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      Grub for Guys: chicken fried hamburger with cheddar sauce and tomato-pickle relish

      December 16, 2010 /

      Here is another recipe I had fun making for Grub for Guys: chicken fried hamburger with a cheese sauce and tomato-pickle relish:

      For those of you who love cheeseburgers and anything fried, I’ve got a recipe for you that I promise you’ll want to make again and again—chicken fried hamburger. The first time I tested this out, I used brown gravy and it wasn’t quite right. This time, I had the idea of making a cheese sauce to in effect create a cheeseburger, and then added a tomato-pickle relish to cap it off. Success! The only warning here is that we don’t suggest telling your cardiologist about it, okay?

      Ingredients:
      Relish:
      ½ large tomato, seeded and chopped
      4 crunchy dill pickle spears (such as Claussen), seeded and chopped
      1-2 Tbsp ketchup
      1-2 Tbsp. prepared mustard

      Sauce:
      ½ stick butter or margarine
      2 Tbsp. flour
      ½ cup whole milk (or more as needed)
      1 cup sharp cheddar cheese, grated
      1 tsp. hot sauce
      Salt & pepper to taste

      Burger:
      1 pound ground beef
      ½ cup flour
      2 eggs, beaten in a bowl
      ½ cup panko breadcrumbs
      2 Tbsp. vegetable or canola oil
      Salt & pepper to taste

      Directions:

      Combine relish ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.

      For sauce, heat butter in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. When melted, whisk in flour for about 20 seconds. Add milk, and continue to whisk until it starts to thicken. If it’s too thick, add a splash or two more of milk. Then add cheese, hot sauce, and salt and pepper to taste. Remove from heat, set aside, covering to keep it warm.

      For burgers, form beef into four oval patties. Then set up three shallow bowls in a row with flour, egg, and breadcrumbs, respectively. Add a sprinkle of salt and pepper to each. Heat oil in a large non-stick skillet over medium high heat. Then dredge the patties in the flour, followed by the egg, followed by the breadcrumbs. Gently add each patty to the pan, and cook for about 4 minutes per side or until crispy on the outside and at least medium to medium-well on the inside.

      Slide patties onto a plate, top with cheese sauce and relish, and serve. Makes four servings, or two two-patty servings for you guys with big appetites.

      Ingredients, Recipes, Your Kitchen

      A Can A Week: Hormel Hot Chili with Beans

      December 14, 2010 /

      A few weeks ago, I posted my Grub for Guys chili recipes. But if I have to eat chili from the can, it’s almost always going to be Hormel Chili. I mean, right on the can, it says, “Since 1891.” Holy crap, they’ve been making chili for 120 years and in three differet centuries.

      And being that they make several different kinds of chili, I thought we’d review a few of them on our “A Can A Week” feature. This week it’s Hormel Hot Chili with Beans. Hot as in spicy, and when the word “HOT” is almost as big as the “Hormel Chili,” you sure expect at least three chili peppers on a scale of 1 to 5. I’m going to give it about a 3.5 there–I love spicy food, and this chili is maybe one of the spicier canned foods you’ll find, but it’s not like I was reaching for a glass of milk after each spoonful, or even water. I’d say, though, that it’s just the right amount of heat, so as not to overpower the chili.
      The heat also creeps up on you a bit, like a swift kick in the back of your throat.

      Flavorwise, you really can’t beat Hormel Chili, and this one is no exception. There is a real depth of chili flavor, with tomatoes being there but more in the background. The bean to beef ratio is about 50/50, and pretty decent for a can of chili.

      If you eat the whole can (and just like with last week’s Chef Boyardee review, why wouldn’t you?), you’re ingesting 520 calories…but you’re also talking 32 grams of protein and 14 grams of fiber. So no, Hormel Chili may not be classified as health food, but it’s got some nice nutritional value too. And as I write this, I’m FULL and may not eat until dinner time.

      So if it’s been a while since you’ve tried Hormel, or if you haven’t tasted the Hot Chili with Beans, go check it out and see if you agree with this assessment. And now, time for a nap (well, not literally).

      Next for the Hormel line, we’ll review their Turkey Chili.

      Food on a Budget, Tailgating, Your Kitchen

      Product review: Pomegranate 7-Up

      December 9, 2010 /

      This holiday season, if you’re looking for a refreshing non-alcoholic drink, you might try new (and for a limited time only) Pomegranate 7-Up Antioxidant. The original 7-UP lemon-lime and cherry flavor are very refreshing (with no caffeine), but this pomegranate one is even more so, at least in my opinion. The pomegranate flavore is sublte at first and then creeps up on you, unlike what you might expect from juice-based drink. I’m also not a huge soda pop guy, but this stuff is really tasty and I’d be inclined to buy it in the store. Bonus: it reminds me of the Shirley Temples my dad made me as a kid.

      Oh, and they send a bottle of the diet version too, and while I’m not a big fan of diet soda, this one had an especially strong after-taste of artificial sweetener. Of course, the one with “real sugar” is actually made with high fructose corn syrup, but HFCS does make drinks like this taste pretty good!

      It came with an info sheet that has recipes for cocktails, and I take it this would make a nice holiday mixer based on the light flavor and cheery red color alone. Definitely a product worth checking out.

      Ingredients, Tailgating, Uncategorized, Your Kitchen

      B-A-C-O-N

      December 8, 2010 /

      I’m going to put together a few recipes for a Bacon Grub for Guys post. I can’t believe I haven’t done it yet! Anyway, does anyone have a good bacon recipe idea, or have you had something recently that might spark an idea for me?

      Here is a recipe Mrs. Mikey made about a year ago that was from the Food Network Magazine. And they were maybe the best cupcakes I’ve ever had. My mouth is watering as I type!

      Oh, and maybe what we’ll do is have Bacon Week soon on Mikey’s Kitchen. So stay tuned for more bacon-y info!

      Ingredients, Recipes, Uncategorized, Your Kitchen

      A can a week: Chef Boyardee Whole Grain Beefaroni

      December 6, 2010 /

      Whole grains are all the rage these days. You can thank the fact that low-fat diets went out of style over the past ten or so years, and the focus was once again on low-carb diets for losing weight and burning fat fast. Whole grains, as the South Beach Diet will attest to, are “good carbs,” because they’re less processed than their white flour-based counterparts. Whew…you’d think I was a doctor or a nutritionist, but alas, I’m just a dude like you that likes to eat.

      I also like to have healthy options once in a while, so I’m kicking off this new weekly feature with a a review of the new line of Chef Boyardee Whole Grain Pasta, in this case the Beefaroni.

      I grew up on Beefaroni, so it’s not like I was trying the product for the first time. I was, however, trying this new “healthier” version for the first time. And quite honestly, there is almost no way to tell the difference. I didn’t taste the regular Beefaroni side by side with it, but I have had that enough times in my life that I didn’t have to.

      Whole Grain Beefaroni is absolutely delicious and satisfying, with just the right amount of ground beef and tomato sauce. Typically canned pasta is cooked more than pasta you’d cook at home or that you’d eat in a restaurant, and that’s the case here, but I’m sure they do that for a reason.

      This still isn’t exactly diet food, and if you eat the whole can, you’re talking 480 calories and 18 grams of fat. And who wouldn’t eat the whole can? But here is the good part–there are 18 grams of protein in the can, and a whopping 6 grams of fiber. If you read the ingredient list, whole wheat flour is right near the top. So really, if you’re going to eat Chefboyardee products, you may as well get some fiber into your diet…..especially when it really does taste this good.

      Food on a Budget, Your Kitchen

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