{"id":3722,"date":"2021-06-09T00:20:36","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T00:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.malak.ca\/blog\/?p=3722"},"modified":"2024-12-22T00:35:25","modified_gmt":"2024-12-22T00:35:25","slug":"making-barbecups-and-chicken-cups-photos-double-length-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.malak.ca\/blog\/index.php\/2021\/06\/09\/making-barbecups-and-chicken-cups-photos-double-length-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Barbecups AND Chicken Cups — Photos (Double-Length Feature)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This week’s cooking projects from my collection of recipes<\/a> included lemon squares<\/a>, yet more pickled eggs<\/a> — friends have been asking me for them — more chocolate buttercrunch<\/a> (mom said “it’s about time!), and, the subject of this post, both barbecups<\/a> and chicken cups<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This post is a double length feature because both recipes are very similar to the point of just having different fillings. As such, the narrative shows the concurrent preparation of both recipes, just as they were actually prepared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Making the barbecup and chicken cup fillings:<\/em><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, a cast iron skillet was taken out, and placed on the stove:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cast iron skillet taken out and placed on stove<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

A bit of olive oil was poured in the cast iron skillet:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Olive oil poured in cast iron skillet<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Salt was added to the cast iron skillet:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Salt added to the cast iron skillet<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The olive oil and the salt were spread around the cast iron skillet:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Olive oil and the salt spread around the cast iron skillet<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Olive oil and the salt spread around the cast iron skillet<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The stove was turned on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stove turned on<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

A chicken breast — this one in the 200g to 225g range — was taken out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chicken breast taken out<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The chicken was placed in the cast iron skillet:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chicken placed in cast iron skillet<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Chicken placed in cast iron skillet<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

A bit more salt was added to the top of the chicken:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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More salt added to chicken<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Ground beef was taken out — in this case, about two pounds of ground beef instead of only one pound of ground beef, as specified in the recipe, because in addition to making barbecups, I wanted to freeze some cooked ground beef and onions in an ice cube tray (see later):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ground beef taken out<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

An electric skillet was taken out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Electric skillet taken out<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The electric skillet was turned on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Electric skillet turned on<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The ground beef was placed in the electric skillet:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ground beef placed in electric skillet<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

An onion was taken out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Onion taken out<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The onion was trimmed — yes, I know that this onion is definitely on the older side:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Onion taken out<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The onion was quartered:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Onion quartered<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The onion was coarsely chopped:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Coarsely chopped onion<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The chopped onion was added to the electric skillet with the ground beef:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chopped onion added to electric skillet with ground beef<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The ground beef was broken up:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ground beef being broken up<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Gound beef partly broken up<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Salt was added to the ground beef and chopped onions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Salt added to ground beef and chopped onions<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The ground beef was broken up some more as it was cooking, mixing in the chopped onions and salt:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ground beef broken up some more<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

It was time to pay attention to the frying chicken, which was picked up with an egg flipper:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chicken picked up with egg flipper<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

… and was turned over in the cast iron skillet:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chicken turned over in cast iron skillet<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

At this point, an oven rack transferred to the top slot in the oven, and the oven was preheated to 425F:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Oven preheating to 425F<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Frozen mixed vegetables were measured out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Frozen mixed vegetables measured out<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The mixed vegetables were transferred to a mixing bowl:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mixed vegetables transferred to mixing bowl<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Mixed vegetables transferred to mixing bowl<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

A can of condensed cream of chicken soup was taken out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Can of condensed cream of chicken soup taken out<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The can of condensed cream of chicken soup was opened:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Can of condensed cream of chicken soup opened<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The condensed cream of chicken soup was added to the mixing bowl with the frozen mixed vegetables:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Condensed cream of chicken soup added to mixing bowl with frozen mixed vegetables<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Condensed cream of chicken soup added to mixing bowl with frozen mixed vegetables<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The condensed cream of chicken soup and mixed vegetables were mixed together with a fork:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Condensed cream of chicken soup and mixed vegetables mixed together with a fork<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Condensed cream of chicken soup and mixed vegetables mixed together with a fork<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The condensed chicken soup and mixed vegetables were put aside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ground beef was broken up well and well mixed with the onions, and was coming along to being fully cooked:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ground beef and onions well mixed, and almost cooked<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Once cooked, the ground beef and onions were covered and put aside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At this point, the chicken was cooked and taken out of the cast iron skillet, and placed on a cutting board:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cooked chicken placed on cutting board<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The chicken was sliced:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sliced cooked chicken<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The cooked chicken was then chopped coarsely:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Coarsely chopped cooked chicken<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The chopped chicken was added to the mixture of condensed cream of chicken soup and mixed vegetables:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chopped chicken added to mixture of condensed cream of chicken soup and mixed vegetables<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Chopped chicken added to mixture of condensed cream of chicken soup and mixed vegetables<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The chopped cooked chicken and mixture of condensed cream of chicken soup and mixed vegetables were all mixed together again with a fork:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chopped cooked chicken and mixture of condensed cream of chicken soup and mixed vegetables all mixed together with fork<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The chicken cup filling was put aside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Making the biscuit dough cup part:<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was taught that the base recipe I use for the biscuit dough does not double well, so I started off making the dough for one of the recipe’s worth, and then repeated the process afterwards for the second recipe’s worth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The flour was measured out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Flour measured out<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The flour was transferred to a mixing bowl:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Flour transferred to mixing bowl<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Flour transferred to mixing bowl<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Shortening was measured out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Shortening measured out<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The shortening was added to the flour in the mixing bowl:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Shortening added to flour in mixing bowl<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Baking powder was measured out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Baking powder measured out<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The baking powder was added to the mixing bowl with the flour and the shortening:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Baking powder added to mixing bowl with flour and shortening<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Baking powder added to mixing bowl with flour and shortening<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Salt was measured out<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Salt measured out<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The salt was added to the mixing bowl with the flour, shortening, and baking powder:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Salt added to mixing bowl with flour, shortening, and baking powder<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The shortening was broken up with a fork, roughly to the size of peas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Shortening broken up with a fork to the size of peas<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Shortening broken up with a fork to the size of peas<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Milk was measured out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Milk measured out<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

An egg was taken out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Egg taken out<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The egg was cracked into the measuring cup with the milk:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Egg cracked into measuring cup with milk<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Egg cracked into measuring cup with milk<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The egg and milk were mixed together with a fork:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Egg and milk mixed together with fork<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Egg and milk mixed together with fork<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

About a third of the egg and milk mixture was added to the mixture of dry ingredients:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A third of egg and milk mixture added to mixture of dry ingredients<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The ingredients were mixed with a fork, well at this point two forks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ingredients were mixed with fork<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The rest of the egg and milk mixture was added to the dough and the ingredients mixed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A couple of muffin baking tins were taken out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Muffin baking tins taken out<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Balls of dough were placed in the wells, and formed into cups around the form of the wells:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Balls of dough transferred to muffin tin wells and formed into cups<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The rest of the dough was transferred to the muffin baking tin and a dough cup was formed in each well:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dough cups formed in each well of a muffin baking tin<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dough cups formed in each well of a muffin baking tin<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

A second batch of dough was prepared for the second muffin baking tin, this picture showing the shortening just having been added to the flour (see above for the whole process):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Second batch of biscuit dough, shortening added to flour step<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

… and the dough from the second batch was used to form more cups in the second muffin baking tin’s wells:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Two muffin tins’ worth of dough cups<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The chicken filling mixture was taken out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chicken filling mixture<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The chicken filling mixture was spooned into the dough cups of one of the muffin baking tins:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spooning chicken filling mixture into dough cups<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Chicken filling in the dough cups<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The chicken filling-filled dough cups were put aside for a few moments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cooked ground beef and onion mix was taken out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cooked ground beef and onion mix taken out<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The cooked ground beef and onion mixture was spooned into the dough cups of one of the muffin baking tins:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spooning cooked ground beef and onion mixture into dough cups<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Cooked ground beef and onion mix in the dough cups<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

And here is what all the filled dough cups looked like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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24 dough cups filled with cooked ground beef and chicken mixture<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Commercial barbecue sauce in a squeeze bottle was taken out, and barbecue sauce was squeezed onto the cooked ground beef and onion mix: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Barbecue sauce squeezed onto cooked ground beef and onion mix<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Barbecue sauce squeezed onto cooked ground beef and onion mix<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The filled cups of both varieties were put aside for a moment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mozzarella cheese was taken out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mozzarella cheese taken out<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Mozzarella cheese was sliced off the block:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mozzarella cheese sliced off the block<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Slices of mozzarella cheese were placed on top of the filled dough cups:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Slices of mozzarella cheese placed on top of filled dough cups<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The mozzarella cheese was sliced until there was enough to cover all the filled dough cups:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Slices of mozzarella cheese placed on top of filled dough cups<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The barbecups and chicken cups were placed in the preheated oven on the top rack: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Barbecups and chicken cups placed in preheated oven on top rack<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The oven timer was set to fifteen minutes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Oven timer set to 15 minutes<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

While the barbecups and the chicken cups were baking, the remaining cooked ground beef and onion mixture was transferred with a spoon to an ice cube tray:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Remaining cooked ground beef and onion mixture transferred with spoon to ice cube tray<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Remaining cooked ground beef and onion mixture transferred with spoon to ice cube tray<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The ice cube tray with the cooked ground beef and onion mixture was placed in the freezer. When the ground beef and onion mixture was frozen, the individual cubes were placed in a freezer bag and placed back in the freezer, ready for future meal cooking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At this point, the barbecups and chicken cups were cooked, the broil cycle was turned on for a couple of minutes to brown the cheese on top:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Broil cycle turned on to brown the cheese<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

When the barbecups and chicken cups were fully baked, they were taken out of the oven and placed on cooling racks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Barbecups (on left) and chicken cups (on right) taken out of oven and placed on cooling racks<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The chicken cups were loosened with a plastic knife:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chicken cups loosened with plastic knife<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The chicken cups were removed from the muffin baking tin, and placed on cooling racks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chicken cups removed from muffin baking tin<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Chicken cups removed from muffin baking tin<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The barbecups (on the left, photo above as well as photo below) were then removed from the muffin baking tin, and placed on a cooling rack alongside the chicken cups:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Barbecups and chicken cups placed on cooling racks<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The chicken cups (now on the left in the photo below) and the barbecups (now on the right in the photo below) were placed on a cookie baking tray:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chicken cups (on left) and barbecups (on right) placed on a cookie baking tray<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The tray of chicken cups and barbecups was placed in the freezer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tray of chicken cups and barbecups placed in freezer<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Once the barbecups and the chicken cups were frozen, they were placed in freezer bags, including one that still had some from the last time I cooked these recipes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Frozen barbecups and chicken cups placed in freezer bags<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

A barbecup (left) and a chicken cup (right) were kept aside for supper, and reheated in a countertop toaster oven:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Supper is served!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Yummy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week’s cooking projects from my collection of recipes included lemon squares, yet more pickled eggs — friends have been asking me for them — more chocolate buttercrunch (mom said “it’s about time!), and, the subject of this post, both barbecups and chicken cups. This post is a double length feature because both recipes are … <\/p>\n

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