Chili Crisp Wings and Watermelon

Today’s lunch: Chili Crisp Wings and Watermelon. Mix 1 tablespoon of flour with 1 tablespoon of corn starch. Add 1 tablespoon of chili powder, 1 teaspoon of cayenne and 1 teaspoon of baking powder. Sprinkle in a bit of salt. Blend well and add a pack of chicken wings and toss till well coated. These went into my air-fryer rotisserie basket at 390° for 30 minutes. Upon removal, about 1/4 cup of hot sauce (I used Cholula) was frizzled on top with about two tablespoons of Chili Crisps. These can be found in the Asian Food section. Food Lion does carry them! Toss well. Pairs well with nice cooling watermelon cubes and an Apple Crisp...

Cheeseburger Tacos with Cauliflower Buffalo Wings.

Cheeseburger Tacos with Cauliflower Buffalo Wings. I took two zero-carb tortillas and pressed 1/4 lb of 90/10 grass-fed Angus beef onto them. I seasoned this with some Chicago Steak Seasoning. This went, beef down, on my high-heat Blackstone Griddle for a couple minutes. At the same time I grilled up some onions and jalapenos. And while this happened, I chopped up some dill pickles and mixed it with some mustard and ketchup. This was my sauce. Then they were flipped. The now exposed crispy beef was then adorned with some Tilimok Cheddar Jack and the onions and peppers. This was topped with the sauce. Earlier I floret-ted some cauliflower, par boiled it for 4 minutes. I did a mix of flour, salt, pepper, onion powder and garlic powder. I added a bit of A2 milk to...

Pork Chop with Sweet Spanish Paprika Cauliflower and Corn

While on its face this is an air fried pork chop, the star is not the chop…which did turn out great. It’s the Air-fried tumbled Sweet Spanish Paprika Cauliflower, and adjacently flavored sweet corn. The pork chop is dried, brushed with olive oil and seasoned with my “Don’s Rub.” Which is salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder and cayenne, for the most part. It was REALLY thick, so air fried for 40-ish minutes until my thermometer hit 165°. Then set to rest. But here’s the magic. I coated a diced/floret-ted cauliflower with olive oil, sweet Spanish paprika, Himalayan salt, black pepper and Flat Iron peppers (you can use crushed red pepper). This went into a pot of boiling water for 5 minutes and then was removed to cool. With...

Air-Fried Hamburger

While I’ve had my air fryer for almost 4 years now, I’ve never cooked a hamburger in it. Today’s the day! I took a frozen 1/4 LB patty I created a couple weeks ago out of the freezer and let it de-thaw for about an hour. I seasoned it with salt and pepper and put it into the air fryer at 400° for eight minutes. Meanwhile I mixed some Duke’s Mayo with some Dijon mustard and some Worcestershire sauce. This would be my burger sauce. At 8 minutes I flipped the burger and laid a slice of Black Forest Ham next to it, and cooked both 2 more minutes. I then put a slice of Cheddar cheese on the burger and put a sliced Bollilo (available at Food Lion) bun on the second rack and cooked everything for 1 more minute. Construction: Bottom bun. Sauce....

Pickled Chicken Wings

I’ve been seeing this online…pickled wings, but have largely ignored this. But when it came to do my first batch of wings in my new air fryer rotisserie tumbler, I wanted to do something new. A wing I haven’t cooked before, and a way I have not cooked a wing before. I have no shortage of pickle juice in my life. I cook with pickles and I snack on pickles. I have 4 large jars of pickles in my life at any time. Usually Kosher Dills, as that is my favorite. So today we dumped a pound of chicken wings into a bowl, poured all the juice I could spare on top. I added some dill. We covered it up, tossed it around and let it sit for 6 hours. We did turn it on occasion, maybe twice. Then we put them in a colander and let the dry a bit, about 5 minutes....