BBQ Spaghetti?
Recently on Food TV in a Bobby Flay episode entitled “Getting Sauced,” they featured a restaurant in Memphis that made BBQ spaghetti. Thank God for TiVo. Who would have thought that something that sounded so ridiculous could look so appetizing? It was an interesting episode; most notably it featured the inventor of K.C. Masterpiece BBQ Sauce. The recipe is available on Food TV’s website. If anyone is able to try it out, please let me know.
Mar 23 2005 10:26 pm |
BBQ Recipes |
Check out www.neelysbbq.com in Memphis for their BBQ spaghetti recpie. Also, the Neely’s will be special guests on Paula’s Party with Paula Deen on June 1, 2007 with an episode called “Fried vs. BBQ”. It should be great.
Having just eaten my way through the bbq Mecca known as Memphis, the spaghetti at Jim Neely’s Interstate BBQ was superior in all respects to the one at the “fake” Neely’s restaurants run by what I believe to be family members of this original. His website is www.jimneelysinterstatebarbecue.com
The main thing you need is for this concoction is chopped smoked boston butt with a Memphis style sauce like Neely’s, Corky’s or the Rendezvous, which is spicier and thinner than something like KC Masterpiece. There may have been a little bit of plain Ragu in the mix to work as a binder. Cook the spaghetti until al dente, and then put the drained pasta in a pot with the meat and sauce on a low heat setting for about 20 minutes until it comes out like BBQ-flavored “Spaghettios.”
This stuff is amazing, but a bit rich. Interstate BBQ offered it as a meal option for the more adventurous, but it was a wonderful side dish for the main attraction, slow cooked ribs. Put on some elastic band sweat pants and enjoy!