Are you ready to get your grill on this weekend?
So many
families will be hosting backyard barbecues this weekend in honor of Father’s
Day, the summer season, and school graduations.
Kings Food Markets isn't your run of the mill supermarket. Instead, it’s a
gourmet food market located in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut, known for
providing customers with high quality, rare finds and unique ingredients. King’s has tapped into its knowledge base of meat
expert Mike Lamb and chef Bill Hedge to share the following grilling 101
guide with you:
· Must-Have Meats of the Season
o Brisket burgers, made of
Kobe-crafted beef with the time-honored roast
o Exotic blends or different meat
grades, including Cluck n’ Moo, which combines ground chicken and beef for all
the flavor but a fraction of the fat
o Game meats, like buffalo or elk
o Organic meats, such as chicken,
turkey or pork
o Locally raised/grass-fed beef or
chicken
· Tips & Techniques Straight
from the Butcher
o Use a grill with a wide heat range
and an adjustable grate; grill steaks on the hotter settings, chicken on the
cooler settings
o Brush a little vegetable oil on
your grill grate before placing meat on to cook
o Season your proteins well with
salt and pepper; use the “touch test” method to gauge a steak’s doneness,
checking the firmness of the meat
o To cook the best tasting steaks,
you need very high heat to sear and char the steak on the outside; high heat
produces that great grilled flavor and keeps the steak juicy by cooking it
quickly before the juices can escape (It doesn’t really seal in the juices, as
is popular belief — but it’s a good practice anyway for the best, and juiciest,
steaks)
o Steaks continue to cook after
being removed from the grill; remove your steak a little before it is cooked
the way you like it, and after grilling, let your steak rest for 5 – 10 minutes
before you cut it (This will keep more of the juices in the steak and less on
the plate as you eat it)
· Savory Sides – The Perfect
Accessory for Your Plate
o McClure’s Pickles Garlic Spears – McClure’s adds the right amount
of peppers, dill, garlic and brine that are all so amazing you could certainly
consume the entire jar
o Honeycup Mustard – Golden brown with a
molasses-like sweetness and a fiery, finishing kick; this honeymustard is
perfect for pretzels, ham and sandwiches
o Hoboken Eddie’s BBQ Sauce – This thick, spicy and smokey
sauce is all-natural, made with local ingredients and reduced to a nice thickness
(never corn starched)
o Lea & Perrin’s Classic Steak
Sauce – Perfect
seasonings for your steaks; great for cookouts
o Soy Vay Veri Teriyaki Sauce – Veri Teriyaki combines garlic,
ginger and toasted sesame seeds in a delicious blend that wakes up taste buds
o Alessi Balsamic Reduction – Alessi Balsamic Reductions add
a dimension of flavor to any dish and can be used on everything
To locate a Kings Food Market in CT, NY, or NJ click HERE
