Classic French chicken braised with wine, mushrooms, and aromatic vegetables.
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Category Archives: Spirits/Alcohol
Shrimp Martini
Mini-martini shots of shrimp cocktails in vodka sauce.
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Savory Bacon Beer Bread
Beer both leavens and flavors this savory quick bread, and bacon puts it over the top.
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Peach Margarita
Some people say I like margaritas a *little bit*. Generally, I love them in every way, shape or form and this is another gem.
Singapore Sling
Chile-Bourbon Steak Marinade
Lemongrass Grilled Shrimp
This is a Thai style shrimp dish which makes a great appetizer for entertaining serve with sweet Thai chili sauce as a dip. You could also have this as an entree with Thai style fried rice and a vegetable stir-fry or small bowl of curry or tom yum soup. If you don’t use the lemongrass as skewers you may want to add crushed lemongrass to the marinade, but grilling on the skewers releases the oils from the grass right into the shrimp as it cooks. Besides, it makes great conversation at the table when your guests see what the skewers are.
Chicken Fajitas
Borracho Beans
Borrachos are literally “Drunken Beans” which means they are cooked in beer. You may have seen many pretenders, pouring in a little beer into the cooking liquid, but let’s get real. Borrachos are cooked in beer.