Eeeeeeeggggin' in the rain...

SaturdayFatterday

Raining pretty consistently here in the DC Metro area, but that didn't stop us from getting a fire going:

Spatchcock chicken, with butter under the skin of the breasts and rubbed with DP Tsunami spin:

Served with a soy-ginger-garlic dipping sauce, rice, and spicy Szechuan green beans:

It was enough to make us go:

SmokeyPitt

Dayum dude...what a plate! Nice job with the Asian theme!

_BR_

Just scored some Tsunami Spin today and 2 chickens. Doing this tomorrow. Thanks!

SaturdayFatterday

@SmokeyPitt - thanks!  I love cooking Asian food or with Asian elements.

Also, here's the green bean recipe, in case anyone wants it (I recommend stirring in a healthy grind of Szechuan peppercorns right before taking it off the heat so you get the characteristic ma la numbing effect):

http://chinesefood.about.com/od/vegetablesrecipes/r/greenbean.htm

frankc623

Nice looking cook!

GA_Dawgs

Looks good, way to power through the weather!

caliking

Superb! Thanks for the beans recipe. how about the sauce?  

I love Szechuan peppercorns. The ma la tingle is great. There is a restaurant in Chinatown here that specializes in the ma la flavor and is one of our favs.

jccbone62

Very nice cook. The green beans look amazing

shtgunal3

Those beans and rice look awesome! Good job on the yard bird too.

SaturdayFatterday

Thanks, everyone!

@caliking - the sauce recipe is:

1/2 cup tamari (you can use regular soy sauce if you don't have tamari on hand)

1/2 cup rice vinegar

2 Tbsp. garlic, minced

2 Tbsp. ginger, minced

2 Tbsp. honey

2 tsp. sesame oil

2 tsp. sesame seeds

Combine by whisking thoroughly, or just hit it with the immersion blender for a few seconds. 

Village Idiot

Great looking plate.  Nice job !!!

TexanOfTheNorth

Butter under the skin sounds good. Try some lime slices sometime for a little different twist.

SmokinDAWG82

Everything looks great, That sauce sounds great, I'm trying that

Jamieoro

Niiiice. I want to make that sauce... And green beans.... And now I want to make a spatchcock...

caliking

Thanks for the recipes.

 I see you left your maverick out in the rain. Are they waterproof? I have the older one without the external antenna (I added one though), but have always wondered about leaving it outside.

SaturdayFatterday

@caliking:  as I understand it, the older model (ET-73) is NOT waterproof.  The ET-732, which I have, is waterproof as to precipitation (e.g., buttons are raised membranes so no food/water can enter the housing), although I wouldn't submerge it in liquid.

I used the comparison that @jfm0830 has on his site when I was researching, and found it helpful:  http://blog.grillinsmokin.net/blog_main/blog/files/maverick_et732.php

Griffin

Rain don't stop no BGE and apparently it don't stop you, neither. good looking yard bird.

jfm0830

@caliking The out of the box model ET-73 had a waterproof base station/transmitter. The receiver that you bring indoors into the house is NOT waterproof. Having said that: I have no idea what the antenna mods you made have done to the waterproof capabilities of the base station unit.

I used to use my ET-72, which is a two probe grill thermometer that was not waterproof, outside in the rain and snow all the time. You can use a one gallon zip lock bag to keep it out of the rain. Put the open side down and zip it up so the wires just can pass through the remaining opening. I eventually switched to a small tupperware type lidded storage container. I made a small hole on the side about 1/2" up from the base to pass the wires through. 

Jim