Gravy's Cooking Thread

BrutulTM · Jan 12, 2015

If you want non-chicken meat for the superbowl you can't go wrong with Swedish Meatballs. If it's finger food oriented you can always put toothpicks in them and let folks dip them in sauce themselves.

Dyvim · Jan 12, 2015

Gravy_sl said:
Alright, time to break the superbowl recipes out. I'm looking for something meaty, but non-chicken. There's always a ton of chicken at this party.

I guess it really doesn't even need to be meaty, really. I'm leaning toward bacon-wrapped water chestnuts in a brown sugar/soy sauce.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/b...ped-dates.html

Also you can leave out and/or replace the blue cheese part with honey for some variety.

Crone · Jan 12, 2015

I'll mention again, bacon wrapped little smokies with brown sugar are pretty great!

Gravy · Jan 12, 2015

Some awesome suggestions. My biggest problem with swedish meatballs is that I'd want to make them from scratch, and I'm not sure I want to dick with that.

Boudin balls sound good though, too.

Little smokies are good, but I need something I can eat. They are packed with sodium, and when you wrap bacon around them. . . delicious, but it'll fuck me up.

Gravy · Jan 12, 2015

Dyvim_sl said:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/b...ped-dates.html

Also you can leave out and/or replace the blue cheese part with honey for some variety.

I've actually had these before at a tapas restaurant. So good, but incredibly rich. They'd be wasted on this particular crowd.

Crone · Jan 12, 2015

Aww, forgot. Low sodium choices... My next thought was chicken wings, but after you add sauce, it's not really low sodium anymore. I love grilling chicken wings though from Costco, and then tossing in my own sauce. Mmm...

Chukzombi · Jan 13, 2015

dont forget my Astro-mbolis and chuk-alzones. can make that shit in under 30 minutes and will feed a bunch of people.

Crone · Jan 13, 2015

Ohhh those ham and Swiss sandwiches joe posted up in here! With like a poppy seed dressing drizzled on top and baked! Those were so good!

Ham too high in sodium?

Tonic_sl · Jan 13, 2015

Crone_sl said:
I'll mention again, bacon wrapped little smokies with brown sugar are pretty great!

Made these last week - they were fucking awesome. Let them sit in the crockpot on warm after they were done, didn't over cook the bacon TOO much.

Joeboo · Jan 13, 2015

Crone_sl said:
Ohhh those ham and Swiss sandwiches joe posted up in here! With like a poppy seed dressing drizzled on top and baked! Those were so good!

Ham too high in sodium?

Could probably do them with turkey if sodium is a concern.

Sir Funk · Jan 13, 2015

Tonic_sl said:
Made these last week - they were fucking awesome. Let them sit in the crockpot on warm after they were done, didn't over cook the bacon TOO much.

I cover them with about a 1/4 cup of maple syrup after I put them in the crockpot to keep warm. They are fucking DELECTABLE for sure!

Soygen · Jan 13, 2015

Brown sugar and maple syrup?! That's too much sweet for me. I'm down for just the smokies and bacon, though!

Deathwing · Jan 13, 2015

That does seem a bit redundant, reminds me of that Katsuji guy from this season of Top Chef. 4 kinds of chilis? Why the hell not?!?!

Ao- · Jan 13, 2015

Deathwing_sl said:
I just wanted to point out that you can cook an egg in its shell without the ridiculousness of sous vide. Only partly my fault it went this far. Khane had fun with it, why can't you?

Theres more than one way to cook an egg. Dave Arnold has 11 | The Splendid Table

I should probably just spend the money and subscribe to Lucky Peach already.

Deathwing · Jan 13, 2015

Well, you should have said you wanted the perfect yolk to roll into sheets.

Erronius · Jan 13, 2015

Frying and boiling eggs isn't good enough?

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Gravy · Jan 14, 2015

joeboo_sl said:
Could probably do them with turkey if sodium is a concern.

You would think, wouldn't you? Deli turkey is packed with sodium, too. The only way around it is cooking a whole turkey breast.

Anyway, I think I'm going to do the lasagna cupcake thing with some changes. I'm going to make it spanikopita style with spinach, ricotta, Alfredo and lots of garlic and onion.

Also thinking about making 'rat tails', which are jalapenos wrapped in bacon and stuffed with cheese. I even have the contraption to do it.

Mine is similar to this, only round. Same concept though.

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Lanx · Jan 15, 2015

i'm gonna do the sous vide eggs soon, probably tomorrow.

Noodleface · Jan 15, 2015

Guys the other day I made the best meal ever. It's really super complicated, but I gave it a 10/10. Try to stay with me here.

Buy:
1x Large Loaf of store-made garlic bread (or make your own, I guess). None of that frozen shit.
1x 1 pound bag of frozen meatballs (You can make your own if you are high class)
1x Jar of Marinara
1x Bag of shredded Mozzarella

Open loaf of garlic bread and bake 5 minutes at 350F to crisp it a little.

Cut the garlic bread into strips about 2-3 inches wide.

Place frozen meatballs on top of garlic bread.

Top those motherfuckers with some marinara.

Top that marinara with some mothafuckin cheese.

Add more cheese, it's good.

Bake at 350 for around 20-25 minutes depending on if the meatballs are frozen, thawed, or fully cooked before this.

Eat it like a caveman and enjoy the best meal of your life.

Gravy · Jan 15, 2015

Try pizza sauce next time. Not as runny as marinara. Newb.

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