I got busy over the weekend...and the first half of this week. A lot of catching up to do.
I smoked a lot of meat. A turkey breast, a roast, a chicken, and a Boston butt.
Because I can't do any brining on my diet I injected every piece of meat and did a rub.
Boston Butt: Injected with cider vinegar and apple juice simmered with some sodium-free barbecue seasoning. Rubbed with
Rockin' Rib Rub and Barbecue Seasoning. Remaining marinade went in the pan under it.
Roast Beef: Injected with cider vinegar and beef broth simmered with garlic herb seasonings and rubbed with Mrs. Dash garlic herb seasoning. Remaining marinade went in the pan with it.
Chicken: Injected with chicken broth and cider vinegar simmered with Cajun seasoning and rubbed with
Weber's N'Orleans Cajun Seasoning. Remaining marinade went in the pan with it.
Turkey Breast: Injected with
Wildtree Wing Sauce and rubbed with
Pampered Chef Buffalo Rub.
The turkey breast got a heavier smoke than I wanted, being closest to the heat source, but I was taking the skin off anyway.
The skin and bones went into my pile of bones for chicken/poultry broth. Coming from smoked birds makes it really flavorful with no added salt.
Then the roast beef. This was perfect. Best roast beef I ever tasted.
Still has the thermometer in it.
When sliced you could see how beautifully it took the smoke.
Then the turkey breast and roast beef were sliced for sandwiches, bagged, and frozen. About 20 sandwiches worth out of each. I eat much less than I used to, so one slice on a sandwich does the job.
Then the chicken. Beautifully smoked and had for dinner Saturday night. I had the legs and my daughter had the wings. For lunch today I had a thigh that I put some buffalo sauce on.
Finally, the Boston Butt. The rub has a cane sugar base and it darkened up in the first half hour. I was worried I had burned it, but it was for naught. 10 hours later I had 3.5 pounds of delicious pulled pork barbecue. Well, it was 3.25 pounds when bagged and frozen, but I probably ate 1/4 pound while shredding it.
That was dinner Sunday night.
Yeah, I put it on sweet Hawaiian hot dog buns as I was out of rolls. I like a mix of barbecue sauce and mustard, but wish I had some pickles and onions too, but alas, I was out. We thawed a half pound for this and I ate what you see in the picture. My daughter had all the rest.
And then last night we had Mexican, by request of my daughter. Enchiladas Suiza(?) and rice.
