Pecan smoked chicken and 4 cheese and mac casserole, with home-made onion rings

YukonRon

Comfort food tonight. My Beautiful Wife loved it along with the pairing of a 2014 Carignan. Very nice, elegant and soft. Perfect compliment to a smoked, spiced casserole. The onion rings were magnificent as well. 

buzd504

That looks awesome.

Do you have a shot of the wine label?

bgebrent

It all looks magnificent Ron.  Nice idea on the casserole.  Homemade rings, always killer.  Strong bro.

northGAcock

YukonRon said:

Comfort food tonight. My Beautiful Wife loved it along with the pairing of a 2014 Carignan. Very nice, elegant and soft. Perfect compliment to a smoked, spiced casserole. The onion rings were magnificent as well. 

Nothing but Gawjus coming out of Louisville tonight!

JohnnyTarheel

Ron you got it going on tonight!!

YukonRon

buzd504 said:

That looks awesome.

Do you have a shot of the wine label?

@buzd504
I thought you might want this, sorry I did not post sooner:

tml1230

Looks outstanding-I thought about firing up my medium today but too darn cold in the Carolina mountains.... I need to get back to Florida. Your recipe may be my first cook down there... Perhaps o Monday.....And yes I am a woos!

Gym

 I gotta give this smoked m&c a try. That looks and sounds amazing!

YukonRon

bgebrent said:

It all looks magnificent Ron.  Nice idea on the casserole.  Homemade rings, always killer.  Strong bro.

Thanks Brent, turned out very nice. I might try this at NCBBIII.

YukonRon

northGAcock said:

YukonRon said:

Comfort food tonight. My Beautiful Wife loved it along with the pairing of a 2014 Carignan. Very nice, elegant and soft. Perfect compliment to a smoked, spiced casserole. The onion rings were magnificent as well. 

Nothing but Gawjus coming out of Louisville tonight!

Robin, super easy recipe, and super easy to cook, maybe 15 - 20 minutes to prep, 1 hour at 400F.

YukonRon

JohnnyTarheel said:

Ron you got it going on tonight!!

Brother Johnny, always nice of you to say such kind things. Easy meal, and delicious.

YukonRon

tml1230 said:

Looks outstanding-I thought about firing up my medium today but too darn cold in the Carolina mountains.... I need to get back to Florida. Your recipe may be my first cook down there... Perhaps o Monday.....And yes I am a woos!

Thanks for the kind words, 7F up here, and I am tired of winter already. Worth it though. You are not a woos, you are just way smarter than I.

g8golfer

Looking good fellow Kentuckian 

YukonRon

Gym said:

 I gotta give this smoked m&c a try. That looks and sounds amazing!

You will like it, but go super easy on the smoke. Unless you have something that performs like Rockwood, you could get some funky flavor. You do not need a lot of pecan.
I used just one fist sized chunk of pecan, it was great.

YukonRon

g8golfer said:

Looking good fellow Kentuckian 

Thank you sir, it is comfort food that is super easy, perfect for me.

buzd504

YukonRon said:

buzd504 said:

That looks awesome.

Do you have a shot of the wine label?

@buzd504
I thought you might want this, sorry I did not post sooner:

Lovely, thank you.

Legume

Looks great Ron, do you have a four cheese recipe and technique you can share?  I’ve seen the three cheese method on YouTube, but this is at least one louder.

CigarCityEgger

Looking great from here Ron! Those O rings 

YukonRon

Legume said:

Looks great Ron, do you have a four cheese recipe and technique you can share?  I’ve seen the three cheese method on YouTube, but this is at least one louder.

@Legume
When I tell you how easy this is you will LYMFAO. It is a two cheese blend, already made at Costco, which I bought, dumped into a bowl, and bought their broasted chicken, chopped it up, threw it into the same bowl, mixed very well. Then in the pan you see in the picture posted, I do a layer about an inch deep pressed down, add boursin, spread it over the top, add shredded mild cheddar, black coarse ground pepper, minced garlic, and onion paste.
Repeat with second layer, cover pan bake indirect at 400 for an hour or until the cheese has sufficiently melted throughout, using one fist sized chunk of pecan.
I serve it with a 75% Sriracha and 25% honey drizzle.
So easy and so freaking good. My Beautiful Wife took some to work today for herself and her friends, they loved it.

YukonRon

buzd504 said:

YukonRon said:

buzd504 said:

That looks awesome.

Do you have a shot of the wine label?

@buzd504
I thought you might want this, sorry I did not post sooner:

Lovely, thank you.

No problem, you will enjoy this one.

YukonRon

CigarCityEgger said:

Looking great from here Ron! Those O rings 

@CigarCityEgger
 The rings were labor intensive but, relatively simple. Mixed 1 cup GP flour, 1tsp baking powder, and 1tsp seasoned salt, whisked thoroughly, threw yellow oninion rings sliced 1/4 inch thick, in a bowl and tossed them in about 2 TBS flour mixture first and set aside.
Added 1 cup of milk and one well beaten egg to the flour mixture. Whisked until smooth. Placed the onions in the mix, then dredged in Panco and deep fried at 350F for about 4-5 minutes. One onion fed 4. Worth it.

northGAcock

YukonRon said:

CigarCityEgger said:

Looking great from here Ron! Those O rings 

@CigarCityEgger
 The rings were labor intensive but, relatively simple. Mixed 1 cup GP flour, 1tsp baking powder, and 1tsp seasoned salt, whisked thoroughly, threw yellow oninion rings sliced 1/4 inch thick, in a bowl and tossed them in about 2 TBS flour mixture first and set aside.
Added 1 cup of milk and one well beaten egg to the flour mixture. Whisked until smooth. Placed the onions in the mix, then dredged in Panco and deep fried at 350F for about 4-5 minutes. One onion fed 4. Worth it.

What kind of onion ring batter doesn't have beer? Oops....forgot you were from Kentucky.....no bourbon either?

SciAggie

I would be happy to have that plate in front of me. I can almost smell the casserole and taste the crispness of the onion rings. 

YukonRon

northGAcock said:no

YukonRon said:

CigarCityEgger said:

Looking great from here Ron! Those O rings 

@CigarCityEgger
 The rings were labor intensive but, relatively simple. Mixed 1 cup GP flour, 1tsp baking powder, and 1tsp seasoned salt, whisked thoroughly, threw yellow oninion rings sliced 1/4 inch thick, in a bowl and tossed them in about 2 TBS flour mixture first and set aside.
Added 1 cup of milk and one well beaten egg to the flour mixture. Whisked until smooth. Placed the onions in the mix, then dredged in Panco and deep fried at 350F for about 4-5 minutes. One onion fed 4. Worth it.

What kind of onion ring batter doesn't have beer? Oops....forgot you were from Kentucky.....no bourbon either?

Sodium bicarbonate with a touch of salt performs mighty well. I would have rather used buttermilk, if I had it.

YukonRon

SciAggie said:

I would be happy to have that plate in front of me. I can almost smell the casserole and taste the crispness of the onion rings. 

The Sriracha really brings out the flavor, recommend it highly.

Smokeydawg

Great looking plate!

Captainjimpark

Looks awesome!!

YukonRon

Smokeydawg said:

Great looking plate!

Thank you for the kind words. It is a very good and extremely easy meal to prepare

YukonRon

YukonRon said:

Smokeydawg said:

Great looking plate!

Thank you for the kind words. It is a very good and extremely easy meal to prepare

Thank you sir for the kind words.

R2Egg2Q

Sounds and looks great!  Is there something about this that warrants posting it to Off Topic? 

YukonRon

R2Egg2Q said:

Sounds and looks great!  Is there something about this that warrants posting it to Off Topic? 

Other than my fat fingers hitting the wrong selection. Thank you for the kind words.