Morning Show Recipes & Grilling Chicken
These are the two recipes we discussed on the KXOJ morning show Thursday 1/29/09, just follow the link to Heather’s Cookbook to get the printable recipes. Listen in on past shows @ http://kxoj.com/morningblog/
Teriyaki Chicken Satay Recipe @: www.kxoj.com/cookbook/viewrecipe.php?id=1233241668&category=Poultry
Beef Encrute with Caramelized Onions & Baby Portables
Recipe @: www.kxoj.com/cookbook/viewrecipe.php?id=1233248043&category=Beef
When I am grilling Chicken, I almost always grill off twice as much as I need. I take the additional chicken breasts hot off the grill and wrap them individually in plastic wrap and place in the freezer for a quick meal at a later date. I simply take out the frozen & partially cooked chicken breast and microwave for 4 to 7 minutes, depending on your microwave, and you have quick meal with a salad.
If there were a single most important cooking tool that I use….I would have to say it is the Insta-Read Thermometer. Of-course I am partial to my many other kitchen gadgets and widgets, but I can guaranty my chicken will be 1st and for-most Safe for my family to eat and 2nd a ver ver very close 2nd nice and juicy and perfectly cooked. You can find Insta-Read Thermometers at most grocery stores on the tool isle….when you get one…you should calibrate it so you know it is measuring the proper temps…
To calibrate – simply fill a glass with ice and add just enough water to cover – place Insta-Read Thermo in iced water and it should read 32deg F. If it does not adjust the set nut on the back with a pair of pliers so that it reads 32deg F. while in the iced water and it is ready to start measuring temps…
I have listed safe food serving temperatures below. These temperatures are in accordance with the Oklahoma State Health Department.
Always remember to account for carry-over cooking and take your chicken or other meat off the heat about 5deg before the final required temp.
Chicken & Poultry 165deg F
Pork 145deg F
Ground Beef 155deg F
Seafood 145deg F
Steak Med Rare - 135 to 140
Steak Med 140 to 150
Steak Med Well 150 to 160
Steak Well 165+