Empanadaaaas!!

Smoked chicken empanadas, bacon wrapped medjool dates, and patatas bravas... quite a production, let me tell you. A dinner fit for a birthday boy!

A few days ago Zed smoked the chicken in our smoker, along with cod,  and some ribs (we are really getting great stuff from that smoker, thank you Jared and Galen). So, the empanadas had smoked chicken, onion, chorizo, golden raisins, green olives, white wine, and paprika.

To go with it I stole some ideas from Toro Bravo in Portland... the bacon wrapped dates with warm honey, and potatoes with harissa! Plus some greens from the garden. It sounds like a lot of meat, but it worked out to be just a few bites for each meal because of the ratio to all other ingredients.