Ozark Vacation Lodging, Eureka Springs at Beaver Lake Arkansas

Ug-a- Boog- A
Lodge Mask-cott

My Shopping list:

Ivan's BBQ RUB
Self-Rising Flour
Buttermilk
Garlic
Lemon
Limes
Beer

Bacon
Potter's Sausage
Jalapeños for Poppers
Jack Cheese

Ivan cooks the Ozarks!

Here I am using our outdoor kitchen - round back of the lodge. I am frying up cat fish and grilling some Eureka Chicken on a stick for our Aug 2006 Ursa Minor Open House - If you didn't make it - please plan to come next year!

Eureka Chicken on a Stick
and/or
Ozark Tandori Chicken

Eureka Chicken on a Stick & Ozark Tandori Chicken on the same platter.

This is a favorite, pretty simple too. Both recipes are essentially the same, one is made with chicken breast, and the other chicken parts. The buttermilk marinade keeps the chicken moist and tender through the tortures of the very hot BBQ fire giving you nice read and black speckled BBQ chicken...

Eureka Chicken on a Stick	Ozark Tandori Chicken
whole chicken breasts cut into strips or use chicken tenderloins - you want long skinny pieces of chicken for this dish.	Selection of chicken parts, legs, wings, thighs, breasts - remove the skin (wings not so much) and slash each piece 2 or three times with a knife.
Both recipes: Buttermilk Garlic Lemon Dash of salt Ivan's BBQ RUB (Bamboo skewers for chicken on a stick)) Canola Oil or other plain veggie oil A Very HOT BBQ Fire	Preparations Crush garlic and Salt to make a paste - each pound of chicken use 1 large clove of garlic with a good dash of salt - rub this over the chicken and squeeze lemon. Sprinkle liberal amount of Ivan's BBQ on chicken to give a good color. Put chicken in a bowel or zip lock bag and add just enough buttermilk to drench chicken. Put in frig for a least 3 hours no more than 24.
For chicken on a stick I like to add a few pieces of red and green pepper and onion slices to make it look more festive. When the chicken is ready to come out of the marinade. Put the chicken strips on sticks the long way - thread the skewer through the chicken so each skewer will only hold two pieces of chicken three at the most. Start with a piece of pepper or onion and put something between each piece of chicken and at the end - make it look nice!	For Tandori Chicken just take the pieces out of the bag or bowel on to a tray or plate. For both sprinkle with more BBQ rub and brush with oil before taking them to the grill- keeps them from sticking and makes the fire flare-up! The grill should be very hot - if the chicken starts to burn turn it over - don't reduce heat until some burned spots appear on both sides of the chicken -cook it hot and fast!

Lodge food is always the best!

Here is our supper first night at the lodge Aug 06.
Note summer tomatoes and peaches!

To enhance your stay at Ursa Minor Lodge may I suggest a bag of self-rising flour? Here are some favorite vacation recipes that rely on this stalwart of the south. Don't add salt when using self-rising.

Chicken and Biscuits Supper
Fried Chicken with Drop Cheese Biscuits - we had this one night along with a large Salad.

Lodge Fried Chicken

Start with chicken parts of your choice.
Season with herbs, or seasoning mix of your choice.
Ivan's BBQ Rub is a good one for this.
Marinate in buttermilk, milk, or thinned yogurt.

Dredge in self-rising flour, let rest.
Dredge again and shake off right before frying.

Heat small amount of oil in fry pan, brown chicken each side. Place browned pieces on cookie sheet. Finish by baking in oven on convection setting 375 degrees about 45 min, less for smaller pieces.

NOTE: The longer the marinate the better, up to 24 hours in the frig or 30 min on the counter or anything in between, this treatment keeps the chicken moist and tender even through over cooking!

Cheese Drop Biscuits

In a bowl large enough to handle the project.
2 cups self-rising flour.
1 stick of butter soft.
using two butter knives 'cut' the butter into the flour.
Season with garlic, herbs, or other mix of your choice.
Add 1/4 cup grated cheese of your choice.
Mix these 'dry' ingredients well.

Pour in 1 cup (more or less) to quickly mix up a dough.
The less you mix and handle biscuits the more tender they are!

Drop equal size spoonfuls onto lightly greased cooking sheet or cake pan. Bake along with the chicken for about 15 min until golden.

Lodge Cakes & Sausage Breakfast

We like to bake our sausage or bacon in the oven on convection setting 375 degrees in a glass baking dish, bacon comes out nice and even and you can let it crisp real nice if you want too. Try it out with any good bacon or sausage. Makes less mess and you won't get splashed with hot grease.

Pancakes with Maple Syrup

1 cup of Self-rising flour
2 or 3 eggs if they are small
2 tablespoons of melted butter
1 tablespoons of sugar or honey
1 cup of milk

Put everything into a bowl and mix quickly, do not over mix! Let there be lumps!

Put cast iron pan on burner set Medium when hot put 2 tablespoons of batter in center of pan - turn when tops have bubbles and is starting to firm. You can only make one at a time in the fry pan - adjust heat up or down as necessary.

Do you heat your maple syrup? We do. Just open the top a crack and place in microwave for 30 sec. Warm syrup makes it right.

Ivan of the Ozarks says...

Improve all your self-rising flour recipes by adding 2 tablespoons of whole wheat flour in place of equal portion of self-rising flour. Yummy! Happy days are here again.

	Favorite Recipes
Vacation cooking is dependent on local availability which makes it an adventure!