48 Hour Sous Vide Grilled Short Ribs (with Sous Vide Q&A)

In the back of my mind, I was worried. I was having fun with my Sous Vide experiments, playing with different temperatures and vacuum sealers - but I didn’t know if any of my readers were interested. Boy, was I wrong - those posts generated a bunch of questions.
*Shameless plug: voting opens for the SousVide Supreme Summer BBQ Contest next week. I’ll be begging asking for your vote.
** If I am boring you with all this Sous Vide cooking, I apologize. I’m having fun. I have a couple more recipes ready to post, so hang in there - I’ll have some non-sous-vide posts soon.

What does a cross section of 140°F Sous Vide chicken look like?

Like this:

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PicOfTheWeek: Charcoal Chimney

Firing up the grill. Literally. Happy Father's Day!

Rotisserie Peruvian Chicken (Pollo a la Brasa) with Drip Pan Purple Potatoes

I was haunted by Peruvian spit-roasted chicken. It’s right up my alley - rotisserie chicken? I’m there. And the Internet kept talking about this fast food sensation sweeping the nation. But “sweeping” was an exaggeration - my nearest Peruvian chicken joint is a two and a half hour drive away in Columbus.

I wanted to make my own Peruvian chicken. But the recipes are few and far between, and none of them seem to agree on the ingredients. I resigned myself to waiting until I could taste the real thing.
Impatiently. I hate waiting.

Last year, while vacationing in Sonoma valley, I had my chance. I was looking for dinner, and saw Sazon Peruvian Cuisine. I dragged the wife and kids there, promising Diane a Pisco Sour and the kids all the french fries they could eat.
Peru is the birthplace of potatoes. I figured I was safe with that promise.

Pollo a la Brasa was worth the search. The spice rub had flavors I couldn’t place, so I pumped our host for information. He said there were 14 different spices in their marinade, including Coca-Cola. But the key, he said, was Aji - Peruvian peppers. I dutifully wrote that down.

Back from vacation, I was ready to go. Then I hit my next stumbling block - Aji is hard to find in Akron. Eventually I broke down and ordered a (very expensive) jar of Aji Amarillo pepper paste on the Internet.

And, of course, we had to have some drip pan Peruvian purple potatoes with the chicken. We can’t have Peruvian chicken without the potatoes.
OK, purple, red and white potatoes. But the purple potatoes were the hit of the show. The kids kept asking - Purple potatoes? Really?

Recipe: Rotisserie Peruvian Chicken (Pollo a la Brasa) with Drip Pan Purple Potatoes

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Grilling Accessories From the Hardware Store

I can’t wait to visit the hardware store in spring. The new grills are in stock, bags of charcoal are stacked to the ceiling, and the grilling accessories take up an entire aisle. I’m like a kid in a toy store.

The grilling aisle isn’t the only place I look. There are grilling accessories hidden in the rest of the hardware store. Here are a few of my favorites.

Note: I have Amazon links to all of these items so you can see what I’m talking about. And, I do get a commission if you buy anything after going through those links. (Thank you!) But, please compare prices: these things tend to be cheaper at the hardware store.

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PicOfTheWeek: Rotisserie Peruvian Chicken with Purple Potatoes

Rotisserie Peruvian Chicken with Purple Potatoes - recipe coming Thursday...