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- Smoked Turkey BBQ With a Sweet Chile Rub - Make a Different Holiday Turkey Dinner This Year
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] When handled right, smoked turkey is a great substitute for pork. When you long for that barbecue flavor and texture, but need to eat a little healthier, turkey barbecue is the perfect holiday choice.
- Salt-Crusted Standing Rib Roast Recipe - The Perfect Holiday Beef Classic
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Salt-crusting a standing rib roast actually saves time. This technique produces the same moist results as the traditional long, slow roasting methods, but with a more delicious flavor. The salt crust creates the effect of an oven within an oven, and allows the steam to gently enter and cook the meat.
- Hearty Black Bean Soup Recipe With Spicy Hot Chile Peppers and a Splash of Dark Rum
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Make this black bean soup as fiery hot as you like. It is very easy to adjust the heat by varying the amount ant types of chiles. Topping the soup with cheese and sour cream will help temper the fire. And the dark rum adds a wonderful twist of the Caribbean to this hearty bowl of bean soup.
- Hot and Spicy Appetizers Add Fiery Heat to Liven Up Any Party Or Get Together
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] These pastries were inspired by some of the great Greek appetizers. They are spiced up with zesty green chiles, and are guaranteed to be loved by those who love the heat. Make plenty, as these go fast.
- Red Hot & Spicy Lobster Tails Recipe - Who Says This Gourmet Seafood Favorite Can't Pack Some Heat?
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] This bold, spicy, and succulent lobster tails dish is beautiful to look at, and even better to eat. It is gourmet food with a Latin flare. Guests can adjust the heat to their liking by drizzling more or less of the hot and spicy butter sauce on top of the lobster tails. But even those with tender mouths will enjoy the layers of flavors the sauce, spooned into the shell beneath each tail, will bring to this dish.
- Spicy Shrimp Recipe - Bringing Bold Heat to These Little Seafood Favorites
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] This deliciously-hot and spicy shrimp recipe makes a great dish for a party, since most of the preparation can be done well in advance. The spicy sauce can be made early in the day, then reheated as the shrimp is being cooked, right before serving.
- Selections of Outdoor Dining Tables and Chairs to Suit Your Backyard Patio Furniture Design Needs
[Home-Improvement:Patio-Deck] Outdoor Dining tables and chairs come in a wide variety of shapes styles, sizes, and materials to suit the needs of just about backyard enthusiast. See the amazing choices and designs in patio furniture before you decide which to buy.
- Popular Charcoal Grilling and Charcoal Grills - What Grills Are Available & What to Cook With Them?
[Food-and-Drink:Cooking-Tips] When it comes to cooking outside, outdoor cooking purists will tell you charcoal is the only way to go. They will tell you that food cooked over a real wood fire has an intense smoky flavor, and that true barbecue can only be cooked over a charcoal grill or smoker. There are many varieties of charcoal grills, smokers, and barbecue pits available, but let's start with some of the basics.
- The Outdoor Home Bar - Make This Great Addition Part of Your Patio and Backyard Entertainment
[Home-Improvement:Patio-Deck] When having over guests, an outdoor bar that has bar stools and cocktail supplies is a place where everyone wants to be. An area with pub tables and chairs is a nice guest-friendly feature. And adding a lounging area with a sofa and soft chairs adds yet another option to the outdoor entertaining experience.
- Spicy Mexican Chicken Recipe - Deliciously Traditional and Easy All-In-One Pot Meal
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Here is a traditional Mexican chicken recipe that is so easy-to-make that the great results will fool you. This type of cooking is straight from the Western ranges, where dishes were prepared over an open fire in cast-iron pots. Fresh vegetables and hot chiles melting in with the delicious chicken make a delicious all-in-one pot meal. There is nothing tame about this recipe, so scale back on the jalapenos if you need to.
- How to Decide on the Perfect Outdoor Kitchen Design For Your Particular Backyard Entertaining Style
[Home-Improvement:Patio-Deck] Making the decision that you want an outdoor kitchen is simple. What is not so simple is actually creating an efficient, attractive, entertaining and cooking space that you and your family will use and enjoy is quite a bit more difficult.
- Ceramic Cookers - The Design Friendly Kamado Grill and More Extremely High Temperature Grills
[Food-and-Drink] Ceramic cookers are becoming very popular these days because of their versatility. They can be used to bake, grill, roast, or smoke various types of food, and are able to achieve much higher temperatures, using smaller amounts of fuel, than virtually any type of grill or cooker.
- Hot Beef Thai Salad - The Spicy Freshness and Subtle Flavors of Thai Cooking
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Even using the hottest chiles and spices, Thai cooks are the masters in combining subtle flavors in their food dishes. This Thai salad of fresh lettuce and beef is an unusual entree salad that will please those who love spicy, hot Thai food. Of course, you can scale down the peppers if you do not like as much heat.
- Spicy Venison Jerky - Delicious Dried Meat Snack With a Hot Chile Flavor
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Jerky, is considered one of the first convenience foods in America. These nutritious dried meat strips sustained many a hungry cowboy and traveler on the plains of the western part of the United States. Even today, along the Rio Grande River Valley of New Mexico, Pueblo Indians make venison jerky. The whole process matches the beginning of deer hunting season with the harvesting of red chiles in this region.
- Grilling Pizza - Easy Techniques to Making Perfectly Delicious Grilled Pizza From Scratch
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Just like the pizza baked in a wood-burning oven, grilled pizza is deliciously smokey and very easy to make. Most people do not own a wood-burning stove, but do own a grill, making grilling pizza convenient and possible to do in most households.
- 6 Foolproof Suggestions and Tips on How to Grill Meat and Other Foods Using Either Gas Or Charcoal
[Food-and-Drink:Cooking-Tips] In any type of grilling, there are some basic tips that need to be learned and followed, in order to produce great results virtually every time you grill. There are "do's and dont's that make the difference in grilling success or failure.
- 3 Great Flavored Butter Recipes - Adding Delicious Buttery Flavor & Excitement to Cooking
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] These are 3 flavored butter recipes that add delicious melted flavor to any number of cooked dishes. These flavors add a finishing touch to cooked meals that will turn an average dish into something special.
- How to Cook Couscous - Simple Steps to Making This Delicious and Versatile Grain Dish Right
[Food-and-Drink:Cooking-Tips] Couscous is a grain food product that was invented and perfected in North Africa. The technique of steaming various grains over a flavorful broth was probably invented in West Africa. Now it is a favorite dish in many parts of the world.
- Tex-Mex Cooking - Glossary of Dishes From the Oldest Regional Cuisine Style in the Country
[Food-and-Drink] This is a glossary of terms and definitions for Tex-Mex cooking dishes. Most of these dishes can be found at Texas-Mexican restaurants and from Texas cooks. Others are fairly recent additions to this style of food, and came from other places around the country and world.
- Furious Fajitas - The Classic Grilled Tex-Mex Dish With Guacamole and a Hot Margarita Salsa Kick
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Clearly, one of the most popular Tex-Mex dishes is fajitas. These thinly sliced skirt steaks are pounded and seasoned with lime, garlic, and spices, then quickly grilled over hot flames. They are then wrapped in flour tortillas.
- Fire-Breathing Hot Chile Oil Recipe - The Table Condiment That Adds Spicy Scorching Heat to Any Food
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] This is a simple hot chile oil recipe that makes a terrific table condiment for those who enjoy hot and spicy eating, and take spicy foods seriously. If you make this oil hot enough, it can really cause some pain in your mouth. It can be used as an appetizer for bland vegetables and seafood, such as jicama or scallops. And of course, this oil adds a nice kick when drizzled over any number of Asian dishes.
- Mahi Mahi With Green Chile Cilantro Cream Sauce - Authentic Mexican Fish Recipe With Some Kick
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] This Mahi Mahi recipe is a Mexican preparation called pescado en salsa verde. This recipe works well with just about any kind of firm fish, but mahi mahi is probably the most authentic. It also is readily available in just about any market that sells fish. It is a spicy dish, but the cream tones it down some.
- Beef With Thai Green Curry Sauce - 2 Great Thai Recipes Make 1 Classic Thai Dish
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Fresh Thai green curry is the way to go for this standard Thai dish. Green curry can be purchased in any Asian or international market, but the recipe below gives it a fresh taste that makes a big difference in the quality of this dish. Other ingredients can be purchased in Asian markets as well. Easy-to-find substitutions have been added in some cases.
- Ancient Harvesting History of Black Pepper - The Most Popular and Most Important Spice in History
[Food-and-Drink] Black pepper is undoubtedly the most popular and important spice in the world. The history of this spice can be traced back to ancient civilizations. The pepper plant itself is a perennial vine that has dark green leaves and small white flowers. These flowers become clusters of green berries, which is the product known as green peppercorns. Black peppercorns are the unripe berries that have been sun-dried, while white peppercorns are just black peppercorns with their outer skins rubbed off.
- Spicy Mexican Fish Salad Using Fresh Red Snapper and Fresh Vegetables
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] This is a Spicy Mexican fish salad recipe using red snapper and some of the freshest ingredients anywhere. The colorful vegetables, as well as the Mexican dressing, make this a deliciously wonderful light entree and a meal in itself.
- Spaghetti Diablo Recipe - An Italian Dish With a Hot Chile Pepper Kick
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Spaghetti Diablo is pasta with an added bit of hot spice. Not the classic version, but perfect for us pepper-heads anyway. Just add more (or less) cayenne pepper and red pepper flakes if you like it hot.
- Jalapeno Pepper Jelly Recipe - You Can't Beat the Sweet Heat of This Classic Southwest Jelly
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Jalapeno Pepper Jelly can be served in all kinds of ways. Try this jelly with cream cheese and crackers as an appetizer, or as a sauce for roasted meats (delicious with lamb as a replacement for that mint jelly some folks use).
- The Spicy Hot Foods of Korean Cuisine - A Most Unlikely Place For Traditional Hot and Spicy Cooking
[Food-and-Drink] Korea is neither tropical or hot, having a rather cold climate overall. Nor has it ever been on a major spice route. Korea is said to have the highest per capita consumption of chiles in the world. So how did this Korean love of hot and spicy food come about? Generally, many places that you will find hot and spicy food around the world have a couple of things in common. These locations are usually tropical and/or hot places, geographically, or they were part of a major spice route centuries ago. Korea is neither tropical or hot, having a rather cold climate overall. Nor has it ever been on a major spice route.
- Cioppino - Classic Spicy Italian Fish Soup Just Loaded With Fresh Seafood and Fresh Flavor
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Guaranteed to wow your guests, this super hot Cioppino Caliente Recipe is best served with a warm loaf of fresh Italian bread and a nice tossed green salad. Cioppino is the perfect dish for entertaining, and should be served at informal dinner parties. It can be rather sloppy to eat, so serve to family and friends who do not mind the mess.
- Bengali Food - Ancient Cuisine of 2 Styles of Cooking and a Fish Stew Recipe of Hot Spice and Flavor
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] This fish stew recipe uses ingredients and cooking techniques common to both West and East Bengal, and is very popular in both cuisines. Many Bengali cooks will add a couple of vegetables to the dish, such as eggplant and potatoes that are diced small. Some ingredients have been changed to accommodate Western availability.
- Ivory Coast Fried Plantains in Chile and Red Palm Oil Sauce - Spicy Favorite of West African Cooking
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] In small roadside restaurants in the Ivory Coast of West Africa, a dish called aloco is very popular. Plantains are fried in a hot pan of red palm oil and seasoned with onions, tomatoes, and hot chiles. It is usually then served with grilled fish.
- Authentic Jamaican Pork Roast - The Blazing Hot Roasted Pork That's Heaven on a Plate
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Pork is a very popular meat in Jamaica, and after you try this Jamaican pork roast, you will see why. This pork is screaming with heat, so be forewarned. But the pork is so tender after all the roasting that it will just melt away.
- The Spiciness of Nigerian Food and a Favorite Egusi Stew Recipe of Western Africa
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Nigerian cooking relies on starchy root vegetables such as yams and cassava. Nigerians also use lots of green vegetables, such as bitterleaf (similar to collard greens), okra, spinach, and other African plants. Plants are not the only things Nigerians turn to. They do like meat dishes using goat, fish or chicken.
- Green Chicken Enchiladas Recipe - Authentic Mexican Enchiladas Verde Dish
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Enchiladas are classically made using either a red sauce or a green sauce. The red enchilada sauce is usually a thin red chile and tomato sauce. With green enchiladas, the green color comes from a sauce made from tomatillos and green chiles.
- 4 Kinds of Beef Steaks and 4 Different Ways to Cook Them to Perfection
[Food-and-Drink:Cooking-Tips] These are 4 of the best beef steak cooking techniques, using the finest classic cuts of steaks, that I have come across and tested. Follow these methods carefully, using the best cuts of meat you can find (from a butcher, and not the supermarket). Each technique will turn out deliciously perfect steaks every time, just the way the top chophouses do.
- Chinese Wok - How to Buy a Wok and How to Season and Take Care of This Traditional Stir-Frying Pan
[Food-and-Drink:Cooking-Tips] The wok is the standard cooking vessel of China and Southeast Asia. The word wok means "pan" in Chinese. Traditionally, woks were made of cast iron, but today they are made of any number of materials.
- Authentic Homemade Chili Con Carne Recipe - The Texas Classic "Bowl of Red"
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Most people think of Chili Con Carne as being a Mexican dish, but that is simply not true. It is a classic dish from Texas cooking. The true "bowl of red" does not contain any beans, nor does it have any tomatoes. The meat used is a finely diced beef chuck, and not ground beef.
- West African Cooking - History of the Spicy Region of African Food and Recipes
[Food-and-Drink] In today's West African society, you will find the spiciest food of anywhere else in Continent of Africa. East, Southern, and Central Africa have mostly bland cooking in comparison, with the exception of Cameroon, Gabon, and the Congos.
- Louisiana Cajun and Creole Cooking - The Similarities and Differences in These 2 Louisiana Cuisines
[Food-and-Drink] The differences of Cajun and Creole styles of cooking are often confused by those outside of the state of Louisiana. There are many similarities of the cuisines, most of which stem from the similar backgrounds of the two. But there is one food ingredient that is responsible for most of the difference in the two cuisines.
- Caribbean Hot Sauces - It's Not Even Caribbean Cooking Until You Add Some of These Intense Flavors
[Food-and-Drink] Caribbean hot sauces are very popular throughout the region. Sauces made from hot chiles are found on every table, and come in a huge variety of styles and flavors.
- Spicy Barbecued Jamaican Jerk Chicken Recipe - Authentic Jerk Seasoning That Packs Some Sweet Heat
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Roadside jerk chicken barbecues can be found all along the highway that runs from Montego Bay to Ocho Rios. Where there is smoke seen, there is jerk chicken being barbecued in Jamaica. This jerk chicken recipe is as authentic as it gets, and is packed with spicy flavor.
- Smoky Shredded Pork Tacos - Traditional and Classic Mexican Cooking
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Shredded pork makes the perfect classic Mexican taco. This authentic recipe makes tacos that are steamed, delicious, and as tender as can be.
- Historic Hot Spices - The Growth and Popularity of Spicy Foods Across the World
[Food-and-Drink] To know what gives hot spices that characteristic heat, or piquancy, a definition of spices in general is required. A definition of spice is any of the various aromatic vegetables that are used to season and flavor foods to make them more interesting. Of course, humans are the only animal species that cooks their food, and then season that food with spices.
- King Ranch Chicken Casserole - Texas' Favorite and Most Loved Casserole Recipe
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] King Ranch Chicken is probably the most well-known and loved casserole in Texas. But how chicken and the King Ranch came together is unknown to this day.
- Traditional Mexican and Tex-Mex Barbacoa - It's Not Barbecue But It's Close, With a Few Twists
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] So What exactly is barbacoa? It is not "barbecue" in Spanish, as many believe. In central Mexico, it means goat or lamb meat wrapped in large leaves and roasted on hot coals. In Texas, Mexican ranch hands used cattle heads for this roasting method. Basically, they wrapped the heads in the leaves (later it was foil), and buried them in the ground with hot coals. Restaurants had even adopted similar methods of cooking these heads (cabezas).
- Carne Guisada (Beef Stew) - One of the Original Texas and Tex-Mex Comfort Foods
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] In the early years of Texas statehood, Tejanos (Texans of Hispanic descent) made a beef stew similar to this carne guisada (literally means "meat in gravy"). The only difference was that the word "carne" (meat) was not included in the name or very often, nor was it found in the pot either.
- Oven Beef Brisket - The Easy Way to Cook This Classic Hunk of Meat to Tender Perfection
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] This is an oven beef brisket recipe that can be prepared well in advance, freeing up time for other things. An oven beef brisket is best cooked while wrapped tightly in some kind of covering, such as aluminum foil. This traps all of the juices in or near the meat.
- Grits and Grillades - The Original Hearty Recipe For a Cajun Brunch in a Pot
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Grits and grillades (pronounced "gree-ahds") is a hearty dish that is exclusively Cajun, with flavors that melt into one perfection. It is a very time-consuming (but easy to make) meal, asking you to patiently make a deep-chocolate roux, then cook down several ingredients, to the point that they are almost indistinguishable from each other. But the results are worth every bit of the wait, producing a rich, satisfying bowl of pure Cajun goodness.
- Stuffed Cabbage Rolls Recipe - Try This Old-World Favorite From Germany
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] This recipe for cabbage rolls was first brought to Texas by the German settlers in the 1800's. It takes about 1/2 hour to prepare the cabbage rolls for cooking, and about 2 1/2 hours for the total preparation time.
- Stuffed Quail Recipe - Delicious Way to Cook This Low-Flying Wild Game Bird
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Quail can be prepared and eaten in just every class of restaurant, from the most hidden country cafe, to the most upscale city restaurant. In the southern and southwestern parts of the United States, quail hunting, cooking, and eating is an annual tradition enjoyed by many.
- Fresh Homemade Corn Tortillas - An Easy Recipe For the Classic Staple Food of Mexican Cooking
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Corn tortillas are really the backbone of Tex-Mex and Mexican food and cooking. They have a history going back hundreds of years, and are used in just about every dish from both of these cuisines. Flour tortillas, still a relatively modern creation, are often used in Tex-Mex cooking, but in Mexico they still almost strictly use the corn variety.
- Smoked Pork Spareribs With a Delicious Glazed Bourbon Wet Rub and Barbeque Sauce
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] This is a great pork spareribs recipe that uses a wet rub to marinate the ribs, then uses that same bourbon glaze as a barbeque sauce after cooking. The ribs are cooked in a wood or charcoal-burning barbeque pit or smoker.
- Texas Chili Verde Recipe - That's Green Chili to Those North of the Red River
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] In Texas, the further north you go along the Rio Grande River, and the closer to New Mexico, the more often you see green chili instead of red. This green chili recipe uses green peppers, green chiles, and other things to make the spicy chili "gravy" that is so delicious here.
- Authentic Kolaches Recipe - Old World Czech Pastries With 3 Delicious Fillings Recipes
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Kolaches are deliciously light, airy pastries with sweet or savory fillings. They were brought over into the United States by Czechs in the 1800's, and have become very popular treats for breakfast, lunch, or snack time.
- Texas Wine - The Historical Wine Making of Chateau Bubba
[Food-and-Drink] When the state's wineries began modern production, unappreciative outsiders labeled the Texas wine and wineries "Chateau Bubba" as a derision. Wines in Texas have definitely grown up to be some of the best in the world.
- Beer in Texas - The History of Texas Breweries and Their German Influences
[Food-and-Drink:Wine-Spirits] In the 1840's, German immigrants began to come to Texas in large numbers, and because of that, beer in Texas was not far behind. Texas beer has become a favorite of beer lovers in and out of the state.
- Crawfish Etoufee Recipe - The Classic Stick-to-Your-Ribs Cajun Seafood Dish
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Etouffee means "smothered," which is a preparation that Cajuns have perfected in much of their cooking. Similar to gumbo, but with a thicker consistency and some variation of ingredients and spices, etouffee is a classic Cajun dish that is spicy (it's Cajun), hearty, and delicious.
- Seafood Gumbo Recipe - The Classic Gulf Coast Cajun Stew
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Seafood Gumbo, and gumbos in general, go back a long way along the Gulf of Mexico coast. This rich, classic Cajun stew is a welcome taste of sausage, seafood, and fresh vegetables in a spicy, flavorful broth.
- Light and Fluffy Cheese Stuffed Baked Potatoes
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Stuffed potatoes, or twice-baked potatoes, as some people call them, rank just behind baked and mashed potatoes as Southern favorites. Often flavored with sour cream, various kinds of cheeses, bacon, green onions, chives, and just about anything else you can think of.
- Chuckwagon Pinto Beans Recipe With a Little Cowpoke Kick
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Pinto beans have always been popular in the southern and western areas of Texas. Cowboys of days past would carry them because dried beans would keep for long periods of time. Fortunately, pinto beans are still a popular side dish in modern kitchens today. They provide an economical source of protein, and are very easy to make.
- 7 Rules to Making Perfect Biscuits From Scratch Every Time - Plus 1 Great Buttermilk Biscuit Recipe
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Making biscuits is not an exact science, but it does require some basic tips and techniques to get the job done right. Take any any biscuit recipe you have (see below), apply these 7 simple rules to that recipe, and you will be making perfect homemade scratch biscuits every time.
- Traditional and Authentic Tools of the Trade For Mexican and Tex-Mex Cooking
[Food-and-Drink:Cooking-Tips] These are a list of authentic tools that are used for Mexican and Tex-Mex cooking. None of these are crucial to these cuisines, but they all provide an authentic, useful tool for this kind of cooking. Your kitchen won't have that Mexican flare if you don't put these tools to work.
- Top 6 Varieties of Dried Chilies - How Hot Are They, and What Do I Do With These Peppers?
[Food-and-Drink:Cooking-Tips] These are the more popular dried chilies, with a short description of what they look and taste like, as well as what the pepper is called before drying. These dried peppers are listed from the mildest to the hottest.
- Some History of Cooking Fried Fish and Seafood Texas Style (With Tips and Techniques)
[Food-and-Drink:Cooking-Tips] Not too many years ago, in the first half of the 20th century, cooking fish and seafood was not that popular in Texas. Before refrigeration, cooking and eating fresh fish, and especially having a variety of fish, was rare fare for any Texan living any distance away from the Gulf of Mexico coast. Ice even had to be brought in by boat to the coast.
- Classic Menudo Recipe - The Unofficial Hangover Cure of Texas and Mexico
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Although menudo came to Texas from the Mexican state of Sonora, tripe stew may be more popular on the Texas side of the border than anywhere else in Mexico. Texans have labeled menudo the "Breakfast of Champions" because if its reputed ability to cure a hangover.
- Delicious Venison Stew Recipe For Healthy and Economical Wild Game Cooking
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] This flavorful venison stew recipe makes an inexpensive meal out of what can be an expensive piece of meat. It works perfectly for tougher cuts of venison, as the slow cooking tenderizes the meat nicely. This venison recipe also turns out great in the crockpot.
- How to Prepare Venison - Tips and Techniques For Cooking This Wild Game
[Food-and-Drink:Cooking-Tips] Venison is meat from deer, as mostly everyone knows, but it is also meat from elk, antelope, moose, reindeer, and caribou. Prepared right, venison is tender and delicious. Cooked wrong, and it's a tough piece of leather.
- Chile Peppers Bring Fresh Flavor and Intense Heat to Your Cooking
[Food-and-Drink] Some chiles give off intense heat and flavor to foods, others are mild, and still others fall in between as far as heat goes. The key is every type of chile pepper has a different flavor than the next, providing great versatility in cooking.
- Grilled Garlic-Stuffed Top Sirloin Steak Recipe
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] The garlic used in this sirloin steak recipe calms down during the two stages grilling, adding a nice richness to the top sirloin. Top sirloin is a more tender and leaner cut than bottom sirloin.
- Calf Fries - No Fried Potatoes in This Recipe
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Calf fries, also known as Rocky Mountain oysters, are made from either calf or turkey testicles. The guess here is not many will actually try this recipe. But if you can get past the thought of eating testicles, and if you enjoy different types of traditional Texas foods, and foods in general, then give calf fries a try.
- Texas Smoky Chipotle Chorizo Sausage Recipe
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Mexican settlers flavored their sausages with chile peppers and other seasonings. German settlers in Texas flavored theirs with smoke. With this chipotle chorizo recipe you get the best of both flavors. It is made with smoky chopotle chiles.
- Easy Homemade Flour Tortilla Recipe - Delicious Tortillas From Scratch
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] This tortilla recipe is easy and produces light and delicious homemade flour tortillas every time. It makes 6 to 8 flour tortillas, but it is easily doubled if you want to cook more.
- Get a Feel For Making Homemade Chili From Scratch
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] This is not really a Texas chili recipe, but an overview of how to make this Texas original bowl of red. There are no set number of cups of this or teaspoons of that. This guide to making chili is to help you get a feel for how this dish is made, and then go from there and design your own pot of delicious chili.
- Tex-Mex Food - An American and Mexican Cuisine With History and Tradition
[Food-and-Drink] If you look up Tex-Mex food in the dictionary, you will find many different definitions. Some dictionary definitions say Tex-Mex is Americanized Mexican food, or just a kind of Mexican food in Texas. In Texas, however, Tex-Mex means a large, specific part of Mexican food.
- Real Texas Pit Barbecue Flavor - Slow Smoked Meat Goodness
[Food-and-Drink:Cooking-Tips] Many people believe the only way to enjoy real pit barbecue is to go to a barbecue restaurant. They have all the equipment, and they really know what they are doing. That may be true, but today there are ways to cook real pit BBQ, just as tender and flavorful as any BBQ restaurant.
- Texas Chicken Fried Steak Recipe With Classic White Cream Gravy
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Chicken-fried steak is home-cooked Texas food at its best. Brought to us by the cowboys on the plains of Texas, this dish has evolved into a classic dish that all Texans and non-Texans alike will sure to love. Although there are many variations of this favorite, the recipe below results in a perfect spicy, crispy crust. Of course, no chicken fried steak is complete without white cream gravy, so a classic recipe for that is also included.
- Authentic Barbeque Beef Brisket With Texas Dry Rub and Beer Mop Sauce
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Beef Brisket might just be the very beginning of barbeque itself. And it is certainly the king of meats in Texas bbq circles. Although brisket has a reputation of being difficult to master, the truth is it is as simple as following a few steps. We will create the perfect barbequed beef brisket using three easy recipes.
- You Have to Work These Fiery Hot Sauces and Condiments Into Your Texas Cooking
[Food-and-Drink] Texans really go for condiments that combine intense sweet with intense heat. This type of sauce is incorporated in Texas cooking in pretty much everything from meat marinades to appetizers. And why not? Sugars and spices mix perfectly with new types of hot sauces like jalapeno jelly, ketchup-based chili sauce, and various horseradish sauces found in today's Texas cooking.
- Chile Powder Makes Many Texas Foods Classic
[Food-and-Drink:Cooking-Tips] Traditional Texas cooking requires a broad range of Chile powders, seasonings, sauces, and spices. Many of these flavoring agents have drifted away from their early roots and have begun to spice liven up other cooking styles. You will find a large variation in blends of chile powder seasonings within Texas food today. This is producing dishes with bold, assertive flavors that are finding their way into other parts of the country.
- Classic Marinade Recipes and Ideas For Ultra-Flavorful Eating
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] What is a marinade and what does it really do? A marinade is a mixture of ingredients (usually liquid) used to add flavor, moisten, and tenderize foods, especially meats. Liquid marinades are usually acidic based, which allows them to break down the food enough to soak into it.
- Classic Dry Rub Recipes For Any Meat Or Vegetable
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Dry rubs are mixtures of dry spices that are known to give meats very interesting and different tastes. But rubs also create textures, or crusts, on the surfaces of the meats that help to seal in the natural juices.
- Best of the Really Spicy Authentic Jamaican Jerk Chicken Recipes
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Most Jamaican Jerk Chicken Recipes found outside of Jamaica are a major disappointment. They usually consist of some weak, slightly spicy chicken breast that is grilled and served. These jerk recipes do not even come close to what you will find in the jerk huts of Jamaica.
- Throw Out All the Rules For Cooking Barbecue Beef Brisket
[Food-and-Drink:Cooking-Tips] Almost everyone who has ever cooked a beef brisket will tell you one thing first, and that is to always cook the brisket with the fat side up. The thinking is the fat, as it melts during cooking, drips its flavor onto and soaks into the meat, keeping it moist and making it tender.
- Grilling Fish - A Foolproof Guide From Start to Finish
[Food-and-Drink:Cooking-Tips] Grilling fish is easier than you think. There are, however, some grilling tips that could make the difference between eating fish grilled to perfection, or just cooking fish that is edible, but not that good.
- Poblano Chicken Quesadillas With Guacamole
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] This Tex-Mex dish is the perfect grilled appetizer or finger food to your cookout. The mild poblano pepper and sweet basil give this a refreshing new twist over the usual quesadillas.
- Grilled Crab Cake Burgers
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] The French are known for the incredible food dishes, and their amazing ability to get the most flavor possible out of just about any food. It stands to reason that they are able to take just about any kind of meat or fish, and make it something special on the grill. These delicious crab burgers will make you wonder why you haven't been cooking this way all along.
- English Barbecue - Is There Really Such a Thing?
[Food-and-Drink] For many years, England was thought to have the worst food on the planet. Food was either tasteless or unimaginative. The term "gourmet food" was never in the British vocabulary. And there was no such thing as grilled, barbecued, or even outdoor cooking of any kind.
- Canadian Barbecue - You Might Say They Invented BBQ First
[Food-and-Drink] Canadian Barbecue is every bit as interesting and original as any BBQ in the world. Canadians know that, but generally, Americans feel that they have the best. The barbecue rival will undoubtedly continue, but here is some background information of Canadian BBQ and why it should be included when discussing the best.
- Australian Barbeque - More Than Just Shrimp on the Barbie
[Food-and-Drink:Cooking-Tips] Australian barbeque has evolved in recent years. In the past, Aussies would throw any old meat on the barbie, grill it beyond recognition, then serve it for some fast backyard food. The real test was how much beer you could drink before and after eating the charred meat.
- Indirect Grilling Methods Create Great Barbecue Eats
[Food-and-Drink:Cooking-Tips] Indirect Grilling is the act of moving the meat away from the hottest part of the fire in the grill. It is then cooked slowly, keeping the meat tender, juicy, and full of flavor. Try indirect heat for great barbecue flavors.
- Fire Pits and Outdoor Fireplace Design Planning Ideas
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] Fire pits and outdoor fireplaces create an atmosphere that everyone gravitates to. It adds so much versatility to the outdoor entertaining experience that it should almost be a crime to not have that kind of fire feature in your backyard.
- Churrasco Barbecue - The Brazilian Meat Cooking Style of Choice
[Food-and-Drink:Cooking-Tips] A Churrasco Barbecue is a Brazilian cooking method used to seal in the juices of meat. The meat, usually put on skewers, is allowed to cook evenly throughout, and becomes very tender and flavorful.
- Begin Planning For Your New Outdoor Kitchen
[Home-Improvement:Patio-Deck] Looking at putting in an outdoor kitchen in your backyard? If so, plan ahead, start out slow, and install your outdoor entertaining area to fit year outdoor needs and budget.
- Grilling Planks and the Pleasures of Planking
[Food-and-Drink:Cooking-Tips] Don't overlook using grilling planks that provide wonderful flavors and keep meats from drying out. Planking will change the way you think about grilling.
- The 10 Best Barbecue Grill Tools to Have on Hand
[Food-and-Drink:Cooking-Tips] These are the 10 essential barbecue tools needed by every grillmaster. Equipped with these basic grilling tools, you can grill and handle all foods like a grilling pro.
- Grilling and Food Safety Tips to Prevent a Grilling Disaster
[Food-and-Drink:Cooking-Tips] Food safety and grill safety are your responsibility. Follow these safety tips and keep the cookout healthy and fun.
- Pay Close Attention to Your Fire and Heat For the Best Grilling
[Food-and-Drink:Cooking-Tips] When grilling, choosing between direct heat and indirect heat should not be overlooked. Getting the fires, flames, and temperatures down is your first step to great grilling.
- Create Your Own Backyard Haven With Landscaping and Gardening Ideas
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] It's your backyard. So why not make it into your own personal paradise? With just a few good landscaping ideas, you will be well on your way to your own backyard haven.
- Should You Use a Gas Grill Or a Charcoal Grill?
[Food-and-Drink:Cooking-Tips] Deciding between a gas grill and a charcoal grill is a difficult task. By using some common sense and grill sense, you can make a grill decision that will suit your tastes in grilling foods.
- The Basics of BBQ Grilling - From Start to Finish
[Food-and-Drink:Cooking-Tips] All the basics of BBQ grilling are right here. Learn to grill foods the easy way, and from start to finish. Outdoor cooking never was easier than this.
- Get Your Kids to Eat Healthy Without Them Knowing It
[Food-and-Drink:Cooking-Tips] You can have your kids eating healthy and they will be clueless that you are. With just a few cooking tricks and tips your kids will eat their vegetables every time and love it.
- Barbeque Safety Tips - Don't Start Cooking Without These
[Food-and-Drink:Cooking-Tips] Do not even think about barbeque cooking without practicing these bbq safety tips. You never want to have a whole bbq party come down sick because you were careless with food safety.
- Use a Barbeque Smoker for Easy Outdoor Cooking and Great Flavor
[Food-and-Drink:Cooking-Tips] There are a million reasons why cooking outdoors on a barbeque smoker gets results that leave all other cooking methods in the dust. Check out your options for barbeque smokers and see if you'll agree that the best meat is bbq smoked meat.
- Barbeque and Grilling Tips - Learn to Eliminate Outdoor Cooking Mistakes that Kill Your Cookout
[Food-and-Drink] Without any barbeque and grilling tips to set us straight, we all make the same grilling and barbeque cooking mistakes. Sometimes we don't even know what they are until we realize that the barbequed and grilled food you cook is not as good as you've had elsewhere. Make a mental note of these outdoor cooking tips and get in the outdoor cooking game.
- Preparing For the Warm Months of Outdoor Cooking
[Food-and-Drink:Cooking-Tips] Just because it's cold outside does not mean you are not allowed to think about and even enjoy grilled food. Prepare yourself for the warmer months to come by following these tips.
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