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Recipes & Serving Suggestions

Here we would like to present some ideas and recipes to create easy, pleasing, tasty treats for sharing with family and friends. Look for timely updates and our fun and informative blog coming soon.

Serve with our Team Chilimania Texas Red Trophy Chile.
Top with your favorite Tuna, Chicken, Turkey or Egg Salad recipe.
Top with exotic cheese and serve with your favorite wine.
Crush Brown Box Crackers into your next meatloaf for some special flavor. See Our Brown Box Crackers CRUMBS.
Or try one of these recipes. Watch for more to come or EMAIL with your recipes or ideas, we will post them on our BLOG
 

B.B.C. Mini Meat Loaves With Brown Beer Gravy
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Mini Meat Loaves
Ingredients
1 Lbs Lean Hamburger
2 *Onion (Medium, Of Choice, Peeled)
1 *Jalapeno (or more to taste)
4 *Cloves Garlic (or more to taste)
1 Egg, large
1/2 Tsp Black Pepper (or more to taste)
1/2 Tsp Salt (or more to taste)
1/2 C Worchestershire sauce
2 C Brown Box Cracker Crumbs

Preheat oven to 350º.
Chop onion, jalapeno and garlic to fine or *process in blender, food processor adding just enough water to form a paste. We likes the paste method as it seems to really flavor the loaves and we don’t like veggie chunks in our loaves.
Combine all ingredients except for the BBC Crumbs by squeezing though fingers. Once the ingredients are mixed well add the crackers and mix them through.
Helpful Hint: Keep surgical gloves on hand just for this. You can purchase them at Walmart, Sam’s or local drug store. We prefer the powder-free. You will find MANY uses for these handy disposable gloves in the kitchen and in the home.
Divide burger mixture into four (4) equal portions and form into loaves. Place in casserole or large, heavy oven-proofing frying pan (the later is excellent for getting all the “good stuff” for the gravy, we use our 12" Calphalon skillet).
Bake approximately 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes.

Brown Beer Gravy
Ingredients
3 Tbs Drippings or vegetable or canola oil
1/2 C White Flour
1 C Dark Beer (Shiner Bock is excellent)
1 C Beef Broth or water
Salt and Pepper to taste

Heat drippings/oil to bubbling. Add flour and stir constantly to a bubbling caramel rue. Add beer and liquid continuing to stir constantly. The rue will smooth and thicken. Add more liquid if necessary
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Serving Suggestion:
Slice mini meat loaves and top onto a mound of white or brown rice, cover in gravy with a side of fresh sliced tomato.
Helpful Hint: Use beef broth instead or in combination with water when prepaing rice. You will be pleased!

Olive Tapenade

Ingredients:
1-1/4 Cup Green or Black Olives
1 Clove Garlic
1 Tsp Capers (or substitute 1/4 Cup Minced Red Onion)
1 Tbs Lemon Juice
1/3 Cup Olive Oil
2 Tbs Cilantro, fresh & chopped
Salt & Pepper to taste
Grated Parmesan Cheese (optional)

1) Process olives, capers (or onion) and garlic in food processor or blender until finely chopped.
2) Pour in lemon juice and olive oil. Lightly process to a chunky paste
3) Transfer to bowl and blend in cilantro and salt and pepper to taste
4) Top with fresh grated Parmesan Cheese if desired
5) Serve with Brown Box Crackers. You Got A Winner!

More to come including
BBC Hot Wings
BBC Cracker Crust Quiche
BBC Cracker Crumb Cheese Ball
Bloody Mary Dip...

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