surrounding area, you are lucky enough to know what a Barbecue Pork Steak is. The rest of the country is saying, "huh, what is he talking about?" Well, real quickly, a barbecued Pork Steak really isn't barbecued. Now, before you St. Louis people get crazy, let me explain. Real barbecue is done with barbecue smokers, indirect heat, hickory or oak or another type of hardwood, takes a long time, hours, and turns out great pork shoulder, ribs, beef briskets and chickens. A Pork Steak could be cooked in this fashion on a barbecue smoker, but need not be. Most people here in St. Louis, will use either a Weber Kettle Grill with direct heat, or a Propane Gas Grill. So, Barbecue Pork Steaks, really, are technically speaking, Grilled Pork with Barbecue Sauce Applied.

How To Cook A Pork Steak: Five easy steps.

1. Get The Meat. In St. Louis, that's easy. Go to your grocery store, or neighborhood butcher go to the meat department, pick up the ones that are on sale, pay for them and take them home. If you don't live in St. Louis or the surrounding areas, this could be a little more difficult. Most other areas of the country do not have pork steaks pre-cut and packaged waiting to be picked up in the meat cooler. They will have plenty of pork chops, pork shoulder, pork roast, pork ribs, etc. You may be tempted to substitute pork chops. You could, if you want to grill pork chops, which are great by the way, but it is not the same. You must ask the butcher to custom cut them for you. You may have to tell him how to do it. Tell him to take a Boston Butt (he'll know what you're talking about. If he doesn't, get a different butcher), and slice it into half inch to three quarter inch steaks. If he won't do this for you, get a better butcher. You will need about one steak per person, and one or two extra for the big guys.

2. Rub Your Meat. You should spice up the steaks prior to cooking with a spice mixture known as a barbecue rub. Many books and e-books will have recipes for spice rubs. If you don't want to use a barbecue spice rub, use salt and pepper. Be generous. Rub it all over the steaks.

3. Grill The Meat. Grill the meat over direct heat, either charcoal, gas, wood, whatever you have available. Keep the flame low, a cool grill works best. Cover with the lid, and flip every ten minutes or so. Cook for about 35-40 minutes.

4. Put Barbecue Sauce on Meat. The last ten minutes or so, liberally spread barbecue sauce on the pork steaks. Use whichever sauce you prefer. In Saint Louis, most people prefer a local favorite, Mauls. Many people also thin the sauce a little with beer. they use the local favorite, Budweiser of course for this step. The beer is not necessary, but some people swear it makes their pork steaks taste better.

5. Serve the Pork Steaks. Pork Steaks are served with whatever side dishes you want to serve them with. St. Louis favorites are yellow potato salad, cole slaw, corn on the cob, baked beans. At least, that's my favorites, and I'm from St. Louis, so that must be the favorite of everyone. Generally, one pork steak per person, eaten with knife and fork. However, they also make fine sandwiches.

There you have it, Pork Steaks, what they are and how to cook them.

How to Grill Fruit

Did you know that some of the best grilling recipes incorporate fruit? The grill is more than just the domain for chicken and steak, and grilled fruit is a terrific summertime healthy dessert option. Simply throw your chosen fruit on the grill until softened and slightly charred. The grilling process helps to draw the fruit's natural sugars to the surface, making already sweet fruit even sweeter. Choose firm stone fruits like peaches and plums for the best grilling recipe results, although grilled pineapple is one of my personal favorite easy desserts of summer.

Convinced that grilled fruit is delicious yet? If not, give these two grilling recipes a try and you'll soon be singing a different tune!

Grilled Apples with Raisins
Apples are one of the best fruits to put on the grill. The grilling process draws out the fruit's natural sugars, giving the apples a crispy sweet taste. Throw something completely unique on the grill tonight - try Grilled Apples with Raisins!

Preparation Time: 5 min

Cooking Time: 10 min

Ingredients

4 green Granny Smith apples
1/2 cup raisins
1/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Instructions

Remove the cores of apples. Do not peel.
Mix the sugar, raisins and cinnamon together. Stuff mixture into the cored apples.
Pack well and wrap each whole apple in aluminum foil paper. Place on coals in campfire.
Let cook 8-10 minutes. Remove from coals, remove foil and serve

Easy Grilled Peaches
Let this recipe for Easy Grilled Peaches show you just how tasty and simple the best grilling recipes for dessert can truly be. This grilling fruit recipe turns already delicious peaches into a true culinary delight.

Serves: 4

Cooking Time: 8 min

Ingredients

1/4 cup light canola oil
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon sugar or sugar substitute
4 large peaches, cut in half

Instructions

Blend together oil, cinnamon and sugar. Toss in peaches to coat.
Grill peaches fruit side down, over low coals, about four minutes.
Turn, brush with spiced oil. Grill another four minutes.
Top with ice cream, if desired.

How to Smoke Pork Ribs to Get The Best BBQ Results

Nowadays, you may purchase several affordable gas fired BBQ grills that run off propane as well as simple to utilize and maintain. However, these may not always provide genuine BBQ results.

In fact, they are nothing more than a gas hob or convenient stove that we may use outdoor and the food will miss that exceptional BBQ taste. Below is one of the best tips to follow to learn how to smoke pork ribs.

Pork ribs are the meat as well as bones directly cut from the ribcage of the pig. They are often baked, grilled or smoked, and very famous in Asia and in North America. There are many types of pork ribs, which include baby back ribs, spare ribs and rib tips and are all perfect selections for smoking. Smoking pork ribs includes additional flavoring yet uses up more time when cooking.

Trim all visible unnecessary fat from the ribs then remove any end meat. Usually end meat hangs off the end of the pork ribs and burns off if not cut out prior to smoking.

Massage your favorite dry meat rub on the ribs. Make sure you use enough to cover all the meat on the ribs. Sprinkle about 2 tablespoon of chili powder on the part that has more meat.

Using a plastic wrapper, wrap the pork ribs and place inside the fridge for one day. The following day, remove the wrapper from the ribs and heat the electric smoker to about 225-250 degrees.

Position them directly onto the rack and make sure the meat is side up. Guarantee the ribs will not directly contact with any direct heat or it will burn the meat too much. Let the pork ribs to smoke for about three hours without opening the smoker.

Turn the ribs over right after three hours, and then allow them cook for additional 40-50 minutes. Turn them again to the meaty portion and let them to cook for an hour or so.

Check out the smoked pork ribs for perfect doneness by means of lifting the meat at the center. The meat on the top must start to break, as well as bones must be visible on ends. In case this is not the condition, cook for an extra half hour and check them once more. Otherwise, best serve instantly along with your favorite BBQ sauce and all the fixins.

Thai Street Food

Thailand is well-known as "the land of smiles." Thais are friendly and well-known as "food lovers." Many say "Thais love to eat. Thais eat several meals per day." In response to these comments, I have to say, yes, Thais love to eat but we eat 3 meals per day just like the rest of the world. The difference is that Thais love to snack. Our snacks range from fresh fruits to deep-fried food. In Thailand, it is so easy to find food. Street vendors are everywhere. If there are people, there are food. One of the greatest joys of living or traveling in Thailand is the abundance and variety of food.

Street vendors, street food, roadside stands, food stands, food stalls or whatever you would like to call it, simply involves something mobile that allows an owner (or a cook in most cases) to push them around, from home and back. Many people may think that street food is not clean, but in fact with many vendors it is clean. And many of the owners are unpretentious. The owners push a cart from home to their selling location and then back home and clean the cart every night. Street food offers an incredibly cheap price and some offer incredibly good taste. Sometimes it is even better than a famous restaurant.

Some street vendors offer such good food that you will have to wait for a table along the street. Particularly in these cases, street food is not only for poor or middle class people - you will often find a businessman or wealthy people ordering the street food. Do not expect a menu from a street vendor because there are not any. Most street vendors only offer one dish, just their specialty. Street food offers a wide variety of choices - curry, fried rice, noodle dishes, stir-fried, salad, fresh fruits, desserts, etc. Basically you name it. You might be able to even find grilled lobsters in China town at a reasonable price. Of course, I cannot forget to mention all the bizarre food like deep-fried frogs, deep-fried birds, deep-fried grasshoppers, etc.

The following are the top 10 street food dishes that I think are better than what restaurants have to offer. In other words, you should buy the following food from a street vendor rather than from a restaurant.

Som Tum - Spicy shredded green papaya salad with peanuts and tomatoes
Larb - Spicy minced meat with chopped shallots, onions, chilies and coriander
Khao Mun Gai - Steamed chicken with rice cooked in chicken stock and garlic
Jok - Rice porridge with ground pork, fresh ginger and green onion (some may add egg)
Lad Nah - Stir-fried thin or wide rice noodles with light gravy bean sauce and Chinese kale
Hoi Tod - Fried oysters in batter with egg on a bed of beansprouts
Pad Thai - Stir-fried medium rice noodles with egg, dried shrimp and fried bean curd sprinkled with peanuts (served with beansprouts)
Satay - Slivers of chicken or pork grilled on a stick, served with sauce and cucumber
Khao Moo Daeng - Chinese-style red pork with rice, boiled eggs and cucumber
Khao Tom - Rice soup with a selection of meat and vegetable side dishes

There is so much more street food than I can list here. The above 10 dishes are those I particularly think are better to buy from a street vendor. One of the greatest joys of living in Thailand is the opportunity to try out food from different places at a reasonable price. I grew up in Bangkok and I have to say that Bangkok has bad traffic. I mean very bad traffic. You can literally sit in a car or a bus for hours and hours. Even though people in Bangkok live with bad traffic, most people will travel a long way through heavy traffic just to eat street food. I have to say I was among them.

Another type of food vendors that I want to mention are not on land, but instead on canals (called Klong in Thailand). Along Klongs, you may find sellers paddling their boats selling fresh fruit and vegetables, noodle dishes, curries, etc. just like street vendors. The quality can be just as good as the street vendors.

Street food can be as good as restaurant food. It is fresh, cheap and good. Part of the fun of living in Thailand is the chance to find street food that is even better than food in restaurants. Some street food may not be as clean, but in many cases, vendors do a good job of making sure the food is clean. There is certainly food for working class people, and food can be found in a wide variety of locations. Next time when you smell some mouth-watering food, stop by and give it a chance. You will not only experience good food, but friendly people as well.

Napatr Lindsley

Brazilian Feijoada - complete step-by-step recipe

Nando Cuca cooks Feijoada for some 60 friends. Feijoada is more than a dish, it's a national treasure - a Black beans stew with pork, dried beef (carne seca) and spicy sausages. Easy to prepare and quite delicious.



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Oven Roasted Potatoes Recipe -Quick and Easy

There's nothing like these Oven Roasted Potatoes as a quick and easy side dish for chicken wings and home made coleslaw!



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Rachel Ray 30 Minute Meals Recipe in Every Kitchen

Do you know it is possible to make delicious recipes at home in less than 30 minutes? Rachel Ray 30 minute meals recipe is the answer to your cooking dilemmas. Ray promises that her dishes will not take more than 30 minutes from the start to finish. She teaches simple and easy recipes in this short time.

You will find the use of garlic and chicken stock in Rachel Ray 30 minute meals recipe to enhance flavor. She also emphasizes on using of fresh herbs. She does not believe in the concept of measuring ingredients. Instead she believes in approximations like one palmful, eyeball it etc. She claims that she cannot bake as the ingredients have to be measured, cannot make coffee and is notorious for burning bread under the broiler. She has reinvented some of the slow cooking traditional dishes like macaroni and cheese, clam chowder. Ray gives us tips and tricks to speed up the process of cooking these dishes and to increase the flavor by adding fresh herbs and stock. She often makes a salad or uses greens and vegetables to make her dishes healthy and nutritious to eat.

Rachel Ray 30 minute meals recipe was first prepared using a santoku knife and became a favorite of every home kitchen. She currently uses a Furi Gusto Grip knife which was designed by her. As her shows do not allow the use of real brand name logos to appear a graphic designer creates faux labels for her food products. She also uses several repetitive catchphrases on her show like how good is that, E.V.O.O (extra virgin olive oil), insanely good, de-lish, etc.

Rachel Ray was exposed to a wide range of cooking techniques all her life as her family had a rich culinary tradition. Rachel Ray 30 minute meals recipe has gained a lot of popularity and today is a must-use recipe in every household. Her show is rated among the top day time shows and has also won her Emmy award recognition in the year 2006. In the year 2007 she was nominated for the Best Daytime Talk Show.