Jim's original Oyster Stuffing Patties Recipe

Here is a JB original and we make this every Thanksgiving and Christmas. It really is easy and fantastic, guest will love it!

Take the Oysters (one jar fresh) and mix in with our favorite stuffing over low heat in a skillet then remove. Stuff the bird with the stuffing for the entire time the bird is being cooked, hopefully on a smoker outside.

When done remove the stuffing and place in a bowl. Get a cutting board out and a pan and put some flour on the board for dusting the oyster stuffing patties. Simply pat out the stuffing into small hamburger size patties and dust them with bench flour(ap)

Then in a preheated cast iron skillet add vegetable oil and get the oil hot enough to be able to fry.

Next simply Fry up the patties much like you would an oyster fritter. Brown both sides and set aside on paper towels.

Serve with brown gravy.

Enjoy!
JB

(note: if your stuffing does not have enough chopped celery and onion in it, cut and pre sear then add to stuffing mix when making the oyster pattie. You can also spice it up a bit with Cayenne pepper and old bay, but be careful not to use to much OB)

WE LOVE OYSTERS!! These we picked off the beach over Christmas. Just love them!

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Coastal Carne Asada

Now we are having FUNNNN!!!!
Esta es una gran comida!!!

WOW one of my all time favorite recipes. One that we put a new twist on and boy it is as delicious as it is fun. A great dish for couples who are in the mood for doing some entertaining.

Now when you prepare this dish, be sure to set your smart phones on some streaming Latin jazz music to be playing in the kitchen, because you want all the right ambiance when making this incredible dish.

First up, what makes this carne asada coastal? The twist is you make a shrimp ceviche and have it chilled in the fridge and is served as a garnish for the asada. Here is how you make the ceviche.

Shrimp Ceviche
Camarón es genial con este plato

1\2 pound peeled and de veined shrimp. Wash well then butterfly the shrimp. Place in a bowl and add small sliced and cubed red onion, avocado, and garlic. The juice of two limes and one lemon go into the mix along with sea salt and fresh cracked pepper to taste. Then add two teaspoons fresh chopped cilantro, stir and place in the fridge for four to five hours.

Jim’s Lime Cilantro Salsa
La mejor salsa que nunca tendrá

Three cans of san marzano plum tomatoes crushed by hand and place tomato and juice in a large bowl. Add one half cup fresh chopped parsley and two full cups of chopped cilantro. Four cloves chopped garlic teaspoon of fresh cracked pepper, three teaspoons sea salt, one teaspoon crushed red pepper, juice of four limes, 3 teaspoons of soy oil, two teaspoons of red wine vinegar, one cp of water. Mix all in a large bowl and allow to sit at room temp for at least 20 minutes.

Jim’s Coastal Carne Rub.
Las mejores especias

This my friends is a rub that I have expanded on slightly. The original rub recipe came from my favorite Mexican diners and markets of all time located in Oceanview VA.

In a bowl combine 1\2 cup of cumin, black pepper and garlic powder. The add three tablespoons of sea salt, lime powder, and chili powder and then a dash of oregano. Mix well and keep in rub jar.

Chips/Chalupas/Tortillas
Hierro fundido es la mejor

For this dinner I made home made chips in the cast iron skillet. I bought some yellow corn tortillas cut into quarters and pan fried until golden brown on each side. Then also fried some whole for chalupas. Home frying your chips makes a HUGE difference.

Preparation of steak.
Sólo use falda steak

Do NOT use any other steak other than skirt. You will have decent results with other cuts of meat but if you want the real enchilada so to speak, get skirt. It is not cheap around where I live and not that easy to find.

Rub the steak down with the juice of four limes then coat the meat with the rub and set in fridge overnight. I curl my skirts up after marinade and place them in a tin pan for the overnight rest.

The next day bring the steak out to room temp before cooking. Get your cast iron skillet ready and pre heat it. Then crank skillet up to medium high heat and begin to sear your skirt steak. Cook both sides with a nice cast iron sear and cook until medium rare then get ready to serve.

Sides include salsa, lettuce, spinach, sliced avocado, shrimp civache, chips, limes, tortillas, fresh shredded extra sharp cheddar and monteray jack cheese, and slow cooked re fried beans with cheese.

Serve all sides on large table and the carne asada is served out of the cast iron skillet on a hot plate.

This truly is an awesome delicious dish that is really fun to make. A great meal for entertaining!!!

Chow!

Jim Baugh

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Cast Iron Lemon Chicken with Capers and Artichoke.

Cast Iron Lemon Chicken with Capers and Artichoke.

Here is a great cast iron one skillet dish that your family will love. It’s cheap, easy and delicious!

Uncle Bill had Donna and I up for Thanksgiving weekend and as always we all cooked up a storm. Now, this was a great dish that I really loved. Below is the basic recipe however you can change this dish up easy by adding olives, tomatoes, avocados, etc.

Before you get going go ahead and cook up some whole wheat noodles al dente and set aside.

Then get some Chicken breast and pan sear on medium heat in melted butter. Brown off nicely and set aside.

Now, add one cup of white wine, a little more butter and one quarter cup olive oil and a half cup of Parmesan cheese. Slice up three lemons and garlic cloves and place in skillet.

Next add chicken back to skillet along with one half cup of capers and one can of artichokes. Let cook for an additional 10 minutes.

Lastly add the pasta back in the skillet and stir. Let simmer for an additional ten minutes. Then serve.

VARIATIONS: There is a lot you can do with this dish, adding meaty seafood is a great idea such as tuna or shrimp. Also black olives and chunks of feta cheese is great also.

This is a simple dish to prepare that will send you off on culinary cast iron experimentation that you and your family will LOVE!!!!

Thanks Uncle Bill, Baby Page and Donna for such an awesome meal and great company.

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Chow and God Bless.

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Clam Fritters pan seared in cast iron skillet

“Hey Cherry, you up?”

“Yeah Chowder, been straining all morning. Siphoned up some good grub on the tide change.”

“Your always a foot ahead of me, and you are so pretty Cherry, I really dig ya. Looks like another nice day, very sandy out”.

“Oh no!!!! Chowder..... here comes that rake again, HURRY!!  Dig, Dig, Dig!!!!”

“Oh Cherry my dahlin, looks like they got us this time! They really raked up. I wonder where we will end up”.

“I don’t know, Charlie Tuna told us we could be abducted by those humanoids if we did not bury deep enough, we should of listened!”

“Seems like we have stopped moving around, Say Chowder why don’t you take a peak outside and see where we are.”

“Anything for you Cherry.”

 

“Well, it's dark, but all I see is Darnell's Aunt on a pancake box. Aunt Jasmine?. I don't know........ but I think we are safe.”

“Wait!!!! Oh NOOOOOO ! I see that big black round cast iron humanoid heating device Charlie Tuna warned us about!! I think we are gonna be FRIED Cherry!”

“WELL, Chowder, I think it’s about time we both came out of our shell!!”

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Authentic Eastern Shore Clam Fritter Recipe. FINALLY FOUND!!

Driving north on Rt 13 just of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel is the entrance to clam nirvana. The Eastern Shore arguably grows the finest clams in the world and from my experience has proved to be true. Just last night we steamed up 100 with a little drawn butter mixed with white wine and garlic and it was one of the best dinners we ever had.

Since I was maybe 16 years old I have searched for the ultimate clam fritter recipe. I have searched the internet and found a lot of recipes all varying in ingredients and methods of cooking. My personal attempts at making an authentic clam fritter has failed miserably many times. While still tasty, nothing like the original you would find at seafood festivals or a good Eastern Shore seafood joint.

Traveling north I past Cape Charles and to the right I saw Randy and Sandy’s Seafood. There was a flashing “Open “ sign and a miniature lighthouse in the parking lot so I figured I 'd have to pop in.

I struck up a conversation with the owner and his son. Of course I picked up a bag of steamers and just could not get over this delicious smell that was emanating throughout the store. I asked him what was he cooking,

“Authentic clam fritters.” Well the first thing out f my mouth were words that were an attempt to get the recipe. I had just eaten lunch so I did not order one right then. We had a very nice chat then I asked to borrow a screwdriver, and went outside to put on my new license plates for my car I had just registered.

While I was putting on the plates in the parking lot, here comes the owner with a fritter for me to sample. What a nice fellow! Well although I was not hungry, I took a bite and WOW!!!!!! This is the fritter I had always dreamed of. So, I went back inside and thanked him again.

I just figured I had no chance in getting this recipe. We talked about different fritter recipes and how I grew up going to the Urbanna Oyster festival and always loved their fritters as well. The subject of our outdoor show came up and that I really would love to have his recipe. So with a promise that I would post his business address and contact info on line, he gave me his recipe.

The thing is, I did not believe the recipe, it was just too simple!!! Here are the ingredients

Pancake Batter

Onion

Salt and pepper.

That’s it. Sounds simple but believe me you can screw this recipe up big time if you don’t follow EAXCTLY how to do it. Here we go.

First, use chowder clams only!!! If you don’t have Chowder clams, make another dish. The reason is the Chowder clam is large enough to have a nice surface area when chopped to hold together the pancake mix and the extra juice is also needed.

Thinly sliced raw onion. Not sautéed. Chop your onion and clams and place them in a bowl. Add the pancake mix until the mixture is the consistency of pancake batter. (salt and pepper to taste) use NO WATER!

Oil a cast iron skillet and cook the fritters much like you would a pancake.

These are the best I have ever had, ever. If you want a little heat to the mix just add a dash of cayenne pepper. This would make it sort of Cajun style.

My dahlin Donna’s favorite meal is clam fritters with mac and cheese and stewed tomatoes on the side.

I am off now to find some chowder clams and break out the cast iron skillet for tonight’s Saturday Night throw down!

Chowder and Cherry are awaiting stove side!

Jim Baugh

JBO TV

Randy and Sandy’s Seafood

22115 Lankford Hgwy, Rt 13

Cape Charles Virginia

757 331 1688

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Spicy Meat Ball Hoagie with Sourdough Honey Church Bread

 Sourdough Honey Church Bread

Yes this is always a favorite around the house and it is easy to make. Lets start with the bread because it is a little different from the recipes I have posted before. This is a simple and fast bread recipe that actually I make on Sundays while at Church. Don’t worry, it is ok to multitask on a Sunday.

An hour before you go to church on Sunday, in a mixer of food processor add five cups bread flour, one cup sourdough starter proofed the night before, three tbls honey, two tbls salt and a packet of dry yeast, proofed in warm water. Add to the mix a dash of olive oil and begin to mix on low, adding one to two cups warm water. Mix into a nice dough ball.

Knead for only a few minutes, then Autolyse for twenty to thirty minutes. Meaning just let the dough rest in the mixer. Then kneed in mixer again for a couple minutes, then roll out onto floured work area and kneed by hand for three minutes adding bench flour as needed.

Starter

Fold into a ball and place in a oiled bowl, cover, then go to Sunday service. (I like to spike my dough a bit by warming the oven, shutting off then putting the dough in the oven to rise. A cold kitchen is a slow way to raise dough)

When we get back from church I put the raised dough backed on the floured surface and hand roll out a couple of loaves on a sheet pan. Then coat the tops with a heavy egg wash which will make for a super crunchy brown crust. Then score the bread. I will turn on the oven to 550 and let the loaves raise again before baking, about 45 minutes. It takes a while to heat up the oven anyway.

Place a metal pan in oven, bottom rack and make sure you add two to three cups of water to the pan so you can give the bread a nice moist steam bath while baking, Put the loaves in the oven at 550 to spike the raise, then reset oven to 425 for thirty minutes. If you don’t have a visible element in your oven, you may need to bake a little longer.

Take bread out and let cool on bread racks. This is a fast way to do bread and is very easy to do. Makes a great Italian loaf for meatball subs, or anything really. For more detailed and additional bread tips refer to my previous bread post Baugh’s Baguettes http://jimsgalley.blogspot.com/2010/10/baughs-baguettes.html

MEATBALLS

Everybody has their own way of doing meatballs. I have used many times fresh meat that I have ground using my kitchenaid mixer. My fav is a mix of pork veal and beef and freshly ground and infused in the grinder with garlic oregano and parsley. But this is only when I have the time to do so. This recipe is for down and dirty quick Meatballs that are FANTASTIC!

Get some fresh ground pork and ground beef from your store. Equal amounts. Add to large bowl along with your fav amounts of garlic, parsley, fresh oregano, boxed Italian bread crumbs, onion powder, crushed red pepper, black pepper, basil and two eggs. Mix up roll out then pan fry in some olive oil. Don’t cook the meatballs all the way threw, just brown them very well in your cast iron skillet. Then drain and dump the balls into your Sunday gravy.

For making meatball subs, I do like fresh motz baked off on the sub. Topped off with some fresh basil leaves.

This is a fantastic recipe for meatball subs, and of course the basis for a lot f different Italian dishes with the leftovers.

Try my Sunday bread recipe, it is quick, easy, delicious, and you even get to go to church while baking!!!

Chow,

Jim Baugh























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