Charley Belcher - Good Day Tampa Bay TV Appearance
We were fortunate enough to have our good friend, Charley Belcher, join us this morning to cook an entire Christmas dinner on the Traeger Grill. As we discussed, you can use these same recipes on a gas grill, charcoal grill or even your oven! It is all about the time and temperature!
We started off the show talking about Prime Rib & Glazed Holiday Ham! We used a 35 day wet aged prime rib from Master Purveyors! It was delicious and if you are in the read for a prime rib for the big day on Sunday, send Shawn McCranie at Master Purveyors The prime rib recipe is below:
Smoked Prime Rib – Serves 10-12
6-8 lb. Prime Rib
4 oz. Victory Lane Beef Rub
Remove the prime rib from the refrigerator 1 hour before cooking and let sit at room temperature
- Liberally rub the prime rib with Victory Lane Beef Rub
- Prepare your grill to a temperature of 275 degrees
- Place the prime rib on the grill with the fat side down
- Cook until an instant-read thermometer inserted in the center reads 130 degrees F, between 3 1/2 to 4 hours.
- Remove the prime rib from the grill
- Let rest, loosely covered with foil, for 20 minutes before slicing
After being rubbed and before going on the smoker:
After rest and sliced:
Glazed Holiday Ham
Smoke Glazed Holiday Ham - Serves 15-20
1 half semi-boneless cooked ham
1 bottle Texas Rib Candy (Flavor of Your Choice)
2 Cups Turbinado Sugar
- Unwrap the ham and place in a disposable half pan
- Move smoker to 275 degrees and place half pan with ham on it
- Glaze the top of the ham with Texas Rib Candy and sprinkle with Turbo Sugar
- Repeat process every 15 minutes for a total of 120 minutes
- Remove from smoker, rest for 10 minutes, slice and serve
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In the 2nd segment we went over sides on the grill. Today's choice was Sweet Potato Casserole & Green Bean Casserole. The recipes are below:
Sweet Potato Casserole - Serves: 12-15
- Preheat Traeger to 375
- Pierce skin of sweet potatoes with fork, few times each
- Place on the Traeger and roast for 1 hour or extremely softened
- When soft, remove from grill, peel skin off by hand & cut into cubes & place sweet potatoes in cast iron skillet
- Whisk together 1 stick of butter, brown sugar, vanilla & Dirt Seasoning
- Pour over potatoes & sprinkle with marshmallows
- Dot the remining half stick of butter over the top of the casserole
- Bake in the Traeger for 25 minutes or until warm & marshmallows are golden
- Preheat Traeger for 375 degrees
- Melt butter in cast iron skillet & add onions, stirring occassionally until softened
- Add green beans, soup, seasoning & stir to combine
- Sprinkle the top with cheese & crumbled onion rings
- Bake for 25 minutes
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- Preheat Traeger to 375 degrees
- Place apples in cast iron skillet.
- Mix all non-topping ingredients in a small bowl
- Sprinkle over apples and toss lightly
- Dot the apples with butter
- Combine topping ingredients and mix until crumbly, sprinkle over the top of the apples
- Bake for 35 minutes until apples are softened & topping in browned
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