Smoked Turkey Basted With Cascabel Paste Oil
"Recipe by Tera Sol Foods. Use the slightly nutty flavor cascabel chiles for this delicious and simple turkey recipe. Chile cascabel are bright to dark red large round chiles. The name means "rattle" because of the shape and the seeds make a rattling sound when you shake the chile. Cascabels have a slightly nutty flavor and are typically toasted on a comal and added to meat sauces and salsas"
- Ready In:
- 6hrs
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Serves:
-
4-6
ingredients
- 3 tablespoons chili paste, recipe follows
- 4 garlic cloves, chopped
- 2 teaspoons dried oregano
- 1⁄2 cup vegetable oil
- salt & freshly ground black pepper
- 10 lbs turkey
directions
- Heat the oil and saute the garlic until softened. Remove from the heat and add the oregano, salt, paste and pepper.
- Split the turkey in half by cutting in through the breast and backbone. Brush the chile oil over the turkey and marinate for a couple of hours at room temperature.
- Place the turkey sections, breast side up, on a grill in a smoker and smoke with indirect heat over an aromatic wood such as pecan, apple, or hickory. Baste the turkey with the oil every half hour until the turkey sections are done, approximately 4 hours
- Cascabel Paste.
- 30 cascabel chiles, stemmed.
- 1 1/3 cups cider vinegar.
- 2 tablespoons mined onion.
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic.
- For a milder purée, rub chiles between your palms to remove most of the seeds. Toast chiles on a cast iron or steel comal until hot and aromatic (don't allow to burn). Chop chiles coarsely with a knife or in a food processor. Put them in a bowl and pour the vinegar over. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
- Add onion and garlic to the chiles and either cover the bowl with plastic and microwave on HIGH for 1 minute, or put them in a saucepan over medium-high heat, cover, and simmer for 3 minutes.
- Let cool slightly, then purée in a blender until very smooth. Let cool.
- Store in an airtight container for up to 1 month.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
TxGriffLover
Fort Worth, TX
I'm a graphic artist, living in beautiful Fort Worth, TX. Next to my love of music, cooking and trying new recipes, I am involved in animal rescue. I currently have 2 rescued Brussels Griffons, 2 foster Griffs and 3 funny parrots. I maintain a store on Cafe Press to raise funds to pay for vet bills for our rescued Brussels Griffons. Please visit our store at http://cafepress.com/griffy_rescue
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