Some Sunday cookin'...

caliking

Invited some friends over for a pool party . The menu was a hodge podge of cuisines, but it all tasted good.

Started with some bread on Saturday. Used my Flame Boss to test it out, and it works like a charm. The bread recipe is from @Spring Chicken (I used less salt than his recipe though. It turns out great, but I may have to bump the temp up a bit from 400°F since the top has not browned very well the last couple of times (had to pop it under the broiler to brown the top). I think I need a new jar of yeast too. Also noticed that the Flame Boss reads 25°F higher than the calibrated Tel-Tru thermo in the dome (the pit probe was clipped to the middle of the thermo shaft).

Marinade for the chicken included gochujiang, lemongrass paste, miso paste, light soy, rice wine, mirin, pepper, fish sauce, five spice powder, and sesame oil. Cut boneless skinless breasts into filets and loaded it all up in a ziplock bag for the night.

Tried a bruschetta (more like caprese salad on toast)of sorts for the appetizer - bread, shmear of pesto, sundried tomatoes, , garlic, fresh mozz. Sprayed the flame side of the bread with olive oil. This turned out pretty damn good - crunchy, garlicky, and pretty easy.

Chicken was up next. The plan was to make a chicken sammich/burger.

Hiding behind the Wow Wee sauce is a wasabi sauce from HEB that went great with the chicken. I wish I had pretzel rolls, but had to make do with hamburger buns and onion rolls.

Not too complicated, folks loved the grub, and everyone went home happy. Not pictured (my goof) are SWMBO's watermelon cucumber salad with feta and mint, and her mango cheesecake. The salad was outstanding for a summer menu. The kids played in the water, and I got to cook. It was  a win for everybody

Grillin_beers

Looks like a great cook! Perfect for a pool party.  That marinade sounds great!  I might have to steal that one from you! 

45Fan

That is some fancy looking food there!  Very well done!  Good luck getting those folks to go home!

RAC

Look's great from here! Wish I had a pool. Very warm the last few days.

Legume

Looks great.  Any chance your wife wants to share the recipe for that salad?

beachsmoke

Looks fantastic for summer meal and pool party

pgprescott

Wow wee is right. Friggin awesome! 

caliking

Thanks for the compliments.

@Grillin_beers - it needed more gochujiang for sure. I had about 2 TBSP in there for 4 lbs of chicken, but tasted good. One kid is known to be a VERY picky eater (eats literally only 4 things), but liked the mozz and the chicken, so I'm counting that as a win.

@RAC - it was almost 100°F by the time we came in to eat. Luckily I've got some shade around the pool so it wasn't too bad.

@45fan - folks went home, but one threatened to leave his kids with ussince they were having such a good time

@Legume - I think she kinda made it up, but from what I can tell she cut up 2 large cucumbers, almost an equal amount of  watermelon cubed into 1/2" pieces, a few mint leaves, crumbled feta, 1/4 cup of key lime juice, and 1 TBSP or so honey. It was very cool and refreshing.

Mattman3969

Way to bring it @caliking !!

EggNashville

Legit looking cook buddy!

SwineBelly

Buy the spicy version of that Wow Wee sauce. It's delicious on everything from scrambled eggs to yardbird wings

Chubbs

 

caliking

SwineBelly said:

Buy the spicy version of that Wow Wee sauce. It's delicious on everything from scrambled eggs to yardbird wings

I agree! I went through my first bottle of the spicy version quickly. And then picked up the wrong bottle when I went to get more. :( I set it on the table for people who didn't want the wasabi sauce.

Brisket_Fanatic

Awesome spread!

biggreenrob

Nice job!  That bruschetta looks outta this world.

JohnnyTarheel

Looks great