You Don't Know Jack/Tasty Thursday

Tasty Thursday

Friday night we began our Labor Day Weekend with a drive to Lawrence, Kansas to pick up one daughter and brought the other one along. As with any longish road trip, food has to be in the plan. Especially when the trip has to start after 5:30 pm.

Our choice in Overland Park, Kansas was 

Fiorella's Jack Stack Barbecue.

 I love how I have all 3 of them in this shot with the mirror helping me out.

So great seating is a plus for them to begin with.

The Gluten Free option Rachel shared with her dad was called The Round Up.

Sampling of Sliced Beef, Pork, Ham, and Pork Spare Ribs. 

Sides of Cheesy Corn and Baked Beans. 

Definitely enough to share.

Kirsten picked out the Arkansas Topper after much deliberation. 

 "Boneless chicken breast topped with barbecue sauce, cheddar and jack cheese, and your choice of barbecue meat." straight from the menu.

No complaints and the fries were a huge score!

This comes from my Hamburger connoisseur.

My dinner pick was something I wouldn't normally choose.

I like a little spice and this one fit the bill pretty good. Not too hot but definitely had a bit of a kick. And you never go wrong with bacon. Just my opinion.

"Pepper jack cheese, bacon and side of chipotle ranch."

Served on a whole wheat bun but I mainly ate the meat portion with the fries and was totally satisfied. 

Hunger. Gone.

This is not a fly-by BBQ joint. It's a firmly established part of Kansas City Barbecue tradition having been around since 1957. 

If you haven't tried Kansas City Barbecue, 

You Don't Know Jack!

Throwing a Curve at the Curley Q

This is my all time, favorite dipping sauce....these days.

I have loved many and am down to but a few.

Sauces, that is.

It's for my French fries, tator tots, and tonight, it was for

Curley Q's.

 Want the recipe?

You'll need

 1 Cup Mayonnaise (don't use the Miracle brand)

 

 

3/4 Cup Barbecue Sauce. I highly recommend

Kansas City Style.

 

Mix and spoon it on your plate.

 

Hope you'll make it a  Tasty Thursday.

Football on Tasty Thursday

When you go to a football party around here, there's gotta be Kansas City style BBQ.

When the game is on a weeknight, don't have tickets and wanna be the armchair quarterback,

  you come up with some pretty delicious takes on BBQ.

At the time of this writing, KC Chiefs are winning.

 

We had some Beef Fajitas, Ron Style for dinner and there's a little secret to these that I'm letting out of the bag on this Tasty Thursday.

We start out with around 3 pounds of Beef Carne' Picada, basically shredded beef.

Then comes the marinade. 

Synonyms: Sauce, Brine, Cure, Stuff. I like the last one :)

 

In a glass bowl combine:

1/4 Cup Tequila

1/8 Cup Lemon Juice

BBQ Sauce (KC Style of course), enough to cover --approximately 2 cups

Leave in frig overnight and cover with plastic wrap, foil, lid. Whichever.

 

Here's the finished Beef in Ready-to-Serve mode.

 

Getcha some Condiments.

pictured are Shredded Cheese, Salsa, French Onion Dip, Guacamole, Sour Cream.

 

 

We serve 'em up on Corn Tortillas (gluten free)

 

And in case you wanted to ask but were too polite,

the Sour Cream and French Onion are very similar.

But,

Some prefer the extra zing.

And some don't.

Find your zing and embrace it.

Happy Thursday!