Yesterday I posted a thread in the wrong sub forum....OOPS!! It'd been too long since I'd posted anything and I'd never been to the Fattie forum so didn't even think about it. This one could go in any of several places so I'll just trust the mods to make the decision and move it accordingly if they deem necessary.
Sooooo....the wife recently took a business trip to Kansas City for some sort of financial seminar. She and some of the other gals decided to hit a BBQ joint that was close to the meeting place for lunch. Wife ordered a pulled pork stuffed baked potato. She said the picture looked REALLY good so she thought she'd give it a shot. Turned out to be not such a good idea. She said the pork was really bland and tasted like it had been just boiled then "flavor" was attempted by adding a huge amount of some sickly sweet BBQ sauce. DISCLAIMER: This is NOT a slam against KC style BBQ, just poor execution by this particular restaurant. I know there is some killer Q to be had there. She mentioned this lunch when she got home and thought it had merit if it were correctly done. Next thing I knew, I was requested to put these together for dinner one night. Well, here is what I came up with:
Large Russet 'taters baked (actually in the microwave since I was short on time). I like to cut up the "meat" of the 'tater so it's easier to scoop out and the butter melts all the way through....lots of butter!!
Add a pile of pulled pork
A bunch of shredded 3 cheese blend
Fresh diced Jalapenos
Chopped red onions
A drizzle of sauce and we're ready to eat
These were easy and quick to make, very gratifying, and really really tasty!! We have since done several different variations of these. You're only limited by your imagination what can be done stuffing big ol' taters. We have probably done 5 different combinations and all have been good. One of our favorites was homemade Canadian bacon (Disco's recipe), fresh broccoli that was lightly steamed, and Velveeta cheese sauce. We always seem to come back to this one as our absolute favorite though :)
Happy taters in Lago,
Robert
Sooooo....the wife recently took a business trip to Kansas City for some sort of financial seminar. She and some of the other gals decided to hit a BBQ joint that was close to the meeting place for lunch. Wife ordered a pulled pork stuffed baked potato. She said the picture looked REALLY good so she thought she'd give it a shot. Turned out to be not such a good idea. She said the pork was really bland and tasted like it had been just boiled then "flavor" was attempted by adding a huge amount of some sickly sweet BBQ sauce. DISCLAIMER: This is NOT a slam against KC style BBQ, just poor execution by this particular restaurant. I know there is some killer Q to be had there. She mentioned this lunch when she got home and thought it had merit if it were correctly done. Next thing I knew, I was requested to put these together for dinner one night. Well, here is what I came up with:
Large Russet 'taters baked (actually in the microwave since I was short on time). I like to cut up the "meat" of the 'tater so it's easier to scoop out and the butter melts all the way through....lots of butter!!
Add a pile of pulled pork
A bunch of shredded 3 cheese blend
Fresh diced Jalapenos
Chopped red onions
A drizzle of sauce and we're ready to eat
These were easy and quick to make, very gratifying, and really really tasty!! We have since done several different variations of these. You're only limited by your imagination what can be done stuffing big ol' taters. We have probably done 5 different combinations and all have been good. One of our favorites was homemade Canadian bacon (Disco's recipe), fresh broccoli that was lightly steamed, and Velveeta cheese sauce. We always seem to come back to this one as our absolute favorite though :)
Happy taters in Lago,
Robert
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