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March 21, 2010
The Masters Party- Bourbon Glazed Chicken Drummettes with Blue Cheese Dipping Sauce
Make the sauce yourself add a bit of Bourbon and your friends will remember your Masters party for years to come.
First a list of what you will need. This recipe is for about 30 drummetes, you can double or triple as needed. The drummet is the part of the wing that resembles a small drum stick. Feel free to use the whole wing, just separate the wing part from the drummet and discard the tip section. You can also go to a butcher and they will prepare your wings for you. Now for the ingredients.
1. 2 tablespoons butter, Not Margarine, unless you are lactose intolerant, then I guess you can use margarine.
2. 1-cup chopped onion, about 1 medium
3. 3 garlic cloves peeled and thinly sliced
4. 1-cup Bourbon, Divided
5. 1-cup Ketchup
6. 1/2-cup hot pepper sauce, your choice, most supermarkets have a nice selection of hot sauces.
7. 1/4-cup tomato paste (one small can)
8. 3 tablespoons (packed) golden or light brown sugar
9. Chicken drummetes, wings, or a combination
First things first. in a large heavy saucepan over medium-high heat melt the butter. Add onion and garlic and saute’ until golden, be careful not to burn, about 5 minutes. Add 3/4 cup of the Bourbon, boil until most of the liquid is absorbed, 6-8 minutes.
Whisk in the remaining 1/4 cup of Bourbon, Ketchup, Hot Pepper Sauce, Tomato Paste, and Brown Sugar. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until sauce thickens slightly, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, remove from heat and let cool to room temperature.
Place Chicken in a 15x10x2 inch glass baking dish. Pour marinade over chicken and turn to coat all chicken completely. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate over night.
Now it is time to get these bad-boys to the party table. Heat the oven to 375 degrees. Line a baking sheet with foil or parchment paper. Place a cooling rack atop prepared baking sheet. Arrange chicken on the rack, spacing slightly apart. Spread remaining marinade over chicken season with salt and pepper. Bake chicken (still on cooling rack) until cooked through and brown in spots, about 45 minutes. Transfer to a serving plate and serve with Blue Cheese Dipping Sauce.
Blue Cheese Dipping Sauce
Mix together 8 ounces Blue Cheese finely crumbled, about 2 cups. A 16 oz. container of sour cream, and some chopped parsley. You can make this a day ahead if you want, in fact, it will probably taste better if made the day before.
Enjoy.
March 19, 2010
Tiger Woods to take over The Masters
Tiger Woods is poised to take over The Masters. His long awaited return will happen at, in my opinion, the greatest golf event of the year. The Masters.
What does this mean to us golf fans? What it means is non stop blather from the commentators. Tiger this and Tiger that. We might not even know who the other golfers are.
Is Tiger stealing the publicity of The Masters?
Is Tiger hiding under the publicity of The Masters?
Will the Commentators run cover for Tiger?
Will the commentators talk about any other golfer that is not Tiger Woods?
I hope The Masters this year can be enjoyed by all golf fans and not just the Tiger Woods fans.
March 18, 2010
What would The Masters be without Mongolian Chicken Wings
So you have your recipe for Seven Layer Dip. What next? Well it just wouldn’t be The Masters without Mongolian Chicken Wings. Are you ready for the next recipe.
What you will need:
1. Oil for frying
2. 1/2 tsp minced ginger, fresh is best but jarred is easier.
3. 1 tbsp chopped garlic
4. 1/2 cup soy sauce
5. 1/4 cup oyster sauce (optional)
6. 1/2 cup water
7. 3/4 cup dark brown sugar
8. Chicken Wings, The more you buy the more of the above ingredients you will need.
9. 1 cup all purpose flour
10. 1/4 cup corn starch
12. Salt, Pepper or seasoned salt of choice.
13. Scallions for garnish.
Make the sauce, heat 2 tablespoons of oil in sauce pan on medium/low heat, do not get the oil too hot. Add ginger and garlic to the pan and cook stirring for only about 30 seconds. Quickly add the soy sauce and water before the garlic burns. Add the brown sugar and stir until dissolved, add the oyster sauce, if using. Simmer for about 3 minutes until sauce thickens. Remove from heat and set aside.
For the chicken. Mix the flour, corn starch and salt and pepper or seasoned salt. Whisk and put on a plate. Separate the wing from the drummet and discard the tips of the wings. Salt and pepper wings on both sides. Dredge the chicken in the flour mixture, tap excess off and place on a wax paper lined cookie sheet. Once all chicken has been dredged in flour wait about 10 minutes and do it again.
Fry the wings. In a deep, heavy bottom pan, add about 2-3 inches of oil and heat to 375 degrees. Fry in batches until chicken is golden brown and internal temp is about 160 degrees. Set aside.
When ready to serve, heat oven to 350 degrees. Warm sauce and use about 1/2 to coat chicken wings and bake until warmed through. Put on a serving plate and top with chopped green onions.
Heat the rest of the sauce and serve on the side. (your wings will be darker brown than the photo above)
March 17, 2010
Your Masters Party Seven Layer Dip
The Masters golf tournament is fast approaching. Do you have all the goods for your big party. Well, I am here to help. Every great Masters Party starts with a few good dips. Here I will share a great and easy to make “Seven Layer Dip”.
First you will need a few items from the store.
1. 2 cans of re-fried beans
2. 4 ripe Avacados
3. 4 Tomatoes
4. 4 Limes
5. 2 Onions
6. Bunch of fresh Cilantro
7. Sour Cream, or for a richer dip get Greek Style Yogurt
8. Grated Cheddar for top Orange and White mixed makes it look better
9. Jalapeno Peppers (Optional)
10. Taco Sauce
11. Taco Seasoning
12. Sliced Black Olives
13. Garlic
14. Seasoned Salt of your choice
15. A Glass Baking Dish probably 9×9 would be good
Lets get started. If you want to double this and make 2 dishes or 1 large, go for it.
First layer, in a sauce pan mix the canned beans with 2 tablespoons of taco sauce per can and 2 tsp of taco seasoning per can. Cook on med/low heat, stirring to mix, until just warmed through. Place in your baking dish. Layer 1 is done.
Second Layer, make a slasa. Chop Tomatoes and Onion, judge how much you will need by taste, some like mor onion and some like more tomatoe. It is your dip, you decide. To this add a small handful of chopped cilantro, and a few tablespoons of fresh Lime Juice. Jalapenos are optional so use your judgement, I usually do not like the heat but I like the flavor, so I cut them in half and take out the seeds and white membrane, then chop the pepper’s and add them. Toss this together and let sit in the fridge for about an hour. Once chilled toss all the juices to coat and strain, then spread this on the bean layer.
Third layer, make Guacamole. Add Avacadoes to a bowl and mash with a fork or potato masher. To this add some lime juice, chopped garlic, seasoned salt, that’s it. Spread this on top of the Salsa.
Fourth Layer, Sour Cream. This is a real simple layer. Spread sour cream or greek yogurt on Guacamole
Fifth Layer, Sliced Olives. Spread Sliced olives over sour cream.
Sixth Layer, Cheese. Sprinkle cheese over top.
Seventh Layer, Taco Sauce. Pour taco sauce over cheese. You are done and a hit at the party. Serve with chips of choice.
You do not have to limit yourself to seven layers. feel free to add what you want. Have fun.
March 12, 2010
Have a Masters Party
The Masters Golf Tournament is about a month away, are you ready? The Masters is probably the most watched golf tournament of the year. I personally treat The Masters just like the Superbowl.
We are having Wings (Hot,Mild,BBQ, and Mongolian), Seven Layer Dip, Adult Beverages. In the back yard we are setting up some chipping targets. And, in the TV room we have a putting green ready to go.
Just like the Superbowl, it does not matter who is playing or who wins. You do not watch The Masters, you experience The Masters
It is not in Tigers Swing
I just read an article entitled “Should Tiger Ditch Sean Foley?” at tourgolfblog.com.
The article is more about Tiger Woods swing than his golf game in general.
If you take a look at the last few tournaments he was in, The Masters, in particular. I think you will agree that it was more his putting than his golf swing. I think Tiger will always have a decent swing and probably needs a swing coach to keep him grounded and in control.
If Tiger Woods wants to start winning tournaments he needs to get back on the putting green and start draining some of those 30 footers we know and love to watch.
Note to Tiger: Putt, Putt, Putt.