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Deez Nuts Pecan Chicken Ballotine

paqman
paqman Posts: 4,919
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@CTMike I cooked this last week for a family diner.

Debonned chicken with bread stuffing, maple sausage, pecans and rubbed with Meat Church Deez Nuts BBQ rub.  Side of rice and beets feta salad.



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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,660
    @paqman -  Great cook as always with the chix ballotine.   You have that technique down and the outcomes are definitely food magazine quality.  Most eggcellent.   
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
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  • CTMike
    CTMike Posts: 3,641

    Damn,

    That looks amazing, might have to give it a try.

    MMBGE / Large BGE / XL BGE (Craigslist Find) / SF30x80 cabinet trailer - "Ol' Mortimer" / Outdoor kitchen in progress.  

    RECOVERING BUBBLEHEAD
    Southeastern CT. 
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  • Skiddymarker
    Skiddymarker Posts: 8,528
    Excellent, the only bar you ever set! Bravo. 

    BTW - what's up with the beets and feta salads? It must be the Canadian kale, see it everywhere including a pub I stopped into last week. Easy and very good. 
    Delta B.C. - Whiskey and steak, because no good story ever started with someone having a salad!
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  • paqman
    paqman Posts: 4,919
    edited September 2016
    CTMike said:

    Damn,

    That looks amazing, might have to give it a try.

    @CTMike you should definitely give it a try.  Here's the link to the instruction video that was posted here a while ago: https://youtu.be/nfY0lrdXar8


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  • CTMike
    CTMike Posts: 3,641
    Yup,

    I used that video as a guide when I did my first ballotine, but it took me significantly longer to do.
    MMBGE / Large BGE / XL BGE (Craigslist Find) / SF30x80 cabinet trailer - "Ol' Mortimer" / Outdoor kitchen in progress.  

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  • GrateEggspectations
    GrateEggspectations Posts: 11,513
    @paqman: Looking good. Love that beautiful char!
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  • paqman
    paqman Posts: 4,919
    edited September 2016
    GrateEggspectations said:
    @paqman: Looking good. Love that beautiful char!
    @GrateEggspectations The picture against the yellow background makes it look darker than it really was.  In real life, it was dark mahogany red/brown.  The pecan rub is really interesting.  It was way different than what I usually use.

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  • johnkitchens
    johnkitchens Posts: 5,234
    Nice. I would love to try that. 

    Louisville, GA - 2 Large BGE's
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  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
    Holy $hitballs!  Excellent cook right here!!!  Was just about to do a Ballotine but, opted for spatch and shredded for tacos. Love the stuffing you used. Awesome work my friend. 
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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  • Dyal_SC
    Dyal_SC Posts: 6,526
    Yes ma'am!!! :flushed:  That is a work of art.  
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  • dopey
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    https://youtu.be/HHFFdy2NSdE
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  • paqman
    paqman Posts: 4,919
    Skiddymarker said:
    Excellent, the only bar you ever set! Bravo. 

    BTW - what's up with the beets and feta salads? It must be the Canadian kale, see it everywhere including a pub I stopped into last week. Easy and very good. 
    @Skiddymarker I've never seen it around here.  I usually mix beets with goat cheese.  SWMBO wanted me to spiralize the beets and some carrots with a Chinese five spices dressing but I ran out of time so I looked in the fridge and dealt with what I had on hands.  A long time ago, I worked in a fancy hotel restaurant and they served an appetizer of feta cheese marinated in beets juice (but no beets); it may have influenced me.  The final touch in the salad was fresh thyme from my garden, it was really good.

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  • Skiddymarker
    Skiddymarker Posts: 8,528
    @paqman  - DIL brought a salad last year, beets and cilantro with feta. Saw a recipe on Canadian Living for roasted beets that gave me the idea to use the egg. Even the grand kids like to eat what they call Zombie brain salad. 
    Delta B.C. - Whiskey and steak, because no good story ever started with someone having a salad!
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  • Canugghead
    Canugghead Posts: 13,630
    Awesome ballotine as usual. :I bet you can debone one with your eyes closed  =)
    canuckland
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 19,779
    That looks like a home run! I'm certain it would take me longer to debone a bird like that, than it would to finish the rest of the cook :)

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