Ok first off, needed to go shopping for the Idaho grown surf…….. found a good parking spot…..
Next up is to get the right “basket” and head for the seafood isle……..pretty tough duty….
Pulled the first basket after 4.5 hours of soaking (tilapia parts was used for the bait….)….
Huge smiles now!
Basket #2………jackpot!
Here is the combined haul…..holy smokes how are we going to eat all of these……
Fired up the Weber side burner and set up a crab boil pot…….two batches and now all out in Idaho mountain air to cool…..48 deg temp (it’s midnight by now)…..
I couldn’t resist……the boy was dying laughing….
Ok now the prime turf side of things……a prime tri tip from Costco…..man I could pass this baby up!
Seasoned it up with salt, pepper, and some kinders caramelized buttery onion…..
Next up it went on the RT 1250 at 180 to soak up some smoke…..
After about 90 mins the INT was 110 I transferred it over to the Weber sear zone….
Side one sear!
Side two sear…. Transferred to the home oven to rest at 140….the INT was 130…..
As the TT was resting I dropped a portion of the crawfish that were cooked in the wee hours and cooled and friged in a new crab boil pot to get ready to consumed….
Finally it’s all put together…….
The TT was dressed with some red wine balsamic reduction and garnished with some garlic new spuds and greens….
The crawfish is paired with some seasoned clarified butter….
Holy smokes this was a cornucopia of flavors!
By the way all the extras got vac-sealed after they were cooled and in the freezer for future meals…. 3 portions…more (12 lbs in total +/-)…..
Next up is to get the right “basket” and head for the seafood isle……..pretty tough duty….
Pulled the first basket after 4.5 hours of soaking (tilapia parts was used for the bait….)….
Huge smiles now!
Basket #2………jackpot!
Here is the combined haul…..holy smokes how are we going to eat all of these……
Fired up the Weber side burner and set up a crab boil pot…….two batches and now all out in Idaho mountain air to cool…..48 deg temp (it’s midnight by now)…..
I couldn’t resist……the boy was dying laughing….
Ok now the prime turf side of things……a prime tri tip from Costco…..man I could pass this baby up!
Seasoned it up with salt, pepper, and some kinders caramelized buttery onion…..
Next up it went on the RT 1250 at 180 to soak up some smoke…..
After about 90 mins the INT was 110 I transferred it over to the Weber sear zone….
Side one sear!
Side two sear…. Transferred to the home oven to rest at 140….the INT was 130…..
As the TT was resting I dropped a portion of the crawfish that were cooked in the wee hours and cooled and friged in a new crab boil pot to get ready to consumed….
Finally it’s all put together…….
The TT was dressed with some red wine balsamic reduction and garnished with some garlic new spuds and greens….
The crawfish is paired with some seasoned clarified butter….
Holy smokes this was a cornucopia of flavors!
By the way all the extras got vac-sealed after they were cooled and in the freezer for future meals…. 3 portions…more (12 lbs in total +/-)…..
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