Sunday, October 17, 2010

BBQ, Coleslaw & Corn Bread


I'm behind . . . but blogging is on the back burner until the end of the semester. Here are a few recipes to hold you over. A few weekends ago we made the Siburt family BBQ recipe which I don't think I've shared here yet. It's a really easy recipe, can be made with either pork or beef, and seems to always please the guests :-). I also made coleslaw (my Mom's delicious and very simple recipe) and we attempted gluten-free corn bread which surprised us all. Here are the recipes for the whole meal. Great for a fall weekend with friends and football.


BBQ
Cook a roast in the crock pot until it easily flakes apart. (Beef and Pork both work, your choice) Take out and let cool on a plate until it's ok to handle. The size of the roast doesn't matter and depends on the number of people you're serving. You can change the amount of sauce you make accordingly. Once the meat has cooled shred it and put it in a 13x9 baking dish.



While you are waiting for the meat to cook make the sauce:
1/2 cup vinegar
1/2 cup water
2 tbsp brown sugar
1 tbsp mustard
1/4 cup melted butter
1 medium chopped onion
1/2 tbsp pepper
2-3 tbsp lemon juice
1/2 cup ketchup
2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce



Mix all ingredients except ketchup and Worcestershire sauce together in saucepan. Bring to a bail and let simmer for 15 minutes. Remove from heat and add ketchup and Worcestershire sauce.



Once the meat is shredded and in a baking dish pour sauce over cooked meat. Stir together so sauce covers all the meat and bake at 325 for 1 hour uncovered.



Coleslaw
1 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup vinegar
salt and pepper

1 head cabbage
1/2 carrot ( more or less according to preference)
1/8 onion (according to taste preference)

OR

A bag of cole slaw from the salad section :-) It's a lot easier!

Gluten Free Corn Bread
3/4 cup corn meal
1 cup Gluten Free All Purpose Baking Flour
1/3 cup sugar
1 cup buttermilk (if you don't have buttermilk you can make it: combine 1 cup milk with 1 tbsp vinegar and let sit for 5 minutes)
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking powder
1 egg, well beaten
2 tbsp shortening

Mix and sift together dry ingredients. Add milk, egg, and shortening. Bake in shallow pan for 20 minutes at 425 degrees.

** If you don't want to make the cornbread gluten free use:
- 1 cup self rising flour (instead of the gluten free flour)
- 1/2 tsp baking soda (instead of the larger amount of baking soda)
- 1/2 tsp salt (instead of the larger amount of salt)
- don't use the baking powder