May 08 2015
Old Dave’s post using his Weber Jumbo Joe made me break out mine today to do a chicken. It was a great day sunny and 86. I went this morning and bought 6 tomato plants and got those planted. I usually work up my little garden 4 X 8 feet but since I am a little hampered with the bad leg I did a no till planting.
The chicken I had bought yesterday; I spatchcocked it and got it in brine for 8 hours. Then it was rinsed and air dried in the fridge about 8 hours. I cut it in half and seasoned with a sprinkle of Cajun and a lot of Mo Rockin rub. I had my WJJ heated up to 300 deg. with some Stubbs briquettes. I easily maintained 300 to 325 deg. and it took a total of 1 ½ hours. I seared the chicken the last 10 minutes or so.
My side was spaghetti squash, I wanted a small one to serve each half but all they had was a large one. It was good so I was glad we had leftovers. I had looked at several recipes and came up with this one. I cut the squash in half and removed the seeds, a grapefruit spoon works well for this. I place cut side down in a dish with a ½ inch of water and nuked in the microwave until getting soft; 15 minutes. I used a fork to loosen the strands leaving in the shell and sprinkled on some Penzey’s sandwich sprinkle. Garlic salt would work too. I set them aside.
I sliced and quartered a small sweet onion; and sliced up six mini sweet peppers into rings. I sautéed them in a little olive oil just until soft and set aside to cool. I mixed in two large spoonfuls of sour cream, some Italian blend seasoning and divided it on top of the squash. I cut some grape tomatoes in half, 4 for each squash half. I topped it with some shredded six cheese blend Italian. I sprinkled on some Italian blend seasoning. They went in my Traeger I had heated to 275 deg. which was about 295 grill level. It was in for 45 minutes.
The chicken was tender and juicy and I like the little heat the Cajun added to the Mo Rockin rub. We both loved the spaghetti squash.
Smokin Don
