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Grilled baby octopus, moules-frites, chicken...


 

Gary H. NJ

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Since the kids are in college, we usually only cook a day or two a week here. Better get the grilling done now; a little snow due tonight and tomorrow... traces of the white stuff still lingering in my neighborhood.

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For tomorrow's dinner I grilled up a 3.5 lb chicken from my friends at Goffle Road Poultry in Wyckoff, NJ. Marinaded Thai Gai Yahng style with minced shallots, ginger, white pepper and soy. Not pictured: made some roasted butternut squash soup to go with it.

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Kept the fire on either side of the chick and flipped her once to finish. Rubbed all over with garlic oil before grilling indirect.

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For tonight's dinner I thought it would be fun to do my take on moules-frites, Belgium steamed mussels and fries. Sorry, nothing grilled here. :rolleyes:
Mussels were done stovetop in a light coconut-milk curry.

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Russets were roasted in the oven with ground green, white, and black peppercorns.

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Also for tonight was grilled baby octopi and fennel-orange salad. The octopi were simmered until tender with garlic and lemon, then tossed with a little garlic oil and lightly grilled.

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Everything served up with some homemade garlic aoli for the taters. Thanks for stopping by. Hope everyone is well.

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I still dream of the small grilled octopus I ate in Greece many years ago. I have never them here in Norway. This looks like a killer meal, for sure!
 
0h Man Alive Gary, I haven't had/made aoli in ages! Love it! Thanks for the NUDGE!
and i've had octopus before, butt not the baby~variety, looks PERFECT!!

Mussels, the Bird, wedges... salad... whoa baby! AWESOME!! PERFECTLY AWESOME!!


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Beautiful chicken, mussels to drool over, and grilled octopi (octopuses ?) I spy w/ my eye a very good lookin' meal. Thank you for sharing, Gary.
 
Chicken, and fries look great Gary!
you know me, I have pretty simple tastes, and eating baby octopi has never been on my food bucket list.:)
 

 

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