Best Tailgate Foods

Kamryn Dockery

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The prep before football games is the best way to get you ready for the game. This is also known as tailgating and what’s a tailgate without some pre-game foods? Football season is finally here and that means it’s time for some good eats! From dips to sliders to wings, is it really football time without the key foods? Here is a list of foods with recipes that you just have to have on gameday.

Southern Cheese Fries:

Ingredients:

• Crinkle Fries

• Pulled pork

• BBQ sauce

• Pimento cheese

Directions:

1. Simple! Air fry your fries and then add your ingredients right on top.

Recipe found: https://spicysouthernkitchen.com/game-day-fare-digiorno-and-southern-cheese-fries/

Buffalo Chicken Dip:

Ingredients:

• 2 cups shredded cooked chicken

• 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened

• ½ cup Frank’s Red Hot

• ½ cup ranch dressing

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

2. Mix all ingredients in a large bowl.

3. Spoon into a shallow 1-quart baking dish.

4. Bake 20 minutes or until mixture is heated through

5. Stir. Sprinkle with green onions, if desired, and serve with chips, crackers, and/ or cut-up veggies.

Recipe found: https://www.franksredhot.com/en-us/recipes/franks-redhot-buffalo-chicken-dip

Cheeseburger sliders:

Ingredients:

• Ground beef

• Seasoning salt

• Pepper

• Garlic salt

• Butter

• Cheese slices

• Hawaiin sweet rolls

Directions:

1. Preheat your oven to 375 degrees

2. Take the white tray of buns out of the bag

3. Using parchment paper, unroll enough paper to make it the size of the tray that the rolls come in.

4. Cut the parchment paper to the size of the tray of the rolls.

5. Place raw ground beef on parchment paper and flatten to the size of the paper.

6. Season ground beef with salt and pepper.

7. Now place parchment paper and ground beef rectangle into a rimmed baking sheet.

8. Bake at 375 degrees for 15-17 minutes or until juice runs clear on the top.

9. While ground beef is baking, make the garlic butter and prep your rolls.

10. For the garlic butter, In a microwavable dish, melt butter and then add garlic sauce. Stir and then set aside.

11. Cut rolls in half and then place the ground beef on top

12. Use your favorite kind of cheese and place it on top of the beef.

13. Then place the top buns on top of the cheese.

14. Using a basting brush, brush the top of the buns with garlic butter.

15. Place the sliders in the oven for 3-4 minutes or until the cheese is melted, and the tops are golden brown.

16. Then you have your mini burgers! Add toppings as you please.

Recipe found: https://fantabulosity.com/cheeseburger-sliders/

BBQ little smokies:

Ingredients:

• 2, 16-ounce packages of any kind of smokies

• BBQ sauce

• Ketchup

• Brown Sugar

• Worcestershire sauce

• Garlic Powder

• Paprika

Directions:

1. Place little smokies in the crock pot

2. In a medium-sized bowl combine the rest of the ingredients and mix well

3. Pour the sauce over the smokies and cook on low for 2-3 hours

Recipe found: https://therecipecritic.com/little-smokies-recipe/