I was honoured when Larry Gaian asked me if I would like to take part in his 4 ingredient challenge this month. Being only a backyard BBQ’er with very limited skills I took this as a definite challenge not only for the group involved but for myself that I could even make an attempt.
I love to write about BBQ and I cover a lot of people, news and events along with the odd recipe that I try to duplicate or try to make something interesting from a combination of other things I have read or have seen.
This months challenge has a July food of the month theme.
It should be noted that….
July is National Hot Dog Month
July is National Blueberry Month
July is National Baked Bean Month
The fourth ingredient added was…. Dill Pickles
When I saw the ingredient list I decided to do a variation of a chili dog using a recipe I have done before for baked beans but with a few changes.
So lets start with the Baked Beans part of this experiment.
Throw a dutch oven or equivalent on the grill and fry up 4 or 5 slices of Bacon
remove the bacon and set aside, and add a chopped onion to the bacon grease, cook til translucent
Add in a pound of ground beef to brown
Grab some of your favorite BBQ rub, this time I used Hank Daddy's
Sprinkle a Tsp or so on the meat and brown
Add a chopped half of a green pepper, a half cup of brown sugar, 2 Tbsp of mustard and 2 Tbsp of Worcestershire sauce
Half of a cup of BBQ sauce, I used Hak's Chipotle Bourbon (Blog review of this sauce in coming weeks)
Now we can add the bacon which is chopped along with 2 cans of beans and 1 can of Blueberry Pie filling
How about a chopped up Dill Pickle? Sure why not!
Stir it up and let it all simmer for an hour or so on the Q
When the baked beans are ready throw a couple of dogs on the grill
Not enough Blueberries? spoon on some Blueberry spread on the buns
Add some crunch to this meal, a couple of slices of dill pickle
Insert the wiener and slop on some baked beans and there you have it.
Is this something that you would try?
For me I enjoyed the vast array of flavours that this produced. It was fun to be involved in this challenge but I am not the only blogger that is contributing.
Please take the time to visit some of my peers that also took the challenge and came up with some wonderful recipes. I was thrilled to be added to this great group of bloggers.
Larry Gaian of The BBQ Grail – Entry
The BBQ Grail website was created in 2007, initially to document the author’s quest to find the perfect backyard BBQ experience. Since that time The BBQ Grail has become one of the more popular BBQ blogs on the internet and is listed on Alltop.com as one of the top BBQ blogs.
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Hanneke Eerden of The Dutchess Cooks – Entry
After years of cooking, grilling, baking and reading other people’s blogs, I thought “why not start my own blog??” And I did, in 2010, but already after a short period of time, a blog wasn’t enough, and I started my own website. It’s not my goal to publish or come up with fancy and difficult recipes: just good and delicious food with an international twist! Straight from my plate to yours!
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Paul Haight of No Excuses BBQ – Entry
The No Excuses BBQ website was started in January of 2009 as a way to record the author’s goal of cooking outdoors at least once a week throughout the year and showing the results to the world. Somewhere along the way things got out of control…
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Marc Van Der Wouw of Grill Adventure – Entry
Grilladventures by broadcastmarc is started on march of 2010.I started the BBQ thing when I was 30,before that we eat a lot outside.have fun,but when the kids came in our life We start serious cooking. Most of it is really healthy I think;-)The grill has a special place in my heart,We love to do things outside..Everything I make is an adventure,and sometimes we use the books.We try to grill as much as we can year round.
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Chris of Nibble me This- Entry
The Nibble Me This website was created to share Chris’ misadventures in live fire cooking. ”I have no culinary training….I’m just entertaining myself with fire and food”.
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Jason Adams of Jason’s BBQ Adventures – Entry
Jason’s BBQ Adventures was started in 2007 when Jason fell in love with real BBQ the first time and tried to smoked a pork shoulder and soon after started smoking ribs, brisket, and chicken. After a while he started to experiment with grilling and smoking just about anything and ultimately fell in love with the entire cooking process.
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Bob Fukushima of Bob’s Brew & Que – Entry
Bob started Bob’s Brew and ‘Que in August of 2009 with the intent of sharing his views on food and drink. Originally focused on BBQ and Homebrew, it was inevitable that the influences of his upbringing in the San Francisco Bay Area and it’s wealth of ingredients as well as his heritage as an American of Japanese ancestry would help focus his blog, as it has his approach to food and drink.
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Wilfred is somewhat of a newcomer to the BBQ scene having only done standard grilling for most of his 50 years, He found and became passionate about Low & Slow about 2 years ago. and that passion also morphed into a second hobby which is writing. Oshawa Ogre’s Views News & BBQ’s has been a project that has taken on a life of it’s own and blessed him with many many new friends in the BBQ community on Twitter, facebook and through the blog.
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