If anyone knows how to make game day food, it's chef Tyler Florence. With roots in Greenville, SC, and a popular restaurant called Wayfare Tavern in San Francisco, the Food Network host and chef has tried-and-true recipes for everyone's favorites, from buttermilk biscuits to homemade potato chips and fried chicken. Take a page out of Tyler's book and fuel the inspiration for your own game-day get-together with the following 18 crowd-pleasing recipes that will earn you the MVP title.
You can't go wrong with stuffed mushrooms, and Tyler Florence's stuffed mushrooms have a few secret ingredients you might not have tried yet, like Spanish green olives and pine nuts.
If you're going to do burgers on game day, do them right. Tyler Florence's burger of choice has the perfect mix of ground short rib and ground beef that makes the patty as flavorful as possible, and the homemade potato buns are meant for soaking up all the juice.
Take a cue from Southern tailgates and have a spread of homemade buttermilk biscuits and ham, plus honey butter and gravy for dipping if you're feeling fancy.
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Tyler Florence's fried chicken is one of the bestsellers at his restaurant (he's even won awards for it), and once you taste the crispy skin, moist chicken, and lemon-herb finish, you'll understand why.
A homemade teriyaki sauce of soy sauce, grapefruit juice, hoisin sauce, and a few other key ingredients make Tyler Florence's teriyaki chicken wings a standout game-day snack.
Tyler Florence's deviled eggs have a creamy filling of mayo and dijon mustard, and he recommends adding a topping of fried capers for a punch of salty texture.