Tag: Signature Dishes
Buffalo Chicken Burger with Blue Cheese
Buffalo Chicken Burger with Blue Cheese
At my meat counter, we make a buffalo blue cheese chicken burger with the cheese mixed into the meat. While they’re pretty good, I think it’s silly to mix the cheese into the patty instead of placing it on top. So I decided to make the burgers at home from scratch; even better than the premade mix I use at work.
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground chicken
- 1/2 cup breadcrumbs
- 1/2 cup buffalo sauce
- 1 tbsp onion powder
- 1 tbsp garlic powder
- 1 tbsp parsley chopped
- 1 tbsp butter
- blue cheese crumbled
- brioche buns toasted
Instructions
- Place the ground chicken, breadcrumbs, buffalo sauce, parsley, onion and garlic powder in a bowl.
- Mix until all of the ingredients are well incorporated.
- Form into 4 patties.
- Melt the butter in a large sauté pan over medium heat. Place the Pattie’s in the pan. Cook for 5 minutes.
- Flip the patties. Cook for 3 minutes.
- Place blue cheese on the burgers. Cover the pan and cook for 2 more minutes.
- Place each burger on a toasted brioche bun.
Homemade Buffalo Sauce
Buffalo sauce is an American Staple; originating from the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, NY in 1964. This sauce isn’t just good on chicken wings, but any type of proteins such as fried chicken, fried shrimp, fried fish, etc. It is extremely easy to make and tastes better than any bottled sauce that you’d get at a grocery store.
Equipment
- whisk
Ingredients
- 4 tbsp butter
- 1/3 cup Louisiana-style hot sauce
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 2 tbsp cold water
- 2 tsp cornstarch
Instructions
- Melt the butter in a small pot over medium low heat.
- Pour in the hot sauce. Add in the garlic powder. Make a slurry out of the cold water and cornstarch. Whisk in until the sauce is slightly thick.
Maple Brown Sugar Glazed Bacon Steaks
Maple Brown Sugar Glazed Bacon Steaks
These glazed bacon steaks are a real treat. I recently purchased a chunk of applewood smoked slab bacon from work and wanted to glaze it in the oven. I sliced the bacon a 1/2” thick. The glaze is simply brown sugar and maple syrup that caramelizes in the oven. The most important part of making the glazed bacon steak is to use multiple layers of foil on your baking pan. If you don’t, it will be next to impossible to clean it.
Equipment
- baking sheet
- foil
Ingredients
- 1/2” slices slab bacon
- brown sugar
- maple syrup
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with multiple layers of foil. Place the slab bacon slices on the foil. Cover with a thin layer of brown sugar. Drizzle with real maple syrup. Place in a cold oven. Set the temp to 350°.
- Bake for 20 minutes. Flip the bacon and spoon over the glaze.
- Bake for another 10 minutes.
Croissant, Bagel, and English Muffin French Toast
Serve the French toast with a dusting of powdered sugar and maple syrup.
Crab Cakes Benedict
Crab Cakes Benedict
Eggs benedict is great, but how about adding crab cakes into the mix?! Crab cakes, soft boiled eggs, and Hollandaise sauce over English muffins is a marriage meant to be. You can use store bought crab cakes or make your own from scratch. My Maryland-style crab cake recipe attached below will make your belly very happy.
Ingredients
- 4 crab cakes homemade or frozen
- 2 tbsp butter
- 2 English muffins sliced in half and toasted
Soft Boiled Eggs
- 4 large eggs
- water
- 1 tbsp vinegar
Hollandaise Sauce
- 2 tbsp butter
- 2 egg yolks beaten
- 2 tsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp heavy cream
Instructions
Crab Cakes
- Melt the butter in a small skillet over medium heat. Fry the crab cakes for 4-5 minutes a side until golden brown. Set aside.
Hollandaise Sauce
- Melt the butter in a small pot over low heat.
- Beat the egg yolks, lemon juice, and cream together in a small bowl.
- Whisk in 1 tbsp of the melted butter into the yolk mixture to temper the eggs.
- Whisk in the tempered yolk mixture into the rest of the melted butter. Turn off the heat.
Soft Boiled Eggs
- Bring 3” of water to a boil in a small pot. Add in the vinegar. Reduce the heat to medium. Crack each egg into a measuring cup and carefully drop into the water. Simmer for 3-5 minutes depending on how you like your eggs cooked.
Assembly
- Top each of the English muffins with a crab cake.
- Place a soft boiled egg on each of the crab cakes.
- Spoon over the Hollandaise sauce over each of the crab cakes benedicts.
Maryland-Style Crab Cakes
Every time I go to Baltimore, I have to go to the Lexington Market and get a crab cake at Faidley’s Seafood. They’re spendy, but are considered to be some of the best crab cakes in the world. You can make crab cakes at home for a fraction of the price, all considering that good quality lump crab meat will cost you about $50 lb. But I guess getting 7-8 crab cakes for that much is better than paying $25 for just 1.
Ingredients
- 1 lb jumbo lump crab meat
- 20 saltine crackers crushed
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1 egg beaten
- 1 tbsp dijon mustard
- 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tbsp hot sauce
- 1 tsp old bay seasoning
- 1/4 cup parsley chopped
- vegetable oil for frying
Instructions
- Mix together the mayonnaise, egg, dijon mustard, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, and old bay seasoning.
- Fold in the crab meat, along with the crackers and parsley.
- Form into 1/3 lb. cakes. Place on parchment paper and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Heat up 1/4” of vegetable oil in a sauté pan over medium heat. Place the crab cakes into the pan.
- Fry until golden brown; about 4-5 minutes a side.
