Show Us What You're Cooking! (SUWYC) - Volume 40, Winter 2025/2026

[BKYDBBQ]

Made a crock-pot full of Beefy French Onion Soup...Crock-pot ran for over 24 hours...

• Browned a lot of ground beef, removed from crock-pot and drained...
• Put over 3 lbs of sliced onions and let them cook over night for over 8 hours, one of the best ways to fix a lot of caramelized onions.
• Added beef broth, balsamic vinegar and seasonings and let cook on low
• After 2ish hours added ground beef and keep cooking on low
• After several hours added Brandy and some reserved caramelized onions
• Once that simmered for a bit added elbow macaroni and let simmer for a while
• Only think not cooked in the crock-pot was the macaroni

This came out amazing...

Here is the recipe for the basic crock-pot french onion soup, without beef and macaroni, this recipe is good without the beef and macaroni:

https://tiphero.com/crockpot-french-onion-soup

[Jerod Broussard]

Tell your Crock-Pot I said kudos for running for 24 hours. The last time I ran for 24 hours........okay I've never ran for 24 hours.

[texastweeter]

What about that time you were on the lam? Jerod Broussard?

[bbqLuv]

Beef Onion Soup sounds really good.
I enjoy French Onion soup
Beef Onion Soup takes it to the nest level.

[Panhead John]

If this ain’t gumbo weather I don’t know what is. Last night…..chicken and andouille sausage gumbo. Served with a side of Cheese-It’s. 🥸



My high end dining table….

[bbqLuv]

Only one place setting?

[dpearce]

Beef and barley soup, yesterday. Found a recipe on Serious Eats, and tried it out. Not bad, could’ve used a little more flavor, but overall decent.

The recipe called for chuck roast but I had thawed out a beef shoulder cut. Definitely a tougher cut. Was hoping a longer cook would soften it up some. Should’ve probably cut the roast into bite-sized chunks, then browned it, rather than sear and toss into the pot. It definitely gave me a reason to use the new Dutch oven. Plated with some chopped parsley and green onion.

[texastweeter]

Smoked then seared 8oz Steakburgers

[SheilaAnn]

Mouth watering close ups for the win!!

[ItsAllGoneToTheDogs]

Frozen cooker tritip... only cooked to rare so it should still be medium rare when I nuke the leftovers. Quick seared a few slices with some eggs and jalapeno cheddar sourdough toast.

[WI Bubba]

That last pic has me drooling.

[Spinaker]

Man, that Hasty bake is cool looking.

[ItsAllGoneToTheDogs]

Spinaker we went to my uncles house in SF and his garage door is Corten... so now I have a new.must have whenever I build my new house.

[Finster]

Lasagna soup (courtesy of Mrs Finster) and homemade focaccia

[Donw]

Thought we would try something a little different that we have never tried before, East Indian Potato Beef Chops. Basically it is a fried potato cake filled with spiced ground beef, mutton or lamb optional. Spiced with a mixture of Chiles , garlic, onions, garam masala, cilantro, cumin and coriander seeds. Usually they serve a chutney on the side, but I wasn’t going hunting during this storm. Will have better technique next time, and there will definitely be a next time.

[Michael_in_TX]

That actually looks really tasty!

[radiodome21]

I was a Jesuit retreat this weekend and came back to 6 inches of snow. I left ribs in the fridge before I left and didn’t want to refreeze them so i grabbed a shovel right away and started making room. Due to a time crunch I decided tonight use the WSM. Apple chunks with B&B. Used some of Meatchurch’s rubs and they were delicious. I love my WSM.

[gboss]

AMDG

[LegoMySearwood]

Water pan or no water pan?

[radiodome21]

Empty and covered with a tray that I wrapped in foil. I’ll only fill the pan when I’m doing a long low and slow, like brisket. IMO ribs on the WSM are done in about 3-4 hours at around 275-300 or so. I also didn’t get home until 1:30 and these don’t get put on until 3 when the snow stopped.

[JCBBQ]

Finally got around to cooking. Chicken Thai red curry and rice. Should fuel some late night shoveling. 🙃

[texastweeter]

Icestorm ribs and leftover cheddar cracklin cornbread. I got the chine bone

[SheilaAnn]

pan seared Wild fork Berkshire pork chop, Marsala mushrooms, sauté spinach, mashed Yukon golds.

[smokenoob]

SheilaAnn girl? no girl in this noob! 🥸

[SheilaAnn]

smokenoob I play! I was just using a song lyric. LOL LOL

[theroc]

Perfect

[Michael_in_TX]

Normally I eschew using the full oven as it heats up the house, but today I think yes, I very much want to heat up the house!! (With my downstairs heat offline, it is 60 F in here.)

Malcom Reed's meatballs it is. There are really good.....half ground chuck, half ground hot Italian sausage.

All balled up....



And after ~30 minutes in a delightfully, gloriously warm 350 F oven.



All plated up! Marinara is Kenji's pizza sauce. Served over "veggie" spaghetti (which is really good, actually).

[gboss]

Made osso buco. Used KA measure for measure gf flour for the dredging. Didn't have fresh parsley, so I scooped a bit more of the sauce and topped with fresh parmesan and toasted pine nuts. Served over polenta and with a side of steamed broccoli.

[JCBBQ]

Hell yeah!

[SheilaAnn]

Toasted pine nuts? Who did that turn out? Sounds really good!

[jfmorris]

Well, with the wintery weather and cold, mostly rain and freezing rain/drizzle here that made for a sheet of ice on my back deck and steps, I kept the cooking inside this weekend.

On Saturday, I did a freezer dive and pulled up a NY strip and some salmon, only to find out it was not thawing by dinner time. So I braved the cold to go to the Neighborhood Walmart 1 mile away, where they had a very picked over meat case. I came back with 4 tiny "top sirloin" steaks that were overpriced. But they tasted good cooked in a skillet, using the "just keep flipping" method.



Last night I HAD to cook the other steak and the salmon, even though we still had 2 small leftover sirloins...

Second cook in my new 10" carbon steel skillet gave me a VERY tasty and crusty NY strip to share with my lovely bride....



And the salmon, seasoned with lemon pepper and topped with a pat of Kerrygold butter and a squeeze of lemon juice, was also very tasty! I cooked that in a 10" stainless skillet.



And the finishing touch. Air fryer baked potatoes! Woohoo!




Rock on, my grilling brothers and sisters!

Jim

[HawkerXP]

❄️Burgers and brats on the Weber. ❄️

[jfmorris]

Good for you, grilling in the winter apocolypse! I have some chicken wings thawing, and was gonna fire up charcoal in the Vortex, but just decided to try the oven, air fryer or deep fryer instead!