Alabama Dwelling once more sponsored a cooking competitors on the Alabama National Fair, marking the eighth yr the journal has helped choose the annual contest within the truthful’s Artistic Dwelling Middle.
The truthful, sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Montgomery, attracts 1000’s of holiday makers from throughout central Alabama. The current truthful’s cooking contest theme was a brand new one, “What’s Your Heritage?” It drew recipes reflecting the background of the entrants. The winners included delicacies from Native American tradition, West Africa and Eire.
First Place: Indian Tacos with Indian Fry Bread
Elements
Bread:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 cup milk
- 4 cups oil for frying
Toppings:
- 1 lb. floor beef
- 1 tablespoon taco seasoning
- 1 15-ounce can chili beans
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 2 cups iceberg lettuce
- ¼ cup chopped onions
- Picante sauce or taco sauce
- Bitter cream
- Tomatoes, chopped
Directions
In a big skillet, prepare dinner the meat with taco seasoning over medium warmth. As soon as meat is browned, pour off fats however depart slightly bit. Flip burner down and add beans. Cook dinner till the combination is warmed by way of. Cowl and maintain heat whereas making bread.
Bread: In a medium bowl, stir collectively the primary 4 elements and blend nicely. Stir in milk and blend till the dough comes collectively. You could want extra flour to deal with the dough. Knead the dough till clean on a calmly floured floor. Let relaxation for 5 minutes.
Warmth oil in a big, deep, heavy skillet to 365 levels. Oil needs to be a minimum of 1½ inches deep. Lower dough into 4 to five equal elements and flatten every half out into a skinny circle. Fry breads in sizzling oil till golden on either side, turning just one time. Drain on paper towel.
Prime every bread with meat combination and add toppings of alternative.
Joseph Goins, Montgomery
Second Place: West African Mock Oxtails
Elements
- 6 to eight items of hen
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 Scotch bonnet pepper, seeded and chopped
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ¼ cup white vinegar
- 2 cups chopped pink, inexperienced and yellow bell peppers
- 1 onion, sliced
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 cups ready mashed potatoes, or starch of your alternative
Directions
Rinse and pat dry hen items. Place in a Ziploc bag. Add the following six elements and seal bag. Shake to coat hen. Marinate for 1 to 24 hours if desired. Pour hen into crockpot and add chopped peppers and sliced onion. Drizzle with olive oil. Toss to coat. Cook dinner on excessive for 4 hours or till hen is tender. Serve with mashed potatoes.
Nicole Penn, Eclectic
Third Place: Luck of the Irish Cottage Pie
Elements
- ½ massive cabbage, sliced
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 1 stick butter
- 2 cups fresh-cut corn
- 6 massive potatoes, lower and diced
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons black pepper
- 2 inexperienced bell peppers, sliced
- 2 cans crescent rolls
- 1 egg white for wash
- 1 massive can cream of mushroom soup
- 1 package deal brown gravy combine
- 1 package deal of stew beef
- 1 cup water
- 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 2 tablespoons parsley
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
Directions
Lower and cube potatoes and prepare dinner on range prime till tender. Cook dinner fresh-cut corn on range prime on medium for half-hour. Put aside. In a big pot, sauté onion and bell pepper till onion is clear, then add stew beef. Cook dinner on medium warmth for quarter-hour, then add water, brown gravy combine and cream of mushroom soup. Proceed to prepare dinner on medium, stirring usually.
Cook dinner cabbage in pot on range prime with butter. Add balsamic vinegar, garlic, parsley and pepper. Stir nicely. Proceed to stir till cabbage is gentle and clear. Spray the underside of your baking dish with Pam cooking spray. Roll out one can of crescent rolls and place on backside of the dish. Add potatoes and corn, then cabbage, then meat combination with mushroom soup on prime of cabbage. Add second can of crescent rolls on prime in single layer. Brush on egg white wash. Bake at 360 levels for half-hour or till prime is golden brown. Sprinkle black pepper on prime.
Mary Lyons, Tallassee
This story initially appeared in Alabama Living magazine.
