Tex Meets Mex
steven raichlen's project fire

I'm always fascinated by the food cultures that arise on national borders. Consider that fusion of Texas barbecue and Mexican spice we call Tex-Mex. In today's show, we explore how American barbecue techniques can enhance three classic Mexican dishes: snapper en pipian, in a grilled vegetable and pumpkin seed sauce; pork shoulder pibil, smoke-roasted in banana leaves in the style of the Yucatan, and a Project Fire first: a dessert quesadilla lavished with bananas and dulce de leche. Today on Project Fire, Tex meets Mex on the grill.

Episode Duration: 26 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 207

About Steven Raichlen's Project Fire:

In his groundbreaking Barbecue University television series, Steven Raichlen taught the world how to grill.

In the popular sequel Primal Grill, viewers were taken on a virtual tour of global grilling.

And in Project Smoke, Raichlen brought the arts of barbecuing and smoking from the competition circuit to the American home.

Deciding it was time to turn up the heat, Steven introduces his hottest series yet, PROJECT FIRE, a new and insightful exploration of how we grill today, and how we will grill and smoke tomorrow.

With a dynamic new format that includes on-set guests and off-road field trips, innovators of live fire cooking join Steven to share revolutionary new techniques that elevate the backyard barbecue experience - from ember-roasting and salt slab grilling to fire-heated iron and high tech rotisseries.

STEVEN RAICHLEN'S PROJECT FIRE introduces new foods - from unfamiliar cuts of steak to eco-friendly seafood - and new twists on popular classics, such as entire meals cooked on the grill, from breakfast to paella to clambakes.

And, as usual, Steven features a collection of new tools and fuels for the avid griller.


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Sat, Dec 28 12:30 A.M. Grill Top Cocktail Party     NH Create (11.4)
Sat, Dec 28 1:30 P.M. Grill Top Cocktail Party     NH Create (11.4)
Sun, Dec 29 3:30 P.M. Grill Top Cocktail Party     NH Create (11.4)
Wed, Jan 1 9:30 P.M. Grill Top Cocktail Party     NH Create (11.4)
Thu, Jan 2 2:30 A.M. Grill Top Cocktail Party     NH Create (11.4)
Wed, Jan 8 3:00 A.M. Best Ribs Ever     NH Create (11.4)
Fri, Jan 10 11:00 P.M. Raichlen's Rules: Desserts     NH Create (11.4)
Sat, Jan 11 12:00 P.M. Raichlen's Rules: Desserts     NH Create (11.4)
Sun, Jan 12 2:00 P.M. Raichlen's Rules: Desserts     NH Create (11.4)
Tue, Jan 14 9:00 P.M. Raichlen's Rules: Desserts     NH Create (11.4)
Wed, Jan 15 2:00 A.M. Raichlen's Rules: Desserts     NH Create (11.4)
Wed, Jan 15 3:00 A.M. Killer Barbecue-Hold The Meat     NH Create (11.4)


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