Spicy Crockpot Italian Style Drip Beef for Sandwiches

A nice, spicy beef made in the crockpot with giardiniera and golden peperoncini, finished with sauteed sweet peppers, onions and provolone cheese & passed under the broiler to melt.

Spicy Crockpot Italian Beef

An Italian beef is a sandwich believed to have originated in Chicago, made of thin slices of highly seasoned beef, dripping with meat juices, and served on an Italian roll.

First, let's get this out of the way. Like all regional foods that I prepare and share here on Deep South Dish that originate from other parts of the country, this recipe is not meant to be representative of an authentic or even traditional Chicago style Italian beef in any way, shape or form. It's just a beef roast braised in broth, peppers, onions, and Italian seasonings, that makes a pretty darned good Italian Beef drip sandwich. Let's just agree to settle on calling my sandwich "inspired."

Chicken wings baked with a Ponzu Lime Mojo marinade that brings a wonderful spicy, sweet, savory, citrus tang to average wings.

Ponzu Lime Mojo Wings

One more for the wing collection and then I'm going to {try} to take off from blogging to get ready for and enjoy the Super Bowl! {okay, I might try to squeeze in just one more recipe...}  If you're still on the hunt for some Super Bowl party food ideas, you can pick some great menu ideas right here. They are all mine, all tried and true, and all right here on this site. Check 'em out!

A tender and tasty meatloaf, infused with the trinity, seared and cooked in a roux based tomato gravy.

Creole Meatloaf with Tomato Gravy

When you have a little time on your hands, I hope that you'll give this meatloaf a try. It's totally different from your mama's meatloaf, has a few additional steps you don't usually see in a meatloaf, so it takes a bit of time to come together, but it is so worth it! Searing creates a tender and juicy meatloaf that thanks to our famous Trinity, just full of flavor. Don't expect any leftovers to last long.

 

A throwback to the good ole days, Devils on Horseback are simply dates, stuffed with cheese, wrapped with bacon, bite sized yum yums.

Devils on Horseback

Here's another great party appetizer to add to the growing list of party foods.

I mean seriously... can't you just wrap a piece of bacon around just about anything and make it taste good or better?

I love dried plums (yes, those are prunes) and dates anyway, but stuff them with some smoky Gruyere, wrap them with bacon and have a spicy pepper jelly or mango sauce to dip them in and yum, yum, yum.

And the "angels," made with oysters, are by far my favorite.

 

A fall back to the good ole days, Angels and Devils on Horseback are simply bacon wrapped, bite sized yum yums, one based on dates, the other, oysters.

Angels on Horseback

Angels on Horseback are similar to their counterpart, Devils on Horseback, except instead of dates wrapped in bacon, we're using oysters, and like their counterparts, the bacon you'll need and how you cut it, is going to depend on the size of the oysters, so you may need to cut it into two or three pieces.

Here's how to make them.

A retro throw-back to the 70s and still popular today, 7-layer dip is made with seasoned refried beans, avocado or guacamole spread, sour cream, shredded cheese, tomatoes, black olives and green onion, and is still a party favorite.

Classic 70s 7-Layer Mexican Dip

I adore this dip. In fact, I have been known to buy those itty bitty and pricey containers of it from the deli, just because I had a taste for it.

I have loved this dip since the first time that I saw it being delivered to a party back in the late 70s. With Super Bowl coming up, I thought I would blog it, but really, I just wanted an excuse to make it.

My Best of the Best Party Foods for the BIG Game - All in One Place!

Beverages, Appetizers, Snack Food, 17 Dips, Sandwiches, Wings, Potato, Pasta and Crowd Sized Salads, Bean, Beef, Pork, Chicken & Seafood Main Dish Meals, Gumbo, Jambalaya, Soups, Stews & Chilis, Ribs and Sides and of course, Sweet Stuff!

Looking for menu ideas for your game day party?

Here's my personal collection of tried and true, all Deep South Dish, Best of the Best Recipes for your "Big Game Day" party. I think this is a fabulous collection and it's all in one spot for you, all my recipes. There's plenty to choose from so no matter who you're rooting for, you're sure to find something here for that menu and to please those hungry fans.

Check back regularly as I update and add to the collection!

Huevos Rancheros - Rancher's Eggs

Huevos Rancheros, or Rancher's Eggs, was a popular mid-morning meal on Mexican farms and has made it's way to our tables. Great for breakfast, brunch, or breakfast for dinner, lightly fried corn tortillas are topped with a layer of beans, salsa, avocado, a fried egg, crema and shredded cheese with a dash of hot sauce.

Huevos Rancheros

Y'all may remember how I feel about eggs and how I try to incorporate them into my diet for breakfast most days. I love them pan fried and scrambled and I sure do love a good pan omelet.

Best of the Best Mardi Gras Brunch and Party Foods Menu Ideas

Best of the Best Mardi Gras Brunch and Party Foods Menu Ideas all from Deep South Dish blog. Milk Punch, Grillades & Grits, Eggs in Purgatory, Homemade Pistolettes, Hot Crab Bread, Crab Martinis, Cajun Potato Salad, Shrimp & Bow Tie Pasta Salad, New Orleans BBQ Shrimp, Crabcakes, Muffulettas, Hot Roast Beef Po’boys, Boulettes, Natchitoches Meat Pies, Maque Choux, Crawfish Monica, Courtbouillon, Crawfish Rice Dressing, Jambalaya, Seafood & Eggplant Dressing, Cabbage au Gratin, Creole Bread Pudding, King Cake & Pralines to name a few!

Here are a few ideas of my favorite Mardi Gras appropriate recipes for your pre-parade brunch, or Mardi Gras celebration this year. Bear with me as I update my links with newer recipes.

There are a lot of other party foods that will work if you don't like these mostly Cajun/Creole types of foods. Just browse though my Appetizers and other Party Foods, or maybe you want Wings, or Ribs, or other cookout types of foods (don't worry many are grill optional) or just some good ole Southern Classics. Have a peek at that Label Cloud over there in the left hand sidebar if you prefer a different slant, or just browse through my Online Cookbook for some more ideas.

A whole chicken, stewed down in the same manner as homemade chicken and dumplings, but is then simmered with thick, homestyle noodles. Comfort food, indeed!

Old-Fashioned Homestyle Chicken and Noodles

Old fashioned chicken and noodles, made with home style noodles of your own or from the freezer sections of your store, is a total comfort meal, and when the temperatures drop and frigid weather is on the way nothing is as warming as a big bowl of these creamy noodles.

Like Chicken Noodle Soup on steroids. Like Chicken Noodle Soup met Chicken and Dumplings, fell in love and had little chicken noodle babies.

You know I poke fun with The Cajun (aka my husband) a bit - I can't help it, what can I say - he just gives me so much material to work with... but he really is a good man, who would give you the shirt off his back and will be there for you in a pinch, and of course I'm just having fun with him for blog material. {Yes honey, laughing at you, not with you.}