Need easy game day recipes? These are sure to be winners at your next tailgate
The weather is showing signs of finally cooling and school’s back in session. That means football season is ramping up, and what’s game day without some delicious dips, mouth-watering chili and flavorful sides?
These recipes require little prep work and are sure to become fast favorites at your house. This collection brings together a pitmaster’s chili recipe, two classic game day dips, and a delicious corn and avocado salad.
Whether you’re heading out to tailgate or watching from the comfort of your couch, you can count on these four recipes to improve game day.
Meaty, Smoky Tailgating Chili
Sure, you might have a go-to chili recipe with some ground beef and whatever secret ingredients you swear by, but this recipe will easily go toe-to-toe with it. Dreamed up by a North Carolina pitmaster, this recipe uses 2 pounds of smoked brisket and some of your favorite barbecue sauce to make a rich, hearty stew.
You could smoke a whole brisket yourself the day before, or take the easy route and buy two pounds from your favorite BBQ joint in town.
Grilled Corn and Avocado Salad with Feta Dressing
This recipe is perfect for tailgating with a grill, because the corn, scallions and jalapeno all benefit from a quick char to give them a depth of flavor.
The dish is like a last hurrah to summertime flavors, but it still brings great tastes that your guests will love. Avocado and corn give it plenty of substance, and the homemade dressing is an impressive and delicious addition.
Buffalo Chicken Dip
This is it. This is the dip I expect to see on the table at nearly every party I go to. It’s got tang and spice from buffalo sauce, plenty of melty cheese, and you can dip almost anything on a party platter into it and be happy.
It’s the perfect dip for celery, carrots, crostini, crackers, corn chips, tortilla chips and anything else you can throw at it.
While this recipe calls for blue cheese dressing and crumbles, it’s easy to substitute ranch for your pickier eaters.
Hot Spinach and Artichoke Dip
It’s the perfect accompaniment to have on hand next to the buffalo chicken dip, and this is probably the easiest recipe on the list to make. It’s as simple as dumping everything into a slow cooker and walking away for two hours or so.
While this is great with any chip or cracker, I do recommend toasting slices of French bread special for this. The melty cheese and crispy bread are a wonderful combination.
This story was originally published September 2, 2022 at 3:00 PM with the headline "Need easy game day recipes? These are sure to be winners at your next tailgate."
