Deep Fry-Day: Side Dishes

So more dishes than just wings were made. One was a recipe I got from an episode of "Everyday Italian" with Giada Delarentus called Italian Street Food. The Fried Ravioli she did looked so good. I simplified the recipe, mainly for budgetary reasons. Here is my quick version:

SIMPLE FRIED RAVIOLI:

STEP 1:

-Thaw frozen ravioli. Dip it in milk (Giada says buttermilk, but regular milk works just as well)

STEP 2:

-Take ravioli out of milk letting any loose milk to drip off. Dredge in Italian breadcrumbs

STEP 3:

-after ravioli is covered, place several in deep fryer for about 1-2 minutes or until they float and are crispy brown. Place on paper towel to collect excess oil. Serve.

Giada suggests sprinkling on Parmesan cheese, but I didn't have any. I also didn't have any marinara sauce, but Nee and I did dip it in the dip that came with my celery and carrots from Dominion. They turned out great - crunchy, full of flavour - a definite hit.

Nee is not a fan of chicken wings, so she brought some chicken nuggets. I just popped them in for about 3-5 minutes and they came out crunchy - the way they should! Nee wasn't a fan of the dark meat nuggets, but a little bit of plum sauce and you didn't notice the difference. Ok maybe you do, but it was still good.

Nee also brought over some french fries. The instructions only had microwave or oven, so I deep fried them for about 2 minutes. They were shoe string, and came out with a nice crunch. They didn't take long, so I popped them in the toaster oven to keep them warm. With a little salt, some vinegar and ketchup, they tasted just like the average restaurant would.

It was a great spread - wings, nuggets, fries, veggies and dip, fried ravioli, Cherry-Vanilla Dr Pepper to drink AND Nee brought chocolate chip cookies AND Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream.

Hey, if your going to go bad, you might as well go all out.

Blogivirsary Dangerous Dan's - The Return

The bird droped out of no where scaring the
bejezus out of me when I opened the door.
2 seconds later I noticed it was IN the car.
(look @ the small window top of pic - the bird is in flight)

It was going crazy in the car, barely stopping in the
back window in time for a photo

Last time I had wings here, they were flowing off the plate
Note: thank you DD's for larger plates

They were steaming hot when they came.
Too bad the sauce did not make me steam

Amanda's Birthday

Amanda Enjoying the Cake She Made - boy was it good

Randy Upset about being Number 2

Cosmic Bowling in T'Burg - Actually a Lot of Fun
Despite the Little Girls beside us Kicking Our Asses in Score

Funky Funky Cosmic Bowling

Dude and I stuck DEEP in the mud down the Dude Witch Road
The Road Won

Justin-Time's Wing review

Can't you just taste it?

Can't you just smell them?

Can't you just eat them?

Can't you just die????

Burger Night and N&R's

Burgers under construction

Rayzor did a great job with these sausage/beef burgers

As Sam Jackson says "This is a tasty burger"

I know Nee enjoyed it!

THE MADISON - Sean's Goodbye

WK Butter Wings Part III - Veggie Side Dish

I'm a carnivore. There's no denying it. I love meat. But I want to eat more vegetables. Really I do. The problem is, I am VERY selective of my vegetables. With only about 5 constants, it makes it difficult.

I'm also getting older, my palette is changing somewhat, and following Manic Pandemic's example, decided to test some old waters that I haven't in a while. So while at St Lawrence Market I got some green beans. Green Beans? WTF? I know, but I figured they would fry well or be mixed well. Sometimes one needs to follow their gut instincts a little bit.

Bean Fry Medley

Ingredients:

• oil
• green beans
• red pepper
• peanuts
• onion
• kosher salt
• black pepper

Later ingredients:

• margerine
• Frank's Extra Hot

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. fry first 7 ingedients until brown

They were done way before the wings, so I popped them into tin foil and into the oven on low heat.

frying in the pan - looks colourful!

tenting to help cook the beans

cooking in my giant oven

semi-final product served

vegetables what? all I saw were wings on the plate

So tried this, but I was not feeling the flavour. I discovered to trust my instincts: beans are not my friends. Why must that which is good for you taste not good!?

I took the remaining wing sauce mixture from dinner and covered the remaining medley. I put it back in the fridge for the next day, hoping I would forget about it and never have it again.

But today, I had a very veggie lunch. I popped the veggie tinfoil medley with wing sauce back in the oven, roasted some corn on the George Foreman, and waited. The corn took forever due to unbalanced cooking on the smaller grill.

2 good things came of this. The veggie mix was really good the second time around with the hot sauce. Also, the corn, topped with dill and all dressed popcorn seasonings made for an excellent lunch. I guess the beans weren't so bad after all . . .

WK Butter Wings Part II

look how hot that wing is

now he looks happy to chow down

do NOT get between a man and his wings

giant wings, giant tongs, giant WK

YEA!!! Time for wings!

WK Butter Wing pics part 1

Moose Winooski's

Patio that wraps around

Dude hungry and waiting for his food

Some of the crazy moose heads

mmmmmmm tasty lookin wing

So good even the bones smile

Preparing for PRAXFILM launch