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TAVARES, Fla. — If you think you know your way around a grill, this guy will blow your mind. In this week’s Chef’s Kitchen, Spectrum News heads to Lake County for a place creating quite the spectacle.

As you approach Munchies Live BBQ, you might inhale the scent of BBQ before you see it. And you will see it, as the smokers are fierce!

With two locations — one in downtown Mount Dora and one in Tavares — Chef Alfred Mann said he’s living inside the culinary world for a simple reason. 

“Everything is connected to food,” Mann said. “Weddings, funerals, billion-dollar deals, breakups, makeups. Everything.”

Chef Mann chose to demo a three-pack of protein, starting with his chop chicken.

“BBQ is spiritual,” Mann said. “It’s a ritual you do over and over again.”

Hungry? Let’s cook!

MUNCHIES LIVE BBQ — (NOTE: The below recipes are provided by Chef Alfred Mann)

BBQ CHOP CHICKEN (chop chicken hoagie and BBQ Fries)

Method:

  1. Season the chicken lightly on all sides with SPS. Marinate 12 to 24 hours.

  2. Cook over an aged wood-burning grill.

  3. Allow to rest for one to two minutes. Then chop or slice and serve.

Application/Usage — BBQ Fries, BBQ salad or Mac and Cheese Bowl, hoagies & sandwiches, platters with two sides, everyday use.

Note: They serve as a hoagie with two of their soulful sides (Hoppin John & Baked Mac-n-Cheese) and BBQ Fries, day of visit.

2: BBQ CHOP PORK (smoked pork Cuban and BBQ fries)

Method:

  1. Season the pork generously on all sides with all-purpose seasoning. Marinate 12 to 24 hours.

  2. Cook over an aged wood-burning smoker at 400 F until bark forms. Cover and cook at 225 F for 10 to 12 hours until tender enough to pull apart.

  3. Allow to rest for 10 to 20 minutes, chop or pull and serve.

Application/Usage — BBQ Fries, BBQ salad or Mac and Cheese Bowl, hoagies & sandwiches, platters with 2 sides, smoked pork Cuban sandwich, everyday use.

Note: They serve a Smoked Pork Cuban sandwich with 2 of their soulful sides (BBQ Beans & Apple Coleslaw) and BBQ Fries, day of visit.

3: BBQ SHRIMPS

  • Six extra-jumbo peeled and deveined shrimp with tail on.

  • 1 oz. avocado oil

  • 1/2 oz. shaved garlic

  • 2 oz. Munchies Live BBQ “Classic BBQ Sauce” or Munchies Live BBQ “Florida Citrus BBQ Sauce” (or similar sauce)

  • 1 tablespoon whole cold butter

Method:

  1. Season the shrimp lightly on all sides with all-purpose seasoning. Marinate for 5 to 10 minutes.

  2. Dust lightly in rice flour, add oil to pan, cook over medium-high heat. Then sauté in a pan for two to three minutes — turning on all sides for even texture — until golden brown.

  3. Add BBQ sauce.

  4. Finish with “monter au beurre” — swirl butter in pan and plate, scrape with a rubber spatula over shrimp.

  5. Sprinkle with shake rub and garnish with sliced chives.

Application/Usage — BBQ Fries, BBQ salad or Mac and Cheese Bowl, hoagies & sandwiches, platters with 2 sides, everyday use.

The Mount Dora location is at 100 E. 4th Ave., and the new Tavares location is at 110 N. New Hampshire Ave. 

Allison Walker

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