Grill Recipe
Grilled Spuds (Potatoes)
This side dish is good and easy, almost lazy.
Large Russet Potatoes, the long not so round ones.
Olive Oil
Garlic Powder
Onion Powder
Salt & Pepper
Wash spuds and cut them into rounds about 1â thick. Figure about 3 rounds per person. Lightly fork the rounds on the cut sides, be careful not to break them and put in bowl. Coat spuds with oil and toss, then shake remaining ingredients on spuds while tossing to cover all sides. Let stand for few minutes for flavors to penetrate to spuds.
If cooking on a grill put spuds directly over heat to apply grill marks and lightly browned. Turn spuds and repeat. After all the spuds are browned finish baking with indirect heat for 30 or so minutes.
If cooking over an open fire grill spuds on a grate then transfer to a large Dutch oven with a trivet and finish the baking process.
These potatoes will have a light brown toasty outside, but very moist and smooth in the middle. No matter how you make them the smoky grill flavor is great.
Beef on the Grill
This is the number one question that grillers haveâhow to make the perfect grilled steak. Well, practice makes perfect. You will probably have your share of duds before you reach the pinnacle of perfection. But, that doesnât mean you have to start with inferior products.
Like I said, practice makes perfect. To grill the best steak youâve ever tasted, you need to use that grill more than a couple of times each year. So, stock that freezer with the best cuts of beef for the job and letâs get down to brass tacks.
The first thing is to choose your meat. I wonât lie to youâbeef is expensive. Those thick steaks you see on the commercials will cost a pretty penny, but, not to worry. You can find what you need at a butcher shop or the meat section of your favorite grocery store.
The best meat for grilling is labeled USDA Prime. This beef is marbled which means that there are veins of fat running through the meat. Prime is aged for a several days so that it is perfect for cooking. If you canât afford the prime cut of beef, move on over to USDA Choice. It is a little cheaper but just as marbled and delicious on the grill.
Now that we know the grade of meat we are looking for, we need to know which types of beef cuts are best on the grill. I personally love a good New York strip steak or a T-bone steak. They grill up nice and tender so they melt in your mouth. Porterhouse and sirloin steaks are also good. Any steak with a bone in it will need longer cooking for the meat next to the bone.
If you choose marinate your steak. A good hour in the fridge should do it. With the proper cuts of meat, this is enough time for the meat to soak up the flavor. Let the meat come to room temperature before grilling.
When you are just starting out, donât get too ambitious. By this I mean, start with a thinner cut of meat. Donât throw a two inch thick steak on the grill like the king of the world and have it taste tougher than shoe leather when itâs done. Stay around an inch or less in thickness and practice before moving up to the major leagues.
Steaks that are cherry in color are ready for grilling. Avoid that marked down meat that is turning a shade of gray or brown. Turn to the butcher for advice on the best buys. With meat in hand, light the grill and let the good times roll.
Enjoy,
Camp Master