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Ask A Sacramento Expert: Best Recipes For Super Bowl Sunday

With Super Bowl Sunday just around the corner and households around America already prepping to host the big game, sometimes pizza and hot wings from your local fast food restaurant just won't cut it. If you really want to wow your guest's taste buds with some unique offerings, it would behoove you to check out some of these recipes and hints for a great Super Bowl spread. The best thing about these recipes and tips is that they're not out of the grasp of your everyday cook. Coming from a world-renowned chef, these recipes are guaranteed to make a touchdown at your next Super Bowl shindig.
Tim Wetzel
RoseWood CordeValle
One Cordevalle Club Drive
San Martin, CA 95046
(408) 695-4500
www.cordevallegolf.com

The executive chef at Rosewood CordeValle, the world-renowned golf resort and host of the 2016 U.S. Women's Open, Chef Wetzel is no stranger to hosting large-scale game day parties. Whether preparing a spread for an intimate group of friends or a large-scale party, Wetzel has a plate for every guest. A sports fanatic himself, Wetzel includes "Game Day" staples such as quesadillas and buffalo chicken wings in addition to more gourmet offerings such as Alaskan halibut tacos. Wetzel hails from an extensive background of hospitality culinary experience and currently oversees all three of Rosewood CordeValle's restaurants: Il Vigneto, Lion's Peak Grill and One Iron Bar

Buffalo Chicken Wings

Coat chicken wings with a mixture of flour, paprika, cayenne pepper and salt and refrigerate for 60-90 minutes. Drop coated wings into a deep fryer while combining butter, hot sauce, pepper and garlic powder in another pan. Remove wings after 10-15 minutes and add hot sauce mixture to serve. Be sure to add celery and carrot sticks with a side of blue cheese dressing.

How To Coat Chicken Wings Easily

The normal method of coating chicken wings includes either rolling the wings in a bowl of your favorite seasonings or sprinkling on the seasonings on a cooking pan. Oftentimes, this leaves many of the areas of the chicken wing uncoated and may take too long if time is of the essence. Fortunately, if you have a clear plastic bag readily at hand, you're in luck. Place the chicken wings in the bag along with your ingredients and give it a good shake.

Choosing A Good Deep Frying Oil

The success of your deep frying dishes might hinge on what kind of oil you choose. Choose an oil with a low smoke point, and you might end up with an oil with lower qualities at higher temperatures and your wings will suffer. Peanut oil is often used for frying, as it doesn't suck in the surrounding flavors of the food. And with a 470-degree smoking point, it's an ideal oil for frying. Alternatively, you can't go wrong with vegetable, soy, canola and corn oils.

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Alaskan Halibut Tacos

Create a cream sauce with sour cream, milk, lime juice and salt and set aside. Season both sides of a cut of halibut with taco seasoning, salt and pepper and place on skillet until both sides are brown. Warm tortillas in a frying pan, then assemble flakes of halibut and sliced cabbage on the tortilla. Drizzle taco with cream sauce and serve.

Buying Halibut When It's Out Of Season The Halibut fishing season officially runs from the middle of March to the first week in November. If you come across a package of Wild Halibut in the middle of January, that's a red flag to avoid that purchase. Thankfully, if fish is caught, frozen and prepped well, frozen fish shouldn't really be an issue to taste and freshness. If Halibut is out of your price range, choose a frozen white fish with a similar thickness including Cod, Sea Bass, Pollock and Flounder.

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Paulo Acoba is a California native raised in the Bay Area and living in the Central Valley. He enjoys distance running, cycling and grassroots motorsports. He holds a degree in management from the University of California Merced. Paulo has been writing for Examiner.com since 2012 and covering the Fresno area.
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