Cheese Filled Meatloaf

 Inspired from Jack'd Up Smoked Meatloaf

Ingredients.

 Couple pounds ground beef.

3/4 cup cracker crumbs.

Small diced onion.

3 tbs. minced garlic.

Couple eggs.

Some worcestershire sauce-about a tbs.

Couple tbs. Jack Daniels whiskey.

Couple tbs. steak rub.

1/4 cup milk.

Some pepper jack cheese.

 

 Sauce-1/2 cup ketchup, 1/3 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup Jask Daniels whiskey, tbs. steak rub,

couple tsp, crushed red pepper flakes.

 

Get smoker ready for 225 degrees.

Mix the ingredients together and form half the loaf, put a dent in the middle and fill with a bunch of cheese. Form the rest of the loaf on top. Pour the sauce over the loaf.

Place the meat in the smoker, about 4-4 1/2 hours. Internal temp 165.

I have a vegetable pan with holes on bottom, used it for the meatloaf. Turned out very good.

 

 

Dutch Oven Chicken Marbella

Inspired from silver palate cookbook and fresh off the grid.

1 small bag of prunes, about a cup-chopped.

1 can of green olives.

3/4 cup dry white wine.

1/2 cup red wine vinegar.

6 cloves garlic-chopped.

1/4 cup capers.

2 tbs. dried oregano.

2 bay leaves.

1 tsp. salt.

Small onion cut up.

6 skin on chicken thighs.

1 tbs. olive oil.

2 tbs. brown sugar. 

I didn't have capers-I used some thyme. I used white cooking wine. I had skinless, boneless chicken.

Place all but the oil and sugar in a bag or container for a day to two days to marinate.

Heat a dutch oven with 27 coals under it.

Pour the oil in. 

Take out the chicken and sprinkle the sugar over the thighs.

 Brown the chicken skins in the oil.

Pour all the marinade in with the chicken.

Of the 27 coals, place 9 under and 18 on top of dutch oven.

Bake the chicken about 30-45 minutes, until done.

Pour over rice. Tastes good.