“Jersey City Summer” 2nd edition

[JCBBQ]

This was closer to what I was imagining, though Mrs JCBBQ liked the first try better. 🙄🙄🙄

My inspiration is that vaguely Italian Chicken grilled w sliced lemons under the skin, a little bit spicy w pepper flakes.

A huge drawback is that some spices I grind myself in the molcajete while others I have pre-ground. I have no idea how old some of those spices are, so consequently the freshly ground spices blow out the the old ones.

My first edition suffered from this dramatically. The Cumin sort of overpowered everything bc it was freshly ground. I love cumin so it didn’t bother me but it was far from the light summer flavor I was after. I’ve since thrown out the pepper flakes.

So I decided to retool with what I have in my stock trying to use my “fresh” dried spices and grinding what I used to elevate the flavor…In theory. I also wanted to punch up the lemony flavors and eliminate the cumin. Here’s the 2nd edition recipe:

The Deggi Mirch is an Indian spice that isn’t particularly hot but used in that cuisine for color. I had it handy so used it. I bought some new dried chili flakes today and will go back to that in hopes of getting the heat right. Next time I’ll buy some new tarragon bc that smelled good but I didn’t taste it when cooked. Oh, I switched to lemon peel powder bc I think the flakes burned the last time.

The flavor isn’t perfect yet but the wings were exceptional - perfect crispy skin. This was closer to my vision, despite Mrs JCBBQ’s critique.

Spinaker I took your advice and used wings as the canvas.

[Spinaker]

Love it!! Looks awesome!

[barelfly]

Looking good! And like watching how you are finding the specific profile and changing up the spices. Thanks for sharing!

[Michael_in_TX]

I have not used fennel pollen in a very long time. It is so good....but so, so expensive.

[JCBBQ]

Yes it is.

[Clawbear57]

I will have to try this. Thanks.

[JuergenQ]

That's a real inspiration.

[HawkerXP]

I though you was talkin about these Jersey Mooks and their new summer TV show.

[JCBBQ]

Happily I can report that I never watched Jersey Shore until last year. One episode was more than enough.

[grantgallagher]

Those look delicious! Ive never used fennel pollen. Whats the deal? What is the flavor profile like compared to fennel seed, for example?

[JCBBQ]

Same family but the pollen is way more intense. It’s mostly used in Italian dishes. Specifically Porchetta- that’s where I came across it first.

[grantgallagher]

JCBBQ interesting. Ill chalk that one up to things id probably love but my wife wouldnt touch. I am the only fennel fan in this house.

[tenphases]

Gotta try this!! Looks great