Texas/6 recipes

Dry your beans well before cooking. To get the traditional ‘blistered’ look of the beans you will need to shallow-fry them for 5-6 minutes and stir constantly to avoid burning.

Texas' premier comfort food, chicken fried steak, has no chicken in it. It is called such because the steak is breaded and pan-fried much like fried chicken. A descendant of the German dish wiener schnitzel, it is traditionally made with round steak. Top round is the most tender.

Variety of vegetables, they look colourful and taste very well. A very healthy enchiladas.

The tomatoes are getting ready in the garden, if you are like me you have an overabundance. I came up with this recipe to put on chopped steak and sausage sandwiches. I gave some to my sister and they like it on hamburgers and with stuffed peppers so I say it goes with everything. It is fresh-tasting and delicious.

A simple and delicious baked beans side dish that can made with some help from your crockpot.

The first chili recipe appeared in West Texas at the turn of the century.

A sour Polish soup using inexpensive ingredients.

Chocolate Butterscotch Scotcheroos recipe

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