Our long national nightmare is over, my friends. Football is back! Not only is Football about supporting your team and watching games with your friends and family, but what is a Football party without some delicious food? This week, we bring the blog back by talking about my featured Football game-day foods that are a must-have at your party!
Sure, you could order pizza, especially since there are so many pizza-related ads on during commercial breaks, but be the spawning Salmon and swim against the current. First, let’s discuss the ideal foods to serve at a game-day party. Finger foods, and lots of them. Chicken wings, pigs-in-a-banket, chips, meatballs, and so much more are great options at a party because you can cook them quickly and make a lot of them at one time. Usually, a larger, primary option at the center of the food variety, such as pulled pork, is a good idea too, because it gives your spread a focal point. This is also a good option because anyone reading this is like me and loves meat with more meat as a side.
I decided that since my game-day party consisted of myself, my wife, and our daughter, I would keep it simple this time around. I would normally do an opening day of Football party, but my Vikings opened up the year on Monday night, so I waited until then. While traveling a little while ago, I came up with a potential recipe idea for Garlic-Parmesan Wings that I have been really wanting to try, along with some mini bagel pizzas, and an old classic, homemade queso dip.
For the queso dip, I started with a medium yellow onion, finely diced it, and then added it to an aluminum tray. Then I grabbed a can of diced tomatoes with green chiles, added it to the tray, and chopped up a serrano pepper for some warmth and flavor. I then took a 32-oz “block” of Velveeta and cubed it up, adding it to the pan with everything else. I had a 1LB pack of 80/20 ground beef, browned it, and added a packet of taco seasoning, then this went into the pan as well. I topped it off with some freshly grated cheddar-jack cheese and put it on my Pit Boss Sportsman 1100 at 300 degrees.
Garlic-Parmesan wings are a favorite of mine, and I wanted to try and come up with a new way to make them. I cooked the wings at the same time as the queso dip, so on the Pit Boss Sportsman 1100 at 300 degrees. I chose not to season the wings, so the garlic butter would make up the flavor profile on the wings. I came up with the idea of setting up a double boiler with a glass bowl over a boiling pot, and dropped a pound of butter in the bowl and let it slowly melt. I went with a double-boiler setup because I didn’t want to risk the butter turning brown and giving an off color to the wings. After the butter was melted, I added in 2 heaping tablespoons of jarlic (jarred garlic, obviously) and let the garlic start to dissolve and flavor the butter. After that, I added about 4 ounces of finely and freshly grated Parmesan cheese and stirred it in so it would melt. Once the wings were at about 180 degrees internal, I pulled them off the smoker, placed them in a bowl, and ladled some of the garlic-parmesan butter on the wings and tossed them until evenly coated.
And finally, the mini bagel pizzas. These are a lot more straightforward, but I found them to be much better than the frozen mini bagel pizzas that you can find at any store (you know the ones). I started with mini bagels and separated them top and bottom. I then took my favorite squeeze bottle pizza sauce and coated the bagel tops completely. I added some store-bought pizza cheese blend to each bagel top and added toppings as my family likes them. I did some with pepperoni, some with just cheese, and some with mushrooms. I put them in the oven at 375 for about 10 minutes, until the edges of the bagel were browned and crispy, and the cheese was bubbling.
Overall, it was a great spread of Football party finger foods, and the best part about gameday foods is that you can switch things up every week and never eat the same thing twice.
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