Big Daddy - Big Game - Big Recipes

Chef Aaron (still recovering from the Eagles loss in the NFC championship) decided to cheer himself up the best way he knows how --- Jump in the kitchen and create some SUPER recipes for the Big Game.

BUFFALO CHICKEN CHEESE BALLS

Big Daddy started off by picking the meat off of a cooked rotisserie chicken.

He placed the chicken in a large bowl and added scallions and cheddar cheese and mixed this in with hot sauce and black pepper.
He then rolled the chicken mix into 2-ounce golf-ball sized balls.

Chef Aaron then setup his favorite 3-bowl assembly line. He poured flour, eggs and Panko bread crumbs into their respective bowls.

After setting up the line - he rolled each chicken ball in the flour, then the egg and then the bread crumbs (only in that order) and set them aside until the oil in the deep fryer was hot.

He dipped the batch into the oil for about 2 minutes, removed the batch and dumped them into a paper-towel lined dish.


Spicy Jalapeno Sliders

Chef got himself into a spicy mood so he added a pound of ground beef in a bowl and mixed it with jalapenos (seeded and diced fine), shallots, panko, heavy cream, Monterey Jack cheese and garlic powder.

He mixed all the ingredients and formed several small patties and placed them in the oven for 15 minutes.


HOAGIE STYLE PIZZA

Big Daddy decided to put a special spin on 2 Jersey & Philly favorites, by joining them together in a Hoagie style pizza. He stretched out some pizza dough and drizzled olive oil onto both sides.


He then grilled the pizza dough for about 2 minutes on each side. He then created 2 special "pizza sauces" for his Hoagie Pizza, an Olive Tapenade and a Sun-Dried Tomato Chutney.




Hold up ... seems to me that Big Daddy was doing all the work for the big game, so he invited his buddies over to help him finish the job.

DA BOYZ !!

Wayne, Scott and Big Daddy's lil' bro Donovan went into the kitchen to help finish off the Hoagie Pizza and the Spicy Jalapeno Sliders.






While the other boys - Orion, Al and Tank were ..... ummmmm..... Supervising ??

Chef Aaron on LIVE! with REGIS AND KELLY

Chef Aaron will make a guest appearance on the LIVE! with Regis and Kelly show on Monday, January 26th.
Big Daddy will launch their ULTIMATE GAME DAY GRUB WEEK series to help prepare you with great recipes for the upcoming Super Bowl.

We LOVE Kelly, especially since she's a South Jersey native... born in Camden County and is a huge fan and spokesperson for Cooper Hospital in Camden, NJ where Chef Aaron was born.

COOL BEANS !! [It's a Jersey thing]

REFERENCES / LINKS

• VIDEO: NEW!! - Chef Aaron Video Segment - CLICK HERE
  
• WEBSITE:  LIVE! WITH REGIS AND KELLY  

BIG DADDY BURGER BONANZA

Big Daddy was taking it back to that Great American classic - The Burger. During the Burgers, Burgers, Burgers episode, Chef Aaron put his own twist on 3 classic burger recipes with some Jammin' Salmon Burgers, Big Daddy's Sloppy Joe Burgers and the ultimate burger recipe - the Inside Out Burger.

INSIDE-OUT BURGER

Aaron cooked bacon in a large saute pan until crispy and after draining most of the bacon fat, added mushrooms and cooked until caramelized for about 5 minutes and then set aside to cool.


Chef then combined the ground beef, with a diced shallot, black pepper, salt and Worcestershire sauce.





Big Daddy was now ready for his construction project. After forming several top & bottom patties, chef mixed cubed Swiss cheese with the cooled bacon & mushroom mixture and placed roughly 2 ounce portions on the bottom patties.

He then topped off each with the remaining beef patties. Grape seed oil was heated in a large skillet over medium-high heat and the burgers were added to cook for a couple of minutes on each side. The entire skillet was then placed in the oven for 4-6 minutes.

SLOPPY JOE BURGERS

Big Daddy diced a pound of beef tenderloin, and minced onions, green peppers and garlic.

The beef was placed in a large skillet with pepper and salt and after several minutes the onions, green peppers and garlic were added and stirred.




Chef finished off his blend by adding steak sauce, brown sugar, hot sauce and dry mustard. The sloppy joe was cooked until browned and served on toasted brioche buns -- YUMMY !!


JAMMIN SALMON BURGERS

Aaron started by creating a Lemon Dill Mayonnaise for his Salmon burgers by juicing a couple of lemons over a mixture of mayonnaise, dill leaves, salt, pepper and a pinch of cayenne pepper.


Chef then added his Dill Mayonnaise to a mixture of lemon zest, chopped parsley, diced vidalia onion, eggs, black pepper, salt and panko bread crumbs.



Chef completed the mixture by adding the contents of 2 cans of Alaska skinless and boneless pink salmon - completely drained. After mixing well, the burgers were formed and placed to cook in a large skillet coated with 2 tablespoons of grape seed oil.

SEASONED WEDGED FRIES

Big daddy was exhausted after all these burgers so he decided to recruit some help to take this to the finish line. He called up the talented chef, Shane Lyons, a great friend he met during The Next Food Network Star - Season 4.


Shane assisted chef Aaron in knocking out 3 different seasonings for a set of seasoned wedged fries to match up well with his 3 different burger recipes.




LINKS / RECIPES

RECIPE - Jammin' Salmon Burgers

RECIPE - Big Daddy's Sloppy Joe Burgers

RECIPE - Inside Out Burger

RECIPE - Seasoned Wedged Fries

THAT IS ONE BIGGGGG DADDY !!

Food Network placed a huge building size Advertisement of Big Daddy's House in New York City's Chelsea Market neighborhood in Manhattan.

The building is near the corner of 9th Avenue and West 15th Street.

Shephards Pie, Frittata & California Caeser Salad

Big Daddy comes back strong starting Season Two with a delicious Mini Shephard's Pie, a Crabby California Caesar Salad and an Egg White Frittata.

MINI SHEPHARD'S PIE
Big Daddy's son, Justin, helped mold the individual pie crusts (made from biscuit dough) which were then placed in a muffin pan and baked in the oven.



Chef Aaron prepared the pie filling by browning ground beef and adding salt, pepper, onions, minced garlic. He then added flour, beef stock and stirred in vegetables and herbs, parsley and rosemary.

After heating up mashed potatoes in the microwave, chef pulled out the crusts out of the oven and filled the bottom layer of the mini pies with the potato filling. The pies were then topped with the beef filling and topped off with cheddar cheese.

EGG WHITE FRITTATA

Chef Aaron then got started on his Egg White Frittata by grilling zucchini on an stove-top grill plate while cooking pancetta in melted butter and garlic - until crisp.



Grilled zucchini, tomatoes and herbs were then added and tossed to combine.






Big Daddy beat some Egg Whites in a bowl and added it to the mixture. Topped it all off with Swiss cheese, coarse salt and black pepper and placed into the oven.

CRABBY CALIFORNIA CAESER SALAD

Big Daddy must've been reminiscing about his old surfing days (yikes!) because his mind was on a Crablicious California Caesar Salad.

Chef created his Caesar salad dressing by combining egg yolk, lemon juice, anchovies and garlic and pulsed the mixture in a food processor. Then he emulsified the dressing with olive and canola oil and finally completed the mixture by adding mustard, salt and pepper.


Chef then tossed chopped romaine with avocados, crumbled bacon and jumbo lump crab meat with the dressing and the only part left was making the croutons.


Justin, Big Daddy's loyal assistant, help toss cubed bread in a large bowl drizzled with olive oil. Croutons were then placed on a baking sheet and into the oven until brown and crispy.





RECIPES / LINKS

RECIPE - Mini Shephard's Pie

RECIPE - Egg White and Frittata

RECIPE - California Caeser Salad