Tag: Meat Appetizers

  • Sweet and Sour Chicken Wings

    Ingredients:

    WINGS
    60 chicken wlng.1 (12-oz.) chill sauce (10-oz.) grape Jelly
    2 Tbsp. lemon Juice
    ½ tsp. garlic powder
    1 (16-oz.) can sweet & sour sauce 1 (71/1 -o-.t.) jar baby food peaches ;., tsp. ginger

    Instructions:

    Melt ingredients in pan. Add chicken. Bake at 3500 for1 1/2 to2 hours.

    Notes:

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  • Taco Chicken Strips

    Ingredients:

    1/2 cup flour, all-purpose
    1 1-;., oz. envelope taco seasoning
    3 lbs. chicken breasts (sliced) or chicken tenders
    6 T.. butter or margarine 1 cup corn chips, crushed

    Instructions:

    Combine flour and taco seasoning mix in plastic bag. Mix about3-pieces of chicken at a time in bag with seasonings. Melt butter or margarine in large glass pan. Place chicken in pan to coat with butter, roll in corn chips and return to buttered pan. Bake at 3500 for 40 minutes. Makes about 32 pieces of chicken.

    Notes:

    These are delicious as an appetizer but I used this recipe with chicken sandwiches in box lunches when I owned the Deli. It was a favorite and often requested item on the catering menu. You asked for it, so here it is. Enjoy!

    Servings Yield:

    Makes about 32 pieces of chicken

  • Sausage Calzone Bites

    Ingredients:

    oz. bulk sweet Italian sausage
    1/J cup chopped green sweet pepper (1 small)
    1cup shredded provolone or mozzarella cheese ½ of an 8-oz. can pin.a sauce (about½ cup)
    1/1 tsp. dried Italian seasoning, cnashoo
    1 (10-oz.) package refrigerated piza dough 2 tsp. milk
    2 1bsp. finely shredded Parmesan or Romano cheese

    Instructions:

    Preheat oven to 350°. In medium skillet cook sausage and green pepper until sausage is no longer pink; drain off fat. Stir in provolone cheese, half of pizz.a sauce, and the Italian seasoning. Unroll pizza dough. On lightly floured surface, roll or stretch dough to a I2 inch square. Cut intosixteen 3″ squares. Spoon a rounded teaspoonful of sausage mixture onto half of each square. Moisten edges of dough with water and fold over, forming a rectangle. Pinch or press with a fork to seal edges. Place on lightly greased baking sheets. Prick tops of calzones with a fork; brush lightly with milk and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until golden. Wann remaining pizza sauce to serve with calzones for dipping. Makes 16 mini calzones.

    Notes:

    Italian is one of our favorite cuisines, and quick and easy things to cook is the way to go. These sausage filled calzone finger foods make a great appetiz.er and go great with the Focaccia Breadsticks

    Servings Yield:

    Makes 16 mini calzones

  • Hot Cheese with Bacon Canapes

    Ingredients:

    . CANAPts,
    2 (4-oz.) packages grated Cheddar Cheese
    1 egg beaten well
    1 tsp. onion juice
    1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce tsp. mustard ding 4 slices bread strips bacon, cut in 1/z” pieces

    Instructions:

    Mix together cheese, egg, onion juice, sauce and mustard dressing and spread on fresh bread (crusts removed). Cut each slice in 4 pieces. Top with a piece of bacon. Put in preheated 375° oven until cheese is melted and bacon is done. Makes 16 canapes.

    Notes:

    There is no better beginning to your party than a beautiful tray of canapes, so be sure that you make plenty. Your guests will love this hors d’oeuvres.

    Servings Yield:

    Makes 16 canapes

  • Cold Cocktail Sausages

    Ingredients:

    1/z cup chill sauce 1 Tbsp. horseradish
    1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce 2 green onions chopped ;., cup sherry
    1 to 2 lbs. cocktail sausages
    Ina 8″ glass pan, mix all ingredients except sausages. Heat, in micro-wave, uncovered for 2 minutes, stir and set aide. Brown sausages, uncovered,2 to3 minutes. Add to cooled sauce. When all cooked and

    Instructions:

    added, cover and let stand 3 to 6 hoJrs before serving at room tem-perature.

    Notes:

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  • Crescent Chicken Squares

    Ingredients:

    3 oz. cream cheese 2 Tbsp. margarine melted
    2 cups cooked cubed chicken ;., Tbsp. salt ;., Tbsp. pepper 2 Tbsp. milk
    1 Tbsp. chopped onion
    1 Tbsp. chopped pimento 1 (8-oz.) can Pillsbury Crescent Rolls

    Instructions:

    Preheat oven to 350°. Blend cream cheese and margarine until smooth. Add chicken, salt, pepper, milk. onion and pimento and mix well. Separate rolls into 4 rectangles; seal perforations and spoon 1/2 cup chicken mixture onto center of each rectangle; pull 4 corners of dough to center of mixture and seal. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet 20-25 minutes till brown. Serves 4, or may be cut into small bites for appe-tizers.

    Notes:

    This is a recipe that was shared by a friend. Carolyn Hunter, in Alice, Texas, and I have made it many times and reheated them for a later meal.

    Servings Yield:

    Serves 4, or may be cut into small bites for appe-tizers

  • Cheese and Bacon Grills

    Ingredients:

    1 One lb. loaf unsllced whole- wheat brad
    1 lb. flnely grated sharp clleddar cheese mayonnaise .
    1/.i lb. bacon, fried until crisp, and crumbled

    Instructions:

    Trim crusts from bread. making a smooth, even block. Cut into 12 pieces·.·then cut each piece in half. Place on a greased cookie sheet. Mix grated cheese with just enough mayonnaise to make a spreadable mixture. Spread over the top of each bread slice. Chill at least 1/2 hour. Just bcfore serving, broil b slices until cheese is puffy and lightly browned. Sprinkle with bacon bits and serve at once.

    Notes:

    These broiled appetizers should be served as soon as they have been made. piping hot. This is one appetizer that the grandkids look forward to.

    Servings Yield:

    make a spreadable mixture