Go Big Red Recipes

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Sweet Sloppy Joes

 

1-1/2 lbs. ground beef

1 small onion, chopped

1 small green pepper, seeded and chopped

1 (10-3/4-oz.) can tomato soup, undiluted

1 (8-oz.) can tomato sauce

1 cup ketchup

2 tablespoons brown sugar

1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce

1 teaspoon prepared mustard

1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

4 sesame seed hamburger buns, toasted

 

Cook first 3 ingredients in a large skillet until beef is browned, stirring until it crumbles, drain. Stiri in soup and next 6 ingredients; simmer 10 to 15 minutes, stirring often. Serve on toasted buns.

 

Delta-Style Fried Catfish

 

1-1/2 cups milk

2 to 3 drops hot sauce

6 (4- 6-oz.s) catfish fillets

3/4 cup yellow cornmeal

1/4 cup all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons salt

1 teaspoon ground red pepper

1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

Vegetable oil

 

Whisk together milk and hot sauce. Place catfish fillets in a single layer in a 13x9-inch baking dish, and cover with milk mixture. Cover and chill 8 hours, turning once.

 

Combine cornmeal and next 5 ingredients in a shallow dish and set aside.

 

Let catfish fillets stand at room temperature in milk mixxture in baking dish 10 minutes. Remove fillets from milk mixture, allowing excess to drip off.

 

Dredge fillets in cornmeal mixture; shaking off excess.

 

Pour oil to a depth of 1-1/2-inches into a large, deep cast-iron or heavy skillet, heat to 360. Fry fillets, in batches, 2 minutes on each side or until golden brown. Remove to a wire rack on a paper-lined jellyroll pan. Keep warm in a 225 degree oven until ready to serve.

 

Oven-Fried Fish

 

1/4 cup white cornmeal

1/4 cup fine, dry breadcrumbs

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon paprika

1-1/2 teaspoons chopped fresh dill or 1/2 teaspoon dried dillweed

1/8 teaspoon pepper

1 pound fresh or frozen fish fillets, thawed

1/3 cup milk

3 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted

Lemon wedges

Tartar sauce

 

Combine first 6 ingredients in a shallow dish. Dip fish fillets in milk, and dredge in cormeal mixture. Place coated fish in a lightly greased 13x9-inch pan, drizzle with butter.

 

Bake at 450 for 10 minutes or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork. Serve with lemon wedges and tartar sauce. Yield: 4 servings.

 

Dilled Garlic Bread

 

1/3 cup butter or margarine, softened

1/4 cup finely chopped fresh dill

2 large garlic cloves; crushed

1 (16-oz.) loaf unsliced French bread

1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

 

Combine first 3 ingredients. Slice loaf to half length-wise. Spread butter mixture evenly on cut sides of bread. Sprinkle with cheese. Place on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 375 for 10 minutes or until browned. Slice and serve hot.

 

Nacho Chicken

 

2 tablespoons mayonnaise

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning

2 skinned and boned chicken breasts

3/4 cup crushed nacho cheese flavored tortilla chips (about 30)

1 tablespoon butter or margarine, melted

 

Combine first 3 ingredients, spread on both sides of chicken. Dredge chicken in crushed chips. Place chicken on a lightly greased baking sheet or jelly roll pan, and drizzle with butter. Bake at 350 for 20 to 25 minutes or until chicken is done. Yield: 2 servings.