18 Recipes That Prove Tyler Florence Is King of Game Day

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.

For a modern take on chili, try Tyler's California Rancho Chili with corn pudding instead of tortilla chips.

You'll never make average BBQ wings again after you try Tyler Florence's ultimate barbecued chicken.

Even Tyler Florence knows queso dip is a nonnegotiable part of game day. If you want to step up your queso game, try Tyler's cheese fondue.

Tyler Florence's stretchy mac and cheese is named after the "king of stretch," muenster cheese.

Coated in a hybrid of tempura and beer batter.

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.

Topped with roasted-banana-brown-sugar sour cream, caramelized onions, bacon, chiles, and chives.

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.

For a light bite, try filling potato chips with steak tartare and shallots.

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.

Sizzle up a few grilled cheese sandwiches, and cut them into rectangular sticks to serve individually to your guests.

Tyler created an ingenious hybrid between two crowd pleasers by serving a deviled egg filling inside a lettuce cup with caesar dressing.

Tyler's vegan black-eyed-pea chili proves you don't need ground beef to make a killer game-day chili everyone will love.

Serve up homemade macaroni and cheese with a game-day kick — spicy red chilis on top.

Tyler makes homemade chips with thinly sliced potatoes, garlic, herbs, and sea salt.