Black and Blue Ribeye
Today for me was throw down cook day, but so it is with people with lots of children, a few of them the came over for a surprise visit. Of course this complicated my well-thought-out cooking plan for the black and blue ribeye, but what the heck, I love my family and they are always welcome. So, I added a few items to the cook, but my focus will be the ribeye, rice, and the peppers...
I am cooking the lovely cowboy chop that I won in the SausageFest throw down, but my beautiful wife likes steak too... just not so thick! So, I pick up a couple of thin cut rib eyes and now my sweetie can be happy. :-D Here are the steaks rubbed with simple salt and pepper...
One of the reasons I love my Char-Griller offset is that the fire box comes with cast iron grates. Here they are getting ready for the party...
Of course, any good meal needs some sides, so I cooked up some Multi-Grain, Medley Wild Rice. Yes, it's minute rice, but I urge you not to knock this one until you try it. It's really good, and will be used as one of my main sides, and some will be stuffed into one of the red peppers for my vegetarian daughter...
I also needed to grate some cheese for the stuffed peppers. I have extra sharp cheddar and monterey jack...
The red peppers will be coated with EVOO and roasted on the smoker until they are about halfway done. Then I will take them off, stuff them, and put them back on...
I also needed some fresh bacon to chop into pieces, mix into the cheese, and then stuff inside the peppers...
The bacon, peppers, and cheese are ready for a tossing...
The cowboy chop goes into the smoker to hang out in some hickory before getting seared. I like my steaks medium well, so lets see how this will turn out...
And the peppers get stuffed, remember, one is vegetarian...
The peppers are done now, and it's time to sear the steak. Man, I love those cast iron grates...
The steak and the peppers are ready for plating, but let's get a glamour shot first...
Everything is plated and ready for me to devour...
And look at this... it's a perfect medium well! :bow:
Please use the image below as my official entry picture. It's a fork full of ribeye steak and some of the cheesy, bacon'y filling from the stuffed red pepper...
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