OT: Dinner with Aaron Franklin & Chris Shepherd - Cook Like a Local Cookbook

HoustonEgger

By some awesome stroke of lunch, I was able to purchase 2 tickets to a private event hosted at Franklin BBQ last weekend - where Aaron & Chris Shepherd put together a dinner & private event to celebrate Chris's new cookbook "Cook Like a Local". Tickets sold out in less than 3 minutes, so I really did hit the money with my purchase. ** The cookbook is full of unique Houston recipes with a lot of Asian influence.

Anywho - on to the good stuff: the food, the company & the cookbook. 

Dinner:
- 44 Farms Tomahawk Ribeye for appetizer
- Franklin BBQ Beef Rib for table
- Each person received a tray of: Franklin BBQ Brisket, Pulled Pork, Pork Rib & Sausage. Sides were Chris Shepherd Tater Tot Casserole, Spicy Cucumber Salad, Curried Green Beans & Shisito Peppers. The beans were Franklin beans and I believe the sausage was Chris's recipe but Franklin cooked - but not 100% sure on that one. It had walnuts in it and was pretty tasty. 

Dinner was followed by a Q&A about the chefs and the cookbook - and Chris recommended everyone try the chicken recipe on page 38 - so that's what I did this past weekend. And I would highly recommend you try it out as well, it's awesome. I seared the chicken on the Mini Max and then finished off indirect on the large Egg @350 for about 25 minutes. The breasts took a bit longer but that's to be expected with the size of them. Going to repeat this recipe again with just chicken thighs or drumsticks. Even our kids dove into this one. 

Botch

Sounds like a cool event, Congrats!
 
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lousubcap

Congrats as I got the alertmernt email about that event a couple of weeks ago but location, location, location so it was not to be.  I'm sure the interactions with those two plus the other attendees was quite informative. 

And that chix looks great. 

caliking

Good times! I've eaten at Chris Shepherd places a couple of times and have really enjoyed them. 

There's no such thing as too many chicken recipes. Thanks for posting it. Added to the list.

20stone

Most excellent!  

Foghorn

Outstanding.

marysvilleksegghead

great looking eats!

HoustonEgger

caliking said:

Good times! I've eaten at Chris Shepherd places a couple of times and have really enjoyed them. 

There's no such thing as too many chicken recipes. Thanks for posting it. Added to the list.

I think you'll like this cookbook - contains his recipe for Korean Braised Goat & Dumplings but also goes into great detail on key ingredients, such as his preference for fish sauce (which is Red Boat Fish Sauce). I think we're going to replay the herb chicken this weekend and then try another veggie side. The brussel sprouts with carmelized fish sauce were fantastic

500

I found the chicken recipe in an easier to read format;  https://www.splendidtable.org/recipes/grilled-herb-marinated-chicken

caliking

HoustonEgger said:

caliking said:

Good times! I've eaten at Chris Shepherd places a couple of times and have really enjoyed them. 

There's no such thing as too many chicken recipes. Thanks for posting it. Added to the list.

I think you'll like this cookbook - contains his recipe for Korean Braised Goat & Dumplings but also goes into great detail on key ingredients, such as his preference for fish sauce (which is Red Boat Fish Sauce). I think we're going to replay the herb chicken this weekend and then try another veggie side. The brussel sprouts with carmelized fish sauce were fantastic

 I do enjoy how he incorporates Asian flavors. I've had that goat and dumplings dish before, and really enjoyed it. 

thetrim

Wow!