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Texas Butter Beans And Pinto Beans Just Like Granny Made

Texas style butterbeans and pinto beans topped with diced jalapeno in a brown bowl with a spoon and cornedbread in the background

Texas pinto beans are served at almost every barbecue joint in Texas. Here’s the recipe for this classic Texas comfort food. You can use just about any bean, but butter beans, pintos, or black-eyed beans (a.k.a. black-eyed peas) are the most common in Texas.

East Carolina Vinegar BBQ Sauce and Mop Recipe

East Carolina BBQ Sauce in a glass jar

Create your own amazing East Carolina vinegar BBQ sauce and mop with this simple to follow recipe. Tangy and spicy, Low Country vinegar sauce is great for finishing fatty pork and does double duty as a baste (or mop) for adding layers of flavor to the meat as it cooks. Because it is so thin, it penetrates deep.

Grilled Scallions With Romesco Sauce: A Fresh Twist On Calcots

grilled asparagus and scallions on a white plate

Grilled calcots, similar to green onions or scallions, with romesco sauce, are a delicious rite of spring in Spain. As calcots aren’t readily available in the US, this recipe features scallions that are grilled over high heat until charred and the tops get crispy, and they are seasoned by smoke.

How to Spatchcock and Butterfly Chicken And Turkey

spatchcocked chicken.

Spatchcocking, or butterflying, a whole turkey, chicken or any other bird is a great way to make moist, delicious birds that are browned all over and evenly cooked in less time. It’s a simple matter of cutting out the bird’s backbone, a deboning process that is easy and painless with good kitchen or poultry shears.

Schmancy Hot Smoked Salmon Recipe (Works For All Fish)

Smoked salmon on a white platter

No fish is more receptive to smoke than salmon. This recipe creates an elegant, delicate, moist piece of salmon with a hint of sweet, salt, and garlic. Unlike the stuff we put on bagels, it is “hot smoked” at about 225°F. This smoked salmon is perfect served on its own, in potatoes, in scrambled eggs or risotto, or in a sandwich.

Quick and Easy Kosher Dill Pickles And Pickled Tomatoes

pickles

If you’re a fan of tangy deli pickles and pickled tomatoes then you’ll be ready to dive in to this recipe for classic deli-style Kosher sour dill pickles. Even better is the fact that they can be made in one day! This recipe is also perfect for pickled tomatoes, a great way to utilize end of season green tomatoes.

Pulled Pork Recipe

Pulled pork sandwich with sauce in a glass jar

This easy pulled pork recipe skips the slow cooker to create authentic low and slow smoked pulled pork on a smoker or grill. With smoke woven through the moist meat, bits of seasoned crust, and a gentle splash of BBQ sauce, BBQ pulled pork is a foolproof low and slow smoked food, perfect for feeding large crowds.

Turducken? Don’t Bother.

comic about turducken

Turduckens are turkeys stuffed with chickens stuffed with duck breasts and cornbread and andouille sausage and spices and, well, it is a Birdzilla and just not as good as it sounds.

The Best Basic Creamy Southern Coleslaw Recipe Ever

White bowl full of coleslaw featuring grated cabbage and carrots

Just say no to bland store bought coleslaw and hello to this delicious homemade southern coleslaw recipe. This classic simple creamy coleslaw recipe is not only the perfect side dish for your next BBQ and grilling cookout but is also amazing on a Memphis and South Carolina style pulled pork sandwich or on a West Virginia style hot dog.

Grilled Avocados with Strawberry-Mango Salsa Recipe

Plated grilled avocados with fruit salsa

Say goodbye to traditional desserts and surprise your guests with this delicious recipe for fruit salsa stuffed grilled avocados. Rich and creamy with the perfect touch of smoke, the avocados match perfectly with the sweet strawberry and mango salsa to create the perfect addition to your next backyard BBQ bash.