10 Simple Texas-Style Recipes That You Need At Your Tailgate

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1. Steak Salad

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INGREDIENTS:

• Steak (huge)

• Leaf (small)

INSTRUCTIONS:

Grill the steak and then put a leaf on it.

2. Truck-Fried Chicken

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INGREDIENTS:

• BBQ chicken

• Pick-up truck that's unexplainably still running

INSTRUCTIONS:

Place your chicken on a table. Wait for someone to park their truck right behind it. Enjoy! Except don't. Please don't.

3. Compliment Sandwich

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INGREDIENTS:

• Store-bought sandwiches

• Your brother-in-law, Gary

INSTRUCTIONS:

Give Gary the sandwich. He'll take a bite and then say, "Man, that's a good sandwich. You made these?" Then you say, "Yes."

4. Hell's Chicken

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INGREDIENTS:

• Chicken

• Hot sauce

• Jalapeños

• More hot sauce

• Tears of your enemies

• Dammit Rick, would you cool it with the hot sauce?!

INSTRUCTIONS:

Mix all ingredients. Give it to unsuspecting tailgaters. Question everyone's toughness when they complain about the heat.

5. Spinach Dip With a Vegetable Reduction

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INGREDIENTS:

• Mayonnaise

• Sour cream

• Dry leek soup mix

• Water chestnuts

• Chopped spinach

INSTRUCTIONS:

Chill the ingredients, throw the spinach in the trash, finish making the dip.

6. The Game's Almost Starting Hamburger Tartare

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INGREDIENTS:

• Ground beef

• Texas-style traffic

• Bravery

INSTRUCTIONS:

Once the traffic has simmered for an hour or two, prepare an internal debate on the safety of eating uncooked meat.

7. Potatoes au Protein

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INGREDIENTS:

• Store-bought potato au gratin

• Muscle power

INSTRUCTIONS:

Sprinkle your roommate's protein powder on top of the potatoes. Take a bite. Bust out some pushups in the parking lot. Garnish with gratuitous eye contact to anyone who walks within 15 feet of you.

8. Grilled Steak Sandwich

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INGREDIENTS:

• Steak

• Steak

• Steak

INSTRUCTIONS:

Grill your three steaks and put one of them directly in between the other two. Texas, baby.

9. Noah's Ark

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INGREDIENTS:

• Beef

• Pork

• Chicken

• Fish

• Lamb

• Shrimp

• Turkey

• Buffalo

• Alligator

• Ostrich

INSTRUCTIONS:

Grill two of every animal.

10. Queso con Queso

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INGREDIENTS:

• Queso dip

• Nachos

INSTRUCTIONS:

Heat the queso dip in a bowl and place it in the center of the nachos. Take some extra queso dip and spread it on the nachos. Garnish the dish with some shredded cheese and queso dip.

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