Cheater BBQ
Barbecue Anytime, Anywhere, in Any Weather
CHAPTER 1
Cheater Beginnings
Oven-Smoked Almonds
Cortez Salsa
Deviled Egg Spread with Smoked Paprika
Smoky Pecan Cheese Ball
Smoked Paprika Pimiento Cheese
Cheater Foie Gras
Hot Pe–o Noir Spinach Cheese Dip
Any Smoked Fish Party Spread
Cheesy Alligator Snouts
Roasted Eggplant White Bean Spread
Hot-Oven Garlic Heads
Hot-Oven Drums
Rooster Riblets
Quick Sticks
Broiled Kielbasa and Pineapple Picks
Cheata Rita Pitcher
Sparkling Sangria
Hazy Mary
Sparkling Shandy
Red Zingria
Cheater Hot Cider
Eye-Patch Punch
Oven-Smoked Almonds
Makes 2 cups
2 cups raw almonds
1 tablespoon peanut or olive oil
1 tablespoon bottled smoke
1 teaspoon fine-grained seasoned salt (we use Lawry's)
Pinch of cayenne pepper
Like popcorn, nuts taste best sprinkled with extra-fine-grained salt that sticks to the snack. That's why the cheater thing to use here is Lawry's seasoned salt, a ready-to-go finely ground blend of salt, seasonings, and sugar that becomes one with the nut. If you use coarse kosher salt, you'll find the flakes sitting i ...
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