Any good finger food recipes?!
Answers: We are having what we call a "food day" and I would like to bring in something good but different. Some kind of dip or just regular snack kind of foods. I am just looking for a really good couple of recipes to please the crowd ya know??? Thanks!
Zesty Nachos
1 medium-sized bag tortilla chips
4 ounces cheddar cheese, grated
1 ounce Monterey jack cheese with jalapeno peppers, grated
2 scallions, sliced
Heat the broiler.
Spread the tortilla chips on a baking sheet. Sprinkle the grated
cheeses and the scallions evenly over the top. Broil for 2 to 3
minutes, until the cheese has melted.
Serve immediately, with salsa or guacamole.
Honey Coated Crunchy Chicken Fingers
Ingredients :
1 lb skinless, boneless chicken breasts
1/4 cup honey (slightly warmed)
1/4 cup water
1 cup crushed corn flakes
Instructions :
Preheat oven to 425; Spray baking sheet with vegetable spray
1) Cut chicken breasts crosswise into strips 3/4 inch wide. In small
bowl combine honey and water. In small bowl combine honey and water.
Put corn flakes on a plate.
2) Dip chicken strips in honey mixture then coat with corn flakes
crumbs. Put on prepared baking sheet. Bake for 10 minutes, or until
cooked at center, turning chicken over at halfway point.
Serves 6
Gourmet French Fries
The gourmet's trick to french fries that are crispy on the outside and soft on the inside is double-frying them.
6 large potatoes (Idaho or Russet is a good choice)
Oil for deep frying (Vegetable or Peanut)
Ice water (optional)
# Cut the potatoes into fries about 3/8" thick. (Thin fries soak up too much oil.) You can peel the potatoes, if you like, but it's not necessary.
# Optional: Soak the cut fries in ice water for about 30 minutes. This step removes a lot of the starch, making them less sticky when frying. Pat the soaked fries dry with a paper towel before frying.
# In a frying pan or deep fryer, heat the oil to 325°. Fry small batches of the fries for about 3 minutes; they will be softened but not browned. Remove them from the oil and let them rest, or sweat, on paper towels for at least half an hour, up to 2 hours. (A great make-ahead step.)
# When you're ready, reheat the oil to 375°. Cook the fries a second time until golden brown, 4-6 minutes. Drain again on paper towels, transfer to a serving dish, and season with one of the gourmet seasoning recipes below while they are still warm and moist.
foodnetwork.com
finger sandwiches popcorn chicken or any thing you can put on a toothpick except the finger sandwiches
well if i were u i will bring salsa and chips because i LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...
OK, take deli ham (the square kind, boiled ham) and spread room temp cream cheese on it. Cut into three slices long ways and roll a mini DILL (cocktail) pickle into each one. Cut each of those into disks and stick a toothpick in each so everyone can grab one. Refridge and YUM! Also, you can get bread sticks and get thinly sliced prosciutto and tie it around the ends...looks pretty and tastes great. I have a dip for that if you like...
These are some of the things that I like bringing:
In a crockpot mix all 3 until melted:
1 bag Shredded Cheddar Cheese
2 cans Hormel Chili w/o beans
2 packages cream cheese
Or this:
Chicken Wing Dip
INGREDIENTS
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup pepper sauce, such as Franks? Red Hot?
1 cup Ranch-style salad dressing
2 cups diced cooked chicken
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
In a medium bowl, stir together the cream cheese and hot pepper sauce until well blended. Mix in the Ranch dressing, chicken and Cheddar cheese. Spread into a 9x13 inch baking dish.
Bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven. If oil collects on the top, dab it off using a paper towel. Serve with tortilla chips.
.....St. Louis Toasted Ravioli....Ingredients
2 tablespoons milk
1 large egg, beaten
3/4 cup dry Italian seasoned breadcrumbs
1/2 teaspoon salt(to taste)
13 3/4 ounces frozen cheese ravioli, thawed
vegetable oil
grated parmesan cheese
spaghetti sauce or pizza sauce
Directions
1.Combine milk and egg in a small bowl.
2.Place breadcrumbs and salt in a shallow bowl.
3.Dip ravioli in milk mixture, and coat with breadcrumbs.
4.Pour oil to depth of 2 inches into a Dutch oven; heat to 350 degrees.
5.Fry ravioli, a few at a time, 1 minute on each side or until golden.
6.Drain on paper towels.
7.Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese, and serve immediately with warm spaghetti or pizza sauce. MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY LOVES THESE!!
A lot of good tips and advice already listed but I had one to add...If you have a Safeway or Von's nearby they sell a wonderful "Honey Garlic" sauce with the rest of the sauce - should be by the Asian sauces - anyway, its excellent warmed with premade (storebought) frozen meatballs -(you can spray with pam if you want) just throw the bag of meatballs in a crockpot and pour two bottles of the honey garlic sauce over the whole thing, turn on high to get going and then turn down to low...You can plug it in wherever your going and they are always such a hit, the temp control never gets turned off before they are gone, leaving me with nothing but the sauce on the bottom of the crock pot! They have been a crowd pleaser at any gatherings we have been to in the last year or so! These are also good done on the stovetop and served over rice for dinner...Just serve with a nice coleslaw or even a salad.
finger sandwiches
White Trash
1 bag pretzels
1 can salted peanuts
1 box rice or corn chex cereal
1 box golden grahams cereal
1 block of vanilla almond bark
mix all the dry ingredients together in large dish pan. melt almond bark (careful not to scorch). then pour over other ingredients and stir until coated very well. then put in serving container and serve...
Hope you enjoy this like my family does.
you can check out these web sites and see if you like them.
http://search.foodnetwork.com/food/recip...
http://www.kraftfoods.com/kf/search/Sear...
http://www.rachaelrayshow.com/food/categ...
http://www.tasteofhome.com/SearchResults...
I hope that this will help you out good luck!!!!!!!!!!!
Party Pinwheels
You don't have to be a bread maker to prepare this welcome alternative to French bread or dinner rolls
1 8 oz package crescent rolls, from the dairy case
2 tsp. sesame seeds
1/2 tsp caraway seeds
1 tsp. poppy seeds
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
Preheat over to 375. Separate crescent rolls into 4 rectangles on a pastry board. Eliminate the diagonal cut on each rectangle by moistening and pressing together the serrated edges.
Mix all seeds together. With basting brush, spread butter on dough, sprinkle seeds evenly over butter. Roll like a jelly roll, moisten seam and seal tightly.
Spray a freezer safe dish with vegetable spray. Place rolls on dish, freeze until firm enough to slice.
Spray cookie sheet with vegetable spray. Cut rolls into 1/2 inch slices. Bake 5 minutes or until lightly browned. Serve immediately or at room temperature.
3 dozen.
http://www.blujay.com/item/Past-and-Repa...
Pepperoni & Cheese bread
Thaw out bread dough; shape into long rectangle; season with italian seasonings and olive oil. Cover with pepperoni and then top with mozzerella cheese and roll. Place in oven on 350 and bake for 30 to 45 minutes.