Arlene and Paul loved those Pittsburgh Steelers! Even if your favorite team isn’t in the big game this year, it’s still fun to get together with friends and have a party, and we’ve got some delicious recipes.
In this episode from 2012, Arlene, Paul, and Laura throw a black and gold themed party with pizza dip, glazed chicken wings, bacon-wrapped stuffed jalapenos, hummus, hot sausage rolls, calico baked beans and more! Yummy!
(Note: There is no recipe for the chocolate-covered popcorn. It’s just microwave popcorn drizzled with melted chocolate and mixed with goodies like peanuts and M&Ms candy.)
Glazed Chicken Wings
Ingredients
- 24 whole chicken wings (about 5 lbs)
- 1 cup barbecue sauce
- 2 Tbsp cayenne pepper
- 1 cup honey
- 1 cup soy sauce
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease two 13-by-9-inch baking dishes.
- Cut chicken wings into three sections; discard wing tip section. Place in 2 prepared 13-x-9-inch baking dishes. Combine barbecue sauce, cayenne pepper, honey and soy sauce; pour over wings.
- Bake, uncovered, in a preheated 350 oven for 50-60 minutes or until chicken juices run clear. Makes 8 servings. Enjoy!
Italian Hummus
Ingredients
- 2 cans chick peas (15.5 oz, each), drained
- 5 cloves garlic
- 4 shallots
- 1 cup olive oil
- 1 cup grated Romano cheese
- Italian parsley, to taste
Instructions
- Place chick peas into a food processor along with garlic and shallots. Pulse a few times to start chopping. As chick pea mixture is chopped, start adding olive oil to a smooth consistency.
- Continue processing and add Romano cheese. This should firm up your mixture. You may add more olive oil and cheese to obtain firmness. Now, add parsley and pulse into mixture.
- Place in refrigerator and chill well before serving to allow the flavors to work together. Makes 4 to 6 servings. Enjoy!
Stuffed Jalapenos
Ingredients
- 1 pkg cream cheese
- 18 fresh jalapeno peppers, halved lengthwise and seeded
- 9 slices bacon, cut into half slices
- toothpicks
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Spread cream cheese into jalapeno pepper halves; wrap each with a piece of bacon. Secure the bacon with toothpicks to prevent unraveling while baking. Arrange wrapped jalapeno peppers onto a baking sheet with cream cheese side facing down.
- Increase oven temperature to 450 degrees and bake until bacon is crisp. Watch carefully so bacon doesn't burn. Makes 12 servings. Enjoy!
Baked Pizza Dip
Serve this dip with corn chips or your favorite crackers.
Ingredients
- 1 pkg cream cheese (8 oz), softened
- 1 jar pizza sauce (14 oz)
- 1/3 cup chopped onion
- 1 1/2 cups mozzarella cheese, softened
- 1 can sliced black olives (6 oz)
- 2 oz sliced pepperoni
- corn chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Press cream cheese in bottom of 9 inch glass pie plate. Spread pizza sauce over cream cheese and layer remaining ingredients in the order listed.
- Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes. Serve with corn chips or your favorite crackers. Makes 8-10 servings. Enjoy!
Calico Baked Beans
These hearty beans could be a whole meal on their own!
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef OR sausage (hot or mild)
- 1/2 cup diced onion
- 1 green bell pepper, diced (optional)
- 1/2 pound bacon, cut into small chunks
- 1 can kidney beans, drained (15 oz)
- 1 can butter beans, drained (15 oz)
- 1 can pork and beans, drained (15 oz)
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 3 Tbs ketchup
- 1 Tbs white or apple cider vinegar
- 1 tsp prepared mustard
- a couple squirts of honey (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large skillet over medium heat, brown beef or sausage, onion, pepper, and bacon. Cook until no pink remains on the meat, and drain excess grease if needed.
- Mix beans with meat and onion mixture. Add sugars, ketchup, vinegar, and mustard. Stir thoroughly. Pour into ovenproof casserole dish and cover.
- Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 1-1/2 hours. Makes 8 to 10 servings. Enjoy!
Hot Sausage Rolls
Ingredients
- 12 links hot or sweet sausage
- 1 jar salsa (16 oz), mild, medium or hot
- 1 doz crusty rolls, unsliced about 6 inches long each
Instructions
- Brown sausage in hot oil in a skillet over medium high heat. Do not try to cook through, brown quickly. Drain on paper towels. Place sausage into crockpot.
- Pour salsa over sausage and mix to cover well. Cook on high for 4 to 5 hours. While sausage cooks, prepare rolls.
- Using sharp narrow bladed knife, cut about 1 inch from the end of each roll. With your knife, begin to remove the soft bread carefully from the inside of roll. Do not pierce the end or the sides of the roll.
- When ready to serve, carefully insert a link of sausage into end of roll and push until completely inserted. Serve immediately. Makes 12 servings. Enjoy!
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