Combine ground beef, water, 1/2 cup diced onion, ketchup, butter, garlic, chili powder, salt, black pepper, cumin, celery salt, and cayenne pepper together in a pot. Mix with a potato masher or spatula over medium-high heat until mixture has a finely ground testure and begins to bubble, about 10 minutes.
Bring beef mixture to a simmer, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook, stirring occasionally, until sauce thickens and reduces, about 1 hour. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Cook hot dogs in boiling water until heated through, 5 to 7 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Arrange hot dog buns on a baking sheet. Cook buns in the preheated oven until soft and warm, 2 to 3 minutes.
Place 1 bun on a plate. Place a hot dog in the bun and top with meat sauce. Drizzle yellow mustard and a portion of remaining diced onion over the meat sauce. Repeat with remaining hot dogs.
Brown the ground beef in a skillet over medium heat. When browned add chopped onion and cook for about 5 minutes.
Add chili powder, cumin, cayenne, oregano, garlic powder, onion powder, salt and pepper. Stir until mixed evenly.
Add the flour and stir in with the seasoned ground beef.
Pour in the broth and bring it up to a boil. Then lower the heat and let it simmer for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. It smells really good at this point. When it thickens up, then it is ready to pour over the cheese enchiladas. If the gravy is too thick for your liking, add a little more broth.
Heat The Tortillas
In a skillet, heat the enchilada sauce to barely boiling, then turn down to a slight simmer.
Submerge each tortilla in the hot enchilada sauce to make it soft and pliable before adding the cheese and rolling it.
Enchiladas
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Ladle about a half cup of the chili gravy into the bottom of a 9×13 pan.
Add about 1/4 cup of shredded cheddar cheese on the lower third of the sauced tortilla. Then tightly roll the tortilla around the cheese and place seam side down in the 9×13 baking dish. Repeat until you have rolled all enchiladas.
Pour the remaining chili gravy over the enchiladas, and sprinkle about 1 cup of shredded cheese evenly over the top of the enchiladas.
Bake in a preheated oven for 20 minutes.
Serve the enchiladas hot, and top with chopped onions and chopped cilantro just before serving.
1/2 lb. hot Italian sausage, removed from casings and crumbled
1 cup sliced yellow onion
1/2 cup thinly sliced red bell pepper
1/2 cup thinly sliced green bell pepper
2 tablespoons thinly sliced seeded and stemmed jalapenos
2 tablespoons minced garlic
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
1/4 lb. sliced ham
1/4 lb. thinly sliced pepperoni
1/4 lb. sliced salami
1/2 cup sliced black olives
2 cups grated provolone cheese
2 cups grated mozzarella cheese
1 large egg, beaten with 1 tablespoon water to make an egg wash
1 cup finely grated parmesan cheese
Dough:
In a large bowl, combine the water, yeast, sugar, and 1 tablespoon oil and stir to combine. Let sit until the mixture is foamy, about 5 minutes.
Add 1 1/2 cups of the flour and the salt, mixing by hand until it is all incorporated and the mixture is smooth. Continue adding the flour, 1/4 cup at a time, working the dough after each addition, until all the flour is incorporated but the dough is still slightly sticky. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth but still slightly tacky, 3 to 5 minutes.
Oil a large mixing bowl with the remaining 1 1/2 teaspoons olive oil. Place the dough in the bowl and turn to oil all sides. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and set in a warm, draft-free place until nearly doubled in size, 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
To make the Stromboli:
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Grease a large baking sheet and set aside.
In a large skillet, cook the sausage over medium-high heat until browned and the fat is rendered, about 5 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain well on paper towels. Discard all but 1 tablespoon of fat from the pan. Add the onions, bell peppers, and jalapenos and cook, stirring, until very soft, 4 to 5 minutes.
Add the garlic and Italian seasoning and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Remove from the heat and cool.
Punch down the dough and divide half. On a lightly floured surface, roll out half of the dough to a large rectangle, about 10 by 14 inches. Spread half of the cooled sausage mixture across the dough leaving a 1-inch border. Overlapping slightly, layer half of the ham, pepperoni, olives, provolone and mozzarella cheeses over the top. Using a pastry brush, paint the border of 1 long edge with egg wash. Starting at the opposite long end without egg wash, roll up the dough into a cylinder, pinching the edges to seal. Place on the prepared baking sheet and repeat with the remaining ingredients. Let the dough rise, 20 to 30 minutes.
Brush the top of each stromboli with egg wash. Bake until nearly completely golden brown and starting to crisp, about 20 minutes. Sprinkle each stromboli with Parmesan cheese and return to the oven until the cheese is melted and the dough is golden brown, about 5 minutes.
Remove from the oven and let stand 10 minutes. Slice thickly and serve.
4 buns, toasted with butter in a skillet or on a grill pan.
1. Cook the beef, onion and pepper in a skillet over medium-high heat breaking the beef up as you cook it, drain excess grease if you want to.
2. Add the garlic and cook for a minute.
3. Add the mixture of the corn starch and broth, followed by the ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, steak seasoning and cook until the sauce thickens a bit, about 3-5 minutes.
4. Place the provolone on top of the beef mixture, then put the skillet under the broiler until it has melted. Mix the cheese into the meat.
2 onions, halved and thinly sliced into half moons
12 ounces fresh mushrooms, sliced
6-7 tablespoons all-purpose flour
A pinch of cayenne pepper, or crushed red pepper flakes, to taste
3 cups beef broth
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
Kosher salt and fresh-ground pepper, to taste
1 teaspoon beef bouillon powder
THE PATTIES
2 lbs ground beef
2 tablespoon Christopher Ranch jarred minced garlic
2 eggs
2 packages Lipton soup mix
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1/2 cup dry breadcrumbs
Kosher salt and fresh-ground pepper, to taste
In a bowl, combine the patty mixture until combined. Shape into 6 oval patties.
Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Use a cast iron skillet, if you have one.
Add the patties, cook until browned on each side (about 3-4 minutes per side, the patties do not have to be cooked all the way through as they will finish cooking in the gravy) remove to a plate.
To the same skillet, add sliced onion and mushrooms; cook stirring and scraping up any browned bits that have accumulated on the bottom of the skillet; cook for about 8-10 minutes or until the onions are softened. Add flour and cayenne pepper or pepper flakes; stir for 2 minutes.
Add in beef broth, Worcestershire sauce and salt and pepper; bring to a simmer stirring continuously until bubbly and thickened (at this point, add the beef bouillon powder).
Add the patties back to the skillet. Reduce heat to low and simmer uncovered for about 25 minutes turning the patties over once halfway through cooking. Serve right away.
Mix the oil, soy sauce, ketchup, honey, hoisin sauce, garlic, salt and pepper and pour over the chicken.
Bake at 375° for one hour or until sauce is caramelized.
Serve wings on a large platter garnish with cilantro and lime wedges.
Hoisin Sauce
¼ cup soy sauce
2 tablespoons smooth peanut butter
1 tablespoon dark brown sugar
2 teaspoons rice wine vinegar
2 teaspoons sesame oil
1 teaspoon hot sauce, or to taste
1 garlic clove, minced
Pinch of black pepper, or to taste
Whisk soy sauce, peanut butter, brown sugar, rice wine vinegar, sesame oil, hot sauce, garlic, and pepper together in a large bowl until well combined.
Beer Battered Fish Tacos with Quick Pickled Onions & Cucumber
& Chipotle Crema
Vegetable oil, for frying
2 cups all-purpose flour
3 teaspoons ground cumin
3 teaspoons cayenne pepper
3 teaspoons garlic salt
A few dashes of Tapatia hot sauce
12 ounces beer.
3 (8-ounce) cod fillets, cut into chunks
8 (8-inch) corn tortillas, lightly charred over a gas flame or on a grill
Lime wedges for squeezing
Quick-Pickled Onion and Cucumber, recipe follows
Fill a large pot with oil halfway up the pot. Heat oil to 350 degrees.
In a medium bowl, mix 1 cup flour, cumin, cayenne, and salt. Slowly whisk in beer until thick, but not runny. Add a few dashes of Tapatia to the batter. Dredge fish in remaining flour first, then dunk in the batter. Fry in batches until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Drain on paper-toweled lined plate.
Serve fish in tortillas topped with Chipotle Crema and Quick-Pickled Onion and Cucumber
Quick-Pickled Onion and Cucumber:
3/4 cup apple cider vinegar
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup water
1 tablespoon salt
1 large red onion, medium dice
1 large Vidalia onion, medium dice
1 English cucumber, medium dice
1 habanero chile, seeds removed, minced
1 Roma tomato, seeded and diced
2 tablespoons freshly chopped cilantro leaves
In a medium saucepan, bring to a boil the vinegar, sugar, water, and salt. Add onions and cucumber and continue to cook a few minutes more. Remove from heat, add chile, and transfer to a bowl. Let cool slightly then chill covered, for at least 1 hour.
Toss in the tomato and cilantro, 5 minutes before serving.
For the Chipotle Crema:
1 cup mayonnaise
2 chipotles in adobo
1 tablespoon adobo sauce
2 garlic cloves
pinch of salt
squeeze of lime
Plastic squeeze bottle, for dispensing the crema
For the Chipotle Crema, add the following ingredients to a blender or food processor and combine well: 1 cup mayonnaise, 2 chipotles in adobo, 2 garlic cloves, pinch of salt, and a squeeze of lime. You might need to add a splash of water to get it to combine. If you want more heat, you can add more chipotles or some of the adobo sauce. You can substitute some of the mayonnaise for plain Greek yogurt. Use a plastic squeeze bottle to dispense the crema. It looks really nice on the tacos.
In a medium bowl, add wings and toss with olive oil, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika and salt and pepper.
Place them in an even layer in the air fryer basket. Cook them in batches. Cook for 10 minutes at 390 degrees. Flip the wings and cook for another 10 minutes or until crispy on the outside and they an internal temperature of 165 degrees.
Honey Buffalo Sauce
In a small bowl, whisk buffalo sauce, honey, and Worcestershire sauce. Toss the hot wings in the sauce and serve with lime wedges and chopped parsley or cilantro.
1 handful fresh cilantro, coarsely chopped plus more for garnish
2 cloves garlic, chopped
2 shots silver tequila
Juice from one lime
Lime wedges, for squeezing
12–16 6-inch corn tortillas
Red or green cabbage, shredded
Your favorite hot sauce, for serving
In a large skillet, or on your Blackstone, heat oil over medium-high to high heat. Add chorizo and cook, breaking up with a spoon, until crispy at the edges, 2 to 4 minutes.
Add shrimp and season with salt and pepper; add pineapple and toss with tongs until the shrimp is opaque in the centers and the pineapple is lightly browned, about 3 minutes more.
Add scallions, jalapeños, cilantro and garlic; toss until the garlic is aromatic and the scallions wilt, 1 to 2 minutes.
Add the tequila; stir until evaporated, about 2 minutes.
Add lime juice and remove from the heat.
Char the tortillas directly over a gas flame or on your Blackstone.
Serve the shrimp filling with the tortillas, cabbage, hot sauce and lime wedges. Garnish with cilantro leaves.
