BBQ Hanger Steak Pizza on the Grill

 

Though I’m largely retired from leisure softball, that’s how I met my fantastic buddies Adam and Celine Kaleta. Along with being teammates, we additionally share a love of fine meals – that’s how plenty of nice friendships are fueled, proper?

Adam and Celine Kaleta of Kaleta’s Kitchen throughout a latest sampling of their BBQ in our retailer

Adam likes to smoke meat and actually bought into it a couple of years in the past. He began Kaleta’s Kitchen and commenced with catering orders and barbecue competitions. Nearly a 12 months in the past, he began bottling his Wiggle Butt BBQ Sauce and rub on the market.

As a small enterprise ourselves, The Chopping Block loves supporting different small, native companies so carrying Wiggle Butt BBQ appeared like an incredible addition to our retail choice, in addition to our cooking courses, particularly our outdoor grilling classes! You possibly can’t assist however smile if you see the bottle full with Flash, the Kaleta’s bulldog, and the mascot of Kaleta’s kitchen.

One other new product at The Chopping Block is the Alpine assortment by Le Creuset. That is Le Creuset’s new outside line. It’s the enameled forged iron of conventional Le Creuset we all know and love, now crafted for the outside. We feature the pizza pan and the sq. grill basket and each items will actually improve your outside cooking expertise. The grill basket has perforations so smaller greens or different objects don’t fall by way of. The pizza pan does a wonderful job of distributing warmth to assist develop that crispy pizza crust all of us crave.

Talking of pizza crust, I just lately tried out the Alpine pizza pan, and made a BBQ Hangar Steak Pizza with Wiggle Butt BBQ sauce – it’s my twist on BBQ Rooster Pizza, which I like! No must warmth up your kitchen with a scorching oven. No must dial your favourite pizza place for supply. Making pizza at residence, in your outside grill is simple, enjoyable, and actually scrumptious. The very best half about pizza is that it’s fully customizable, so be at liberty so as to add or delete from the strategies in my recipe.

In the event you’re not acquainted with hanger steak, it’s a very flavorful and tender minimize from the higher stomach of the cow. Hanger steak doesn’t get practically the highlight it deserves, in my view. I don’t ever see it in my common grocery retailer, however most butchers can have it, or I extremely advocate trying out Wild Fork Foods. You possibly can order on-line and have it shipped, or there could also be a retailer you may go to domestically. Their meat is nice high quality and comes vacuum sealed and frozen so you might have it readily available for everytime you’re able to get cooking. 

You possibly can even grill the steak upfront, to cut back cooking time!

The pizza I made makes use of Wiggle Butt BBQ because the sauce base (adios conventional pizza sauce) and options the hanger steak rubbed with Spiceology Cowboy Crust. I like so a lot of Spiceology’s blends (lots of them additionally double as nice dips when combined with mayo and bitter cream/yogurt) however Cowboy Crust, an espresso and chili rub is nice, savory, and wealthy, and amongst my favorites! I added charred corn and crimson peppers, a provolone and mozzarella mix, contemporary sliced jalapenos, and garnished with a drizzle of Wiggle Butt BBQ, torn contemporary basil from my herb backyard, and thinly sliced scallions. Since I’m revealing loads of different secrets and techniques, I’ll admit that I didn’t make my very own dough (although you definitely can) this time. I used Dealer Joe’s contemporary pizza dough which is considered one of my favourite objects (additionally they have an herb model) they carry.

Whilst you can completely grill pizza instantly on grill grates, I’ve personally had combined outcomes. The grill must be actually scorching, and I’ve discovered that the dough can stick, and sink within the grooves. The Le Creuset Alpine Pizza Pan removes all these obstacles and delivers an incredible crispy, and fantastically brown crust. I can’t advocate it sufficient! One other plus, it cleans up fantastically.

Give grilled pizza a go the subsequent time you hearth up the grill, and also you’ll marvel why you didn’t do that sooner!

BBQ Hanger Steak Pizza on the Grill

Scroll down for a printable model of this recipe

Serves: 2-4

Prep time: 20 minutes

Cook dinner time: half-hour

Complete time: 50 minutes

 

Pizza Dough (pre-made or use our recipe to make your own)

1/2 cup Wiggle Butt BBQ Sauce

1/2 lb hanger steak

1/4 cup Cowboy Crust rub

1 ear of corn

1 crimson pepper

1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

1 cup shredded provolone cheese

1 jalapeno, thinly sliced

4-6 basil leaves, torn

2 scallions, thinly sliced

 

1. Warmth a fuel grill to excessive (on one aspect if potential), or arrange a charcoal grill with an oblique warmth.

2. Season your hanger steak with Cowboy Crust (or rub of selection).

3. Grill steak over excessive warmth for 2-3 minutes on both sides, till 115 levels (this can be very uncommon however you’ll prepare dinner it once more when the pizza is cooking). Take away and let it relaxation.

4. Put the entire crimson pepper, and corn (husk eliminated), on the grill, flip often as they char. Take away the pores and skin from the pepper and cube it. Take away the corn from the cob. Put aside.

5. Place the Alpine pizza pan on the grill, drizzle/spray somewhat cooking oil, and place your stretched dough on the pan, on the oblique aspect of the grill. You possibly can shortly, and thoroughly use your arms to unfold the dough to the sides of the pan.

6. Shut the lid of the grill and let the crust prepare dinner for two minutes.

7. Unfold about 1/4 cup (kind of based mostly on the scale of your pizza and private desire) of Wiggle Butt BBQ sauce on the dough.

8. Sprinkle cheese on high of the sauce and permit it to prepare dinner with the grill lid closed for about 5 minutes.

9. Slice the hanger steak, on a bias (diagonal) whereas the pizza cooks.

10. Add the steak, corn, crimson pepper, and jalapeno to the pizza and prepare dinner for an additional 5 minutes, or till your crust is the specified stage of golden brown, and the steak is cooked to your liking.

11. High the cooked pizza with the contemporary basil, scallions, and a drizzle of the remaining BBQ sauce.
Slice and luxuriate in!

I hope this weblog has impressed you to attempt one thing new on the grill. Come test our retail retailer Wednesday by way of Saturday for all of your grilling wants from Wiggle Butt BBQ Sauce, to Spiceology rubs, Le Creuset Alpine cookware, and many utensils and equipment. We’ve bought some wonderful grilling courses on the calendar this month and would like to have you ever be part of us:

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