(3) meatloaves and (2) different meatballs w/q-view

[chisoxjim]

At Restaurant Depot yesterday i stumbled upon a sale item, a 10 lb. chub of Halal ground beef 80/20. Halal meat is kind of the muslim version of kosher. This beef was $.99/lb. Great deal. It was frozen so I knew I would have to cook it all off before i could refreeze it.

Perfect remedy, a few meat loaves, some asian meatballs, and some meatballs for spaghetti and meatballs for Monday night.

The "asian" meatballs were the same ingredients as the regular except I added som Chines 5 spice blend, and a little hoisin. Meatball mix used water soaked bread instead of dry bread crumbs.

Meatlaof recipe was a basic, bread crumbs, ketchup, L & P, salt, black pepper, garlic, eggs, milk, and dry onions(wanted to keep additional moisture out of the loaf). Had enough for 3 big meat loafs. fixin' to put them on in about 45 minutes.

Halal chub:



meatball mix:



regular mix:



"asian" meatball mix:



rolled:





meatball q-view:



meatballs done:




cut open:



(3) meatloaves panned up:



ive got the "asian" style meatballs in the crosk pot with a sauce of grape jelly, hoisin, L & P, chili oil, sesame seeds, minced onion, and horseradish. Should be a good snack.

Thanks for looking so far, meat loaf should go on soon.

 

[rbranstner]

Looking good. You going to freeze some of those for later?

 

[chisoxjim]

thanks,

yes, gonna freeze probably 2, most likely in slices for easy defrosting for sandwiches, etc.

 

[chisoxjim]

sauced meatballs(sauce is hoisin, ketchup, bbq sauce, horseradish, sweel chili sauce, sesame seeds, L & P, minced onion). sweet and spicy.




1 of 3 meatloaf ready to go:




on the WSM (1) down low, (2) up top:



For the last 30 mins Ill glaze with ketchup, & Ill take em to 160, then let them rest before slicing. Serving with mashed potato, and broccoli.

thanks to those who have checked these pics out.

 

[jaxgatorz]

Awesome looking pile of meat !! Man those meatballs make ya wanna break the screen and grab em

 

[chisoxjim]

thanks jax,

just took a peak at the meatloafs, hoping they tighten up.

 

[eaglewing]

Thanks for sharing it looks GREAT

 

[chisoxjim]

almost done glazed and back in to finish:





cant wait for supper.

 

[fire it up]

Oh man does that sounds good!!!

 

[chisoxjim]

thanks, it had alomst a licorice taste from the hoisin & the star anise in the Chinese 5 spice.

 

[chisoxjim]

finished pics, another great smoke on the WSM, gotta tip my hat to that smoker, gotta be the best i have owned.

off the smoker:



all 3 rested and ready to be sliced:



sliced:





thanks for checking out my pics, and those who made comments. I appreciate it.

I have a chicken in the fridge injected with Tony C's cajun butter for tomorrow, I may also smoke some 13-15 shrimp as well.

slainte..

 

[fire it up]

Looks like it turned out great, not to mention your good words about the WSM, a smoker such as yourself saying it is the best you have owned definitely got my attention...
Might be time to add a new smoker to the family.

Never tried the Tony C's butter injection, almost picked up a bottle the other day but didn't, the seasoning is good so I'm sure the cajun butter injection is great!

 

[chisoxjim]

thanks, the WSM is still sitting @ 230(im letting it burn out the rest of the lump), its been sitting there since about noon. so almost 8.5 hours on the one ring of lump.

I use the injector that comes with the Tony C's, and figured i wouldnt waste it. I am curious how it will turn out as well.

 

[rdknb]

looks great, I need to do a meatloaf

 

[DanMcG]

It all looks great Jim, but them sauced meatballs are on my short list! Thanks for sharing the idea

 

[cppbrian]

That looks great, I want to try a meatloaf soon. they sure do look tasty.

 

[treegje]

Man those look good, certainly earned points

 

[beer-b-q]

They look great...

 

[morkdach]

good looken stuff ya got there meatballs are fun you can do so many different things with them.

for the qview and ideas

 

[chisoxjim]

thanks folks, I think Ill be eatin meatloaf for a while...Gonna give as much away as posible.

the spice that made the "asian" style meatballs was the "Chinese 5 spice" the star anise really gave it a nice pop.