If you've never tasted meat cooked over an open fire, it's a flavor you won't forget. Cooking meat over an open fire isn't that difficult, and you will be delighted with the results. Have a culinary adventure and give it a try. Add this to my Recipe Box.
Instructions
1. Prepare the meat ahead of time by sprinkling it with salt, garlic, crushed red peppers or black pepper, or marinate it with Worcestershire, teriyaki, hot sauce or barbecue sauce. Put the meat in a heavy cast iron pan, the preferred cooking utensil of most outdoor chefs.
2. Dig a fire pit at least 10 inches deep and 2 1/2 feet in diameter. Shovel the dirt to one side so you can easily replace it when you've finished cooking.
3. Create a cooking area on one side of the pit and use the other side as your fire box, so you'll have plenty of coals for cooking the meat on the open fire.
4. Place a small grill over the coals, or opt to set a flat rock in the center of the fire for the cooking pot. However, If the pot is too close to the fire, the meat will burn.
5. Build a fire of dense hardwoods such as oak, mesquite or cedar and let it burn down until you have at least 2 inches of coals.
6. Scoop hot coals from the fire area as needed into the cooking compartment as you cook. More coals will mean a hotter fire, and fewer coals gives you a coole fire. If you have time, cook the meat slowly over a slightly cooler fire.
7. Pour off the juices into another pan and use it to cook the vegetables when the meat has finished cooking,
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