Archive for the 'Vegatables' Category

Roscoe’s Turkey Kielbasa Gumbo

Ingredients:
Leftover turkey and carcass
Celery – 2 stalks, chopped; 2 stalks for stock
Carrots – 2, for stock
Red onion – 1 sliced; 1 chopped for stock
Okra – 1/2 to a pound, chopped
Red pepper – 1, chopped
Worcestershire, Cholula
Garlic
salt and pepper, cayenne, etc.
Red wine
Beer
Red wine vinegar
Vegetable oil and flour – for roux
Green onion – chopped, for garnish
A Thanksgiving Tradition
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Sweet Potato Turkey Hash

Ingredients:
Leftover turkey – chopped up
Leftover sweet potatoes – diced
Red onion
Garlic
Olive oil, Worcestershire, and Cholula
It’s A Natural
Turkey and sweet potatoes go together like peanut butter and jelly, at least at Roscoe’s house. So if you’ve got both left over from your great Thanksgiving dinner, and you don’t want the same old, same old leftover dish, try [...]

Roscoe’s Bourbon Sweet Potato Casserole

Ingredients:
Sweet potatoes – sliced thin (figure one potato for 2 people)
Red onion – sliced thin (1 for every couple of potatoes)
Garlic – chopped (1 clove per potato)
Olive oil, Worcestershire, Cholula
Salt and pepper
Bourbon
Honey
Hot pepper jelly
Orange zest
Grated Cheese

What Do You Do With A Sweet Potato?
Your sister asks you to bring a sweet potato dish to Thanksgiving dinner. [...]

Roscoe’s Grilled Tomatillo Pepper Sauce

Ingredients:
Tomatillos – 8-10
Peppers – any kind you like, 3-4
Red onion – 3-4 small ones
Garlic – 6-8 cloves, chopped
Balsamic vinegar – a splash or two
Honey – 1/4 cup
Salt, pepper, Cholula
Red or white wine – a couple glugs
Got Sauce?
We’re not talking tomato sauce here, the kind you put over spaghetti. And we’re not even talking some kind [...]

Roscoe’s Chopped Tomato Pasta Delicioso

Ingredients:
Fresh Tomatoes – 2 or 3 medium sized, chopped
Red onion – about half, sliced up
Garlic – 2-6 cloves, chopped
White wine – Hey, red works, too
Olive oil, Worcestershire, Cholula
Herbs – fresh if you can: basil and oregano
Green onion – 2, chopped
Pasta – whatever kind you like, about 3/4 of the 1 lb. package
Got Tomatoes?
It’s the end [...]

Sweet Potato Salsa

Ingredients:
1 sweet potato – diced
1/2 red pepper – diced
1 slice red onion – diced
1 green onion – diced
1 spoon chopped jalapenos in vinegar
2 spoons orange marmalade or apricot preserves
Juice of one lime
Cholula Chili Lime – a couple squirts to taste
Salt and pepper to taste
Won’t Find This On The Shelves of Your Local Market
Sure, you can [...]

Roscoe’s Red Beans and Rice

Ingredients:
1 bag small red beans (16 oz.)
1 red onion – chopped
1 red pepper – chopped
3-5 cloves garlic – chopped
Beer or broth or beer and broth (enough to cover your beans)
olive oil, Worcestershire, Cholula
1 ham hock
1 link kielbasa (or your favorite sausage, or use a mixture of sausages)
Salt and pepper; smoked paprika, ancho, bacon salt, other [...]

Roscoe’s 1 Beer Chunky/Spicey Guacamole Recipe

It all starts with a beer (preferably Mexican). Crack it open, take a sip, begin:
2-3 ripe avocados (soft but not mushy)
2-3 garlic cloves (minced)
green onion (chopped fine)
red onion (chopped fine)
tomato (1/4 -1/2) (seeded and chopped)
cilantro (a few chopped sprinkles)
salsa
salt
pepper
smoked paprika
chopped jalapenos (optional)
cayenne (optional)
lime
Cholula
2 steak knives
1 spoon
Fate Steps In
It’s just a friendly neighborhood Mexican restaurant called [...]