Banana Pudding — Nilla Wafers, Vanilla Pudding, the Cookout Closer

by Off the Galley Mike | Feb 21, 2024 | Dessert, Quick & Easy

Nilla wafers, vanilla pudding, fresh bananas, whipped cream. The BBQ dessert that matters. Every cookout needs a closer — something sweet after hours of smoky meat that makes people lean back and say they’re done. Banana pudding is that closer. It’s rich,...

Beer Can Chicken — Ridiculous Looking, Insanely Juicy, Worth the Stares

by Off the Galley Mike | Feb 19, 2024 | Chicken

Whole chicken sitting on a beer can on the grill. Ridiculous looking. Insanely juicy. There’s no dignified way to describe beer can chicken. You season a whole chicken, open a can of beer, drink half of it, and shove the can up into the chicken’s cavity....

Elote — Charred Corn, Mayo, Cotija, Lime, the Best Thing on a Cob

by Off the Galley Mike | Feb 12, 2024 | Side Dish

Charred corn, mayo, cotija, chili powder, lime. San Diego street food at its finest. Liberty in San Diego — there was a street corn vendor right outside the base gate who changed my understanding of what corn could be. Before that, corn was butter and salt. After that...

Dry Rub Chicken Wings — All Flavor in the Rub, Zero Sticky Fingers

by Off the Galley Mike | Jan 31, 2024 | Appetizer, Chicken

All the flavor is in the rub. Crispy skin, no sticky fingers. Sauce wings get all the attention, but dry rub wings are the stealth favorite at every wing night. They’re crispy from edge to edge, the spice flavor hits immediately instead of being buried under...

Grilled Ribeye Steak — Salt, Pepper, Screaming Hot Grill, Done

by Off the Galley Mike | Jan 24, 2024 | Beef, Dinner, Grilling & Smoking

Ribeye, salt, pepper, screaming hot grill. Two minutes per side. Rest it. Eat it. Steel beach picnic — that’s what we called it when we grilled steaks on the deck of a surfaced submarine. No fancy equipment, no compound butter, no sous vide. Just good meat,...