Wood Plank Food Pairings | Easy Grilling Tips
How to pair wood grilling planks with food. There are so many types of wood planks, each producing a unique flavor that pairs up with certain foods. Here is a small sampling of what wood planks will go nicely with what food on the grill.
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Grilled Fish and Seafood
▪ Alder
▪ Cedar
▪ Maple
▪ Oak
Meat/Beef
▪ Cedar
▪ Hickory
▪ Oak
▪ Pecan
▪ Walnut
Chicken
▪ Apple
▪ Cedar
▪ Hickory
▪ Maple
▪ Oak
Pork
▪ Alder
▪ Apple
▪ Cedar
▪ Cherry
▪ Maple
Fruits/Vegetables
▪ Alder
▪ Apple
▪ Cedar
▪ Cherry
▪ Oak
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Video Transcript:
Presenter:
Wood plank food pairings.
There are so many options to choose from.
You have alder, apple, cedar, cherry, hickory, oak, peach, pecan, maple and a ton of others.
But which one goes with what food, what really works?
Well, there’s not one specific but there are several options.
For fish and seafood, you can use alder, cedar, maple and oak, all nice mild medium flavored woods.
For your beef, we’re talking about cedar, hickory, oak, pecan, and walnut.
Chicken pairs up nicely with apple, cedar, maple, hickory and oak.
Pork has the same requirements as perhaps chicken does with some alder, cedar, apple, cherry and maple.
For fruits and vegetables, try alder, apple, cedar, cherry, and oak.
Even better give them all a try, find out which one you like, what fits your flavor profile the best.
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This is Gary House with Cooking Everything Outdoors show.
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