Top 10 Father’s Day Recipes in 2010
By Jayita, Gaea News NetworkThursday, June 17, 2010
Father’s Day 2010 is slowly making its way. You must have planned for innovative gifts for your father. But have you considered what to cook and serve your father on that special day? You missed it, right? Don’t worry, here we are with some exclusive Father’s Day Recipes for you. Check it out.
1. Slow Cooker Chicken and Cornbread Dumplings Recipe
There are thousands of recipes of chicken we can name. Each one is special with different flavors and taste. But for this Father’s Day, try out this mesmerizing chicken dish that will bring a big smile on your father’s face.
Ingredients
- 1.5 lbs chicken breast
- 1 16 oz bag frozen mixed vegetables
- Homemade GF White Sauce or Homemade White Sauce
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 slices GF Cornbread
- 2 Broccoli Heads
Directions
1. Place chicken breast in crockpot. Pour frozen veggies over the chicken (no need to thaw). Pour 3-4 cups white sauce (or cream of soups) over the chicken and veggies. Add water to completely cover chicken. Cook on low for 8 hours.
2. About 1 hour before the crockpot is done cooking, add the cornbread, crumbled into pieces (or top with the biscuits).
3. Steam broccoli in steamer for 3-5 minutes or microwave for 3 minutes. Serve on the side with chicken and dumplings.
2. Hot & Sweet Drumsticks Recipe
Add something hot and spicy to the menu of Father’s Day. Sweet and sticky Chicken Drumsticks would be a good pick to serve your purpose. This dish goes awesome with rice, but you can also serve it with mashed potatoes and green beans.
Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 40 Minutes
Total Time: 1 hour.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Apricot Preserves
- cups Ketchup
- cups Soy Sauce
- 2 teaspoons Minced Garlic
- 2 teaspoons Hot Pepper Sauce
- 3 pounds Drumsticks (about 12)
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. In a small saucepan, combine preserves, ketchup, soy sauce, garlic and hot pepper sauce. Cook and stir over medium-low heat until preserves are melted.
3.Arrange drumsticks in a single layer on a 13 x 9 baking pan.
4. Pour sauce over drumsticks, turning to coat.
5. Bake, uncovered, for 40-45 minutes or until chicken is done.
6. spooning sauce over drumsticks while baking. Serves 6.
3. Roasted Spice-Rubbed Salmon Recipe
If your father is a fitness freak, you can opt for a low fat recipe. It will make your father happier than ever as he realizes that while honoring your father you do take a good care of
his health. I can suggest you a low fat diet which is tasty at the same time beneficial for health. Salmon is a very good low-fat diet.
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes
Ingredients
- 4 4 ounce pieces wild salmon fillet
- 1 tbsp cumin
- 1 tbsp chili powder
- 1 tsp paprika
- Juice of 1 lemon
- Freshly ground black pepper
Directions
1.Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
2.Place salmon fillets skin side down on a cookie sheet sprayed with nonstick cooking spray. Combine spices.
3. Sprinkle then pat gently on to salmon fillets.
4.Squeeze with lemon juice. Sprinkle with freshly ground pepper.
5.Roast for 10 minutes pre inch of thickness, until fish flakes easily with a fork.
4. Honey Mustard Pork Chops Recipe
wanna experiment with something unconventional on this Father’s day? Then you should go for this preparation. The combination of honey and mustard works brilliantly and when these mixture is added to pork, an heavenly delicious food is made.
The recipe is simple and takes only few minutes.
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1/3 cup chicken broth
- 1 tsp cold butter
- 4 boneless center-cut pork chops, about 1-inch thick
- salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
- 2 tbsp orange blossom honey, or your favorite variety
- 2 tbsp Dijon mustard
- pinch of cayenne
Directions
1.Heat the oil in a saut pan over med-high heat.
2.Season pork chops with salt and pepper, and add to the pre-heated pan.
3.Cook for about 5 minutes per side for medium, or until they reach desired doneness. Remove from pan and reserve on a plate.
4.Add the broth, honey, mustard, and cayenne to the pan. Whisk together and turn off heat.
5.Add the butter and swirl around in the sauce until melted.
6.Add the pork chops, and any juices, back into the pan to coat with the sauce.
7.Serve immediately with some of the sauce drizzled over top.
5. Asian-Style Grilled Skirt Steak Recipe
Are you looking for a quick recipe that ends up with a flavorful, mouth-watering dish? Well, the Asian-style grilled skirt steak is to meet your need. After knowing the recipe and trying it once, you wont be buying the Asian barbecue sauces and marinades from the grocery store, rather you would always prefer to prepare it by yourself.
Try this out on Father’s Day and see how your dad relishes it!
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp brown sugar
- 3 tbsp rice vinegar
- 1 tbsp hot chili sauce, or other hot sauce to taste
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1/2 orange, juiced
- 3 cloves mashed garlic
- 2 lbs beef skirt steak, cut in 6-inch pieces
Directions
1. combine all the marinade ingredients in a large mixing bowl and whisk together thoroughly.
2. Add the skirt steak, and toss in the Asian marinade until all the pieces are coated evenly.
3. Cover the bowl and let sit, at room temperature for 15 minutes.
4. Then remove skirt steak from marinade.
5. Cook about 4 minutes per side for medium on a hot, preheated outdoor grill, or on a grill pan indoors.
6. Wait for 5 minutes before serving.
6. Sherry Braised Beef Short Ribs Recipe
Since father’s Day has fallen on Sunday, you will be left with enough time for cooking the best dishes for your father. So, why not try a recipe that is a bit time consuming but yields a super delicious dishes?
Sherry Braised Beef Short Ribs recipe takes almost 3 hours to prepare. But I can assure you one thing that your dad will be all praising for it after tasting the sweet, short ribs.
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Total Time: 2 hours, 45 minutes
Ingredients
- 4 slices bacon, cut in 1/2-inch pieces
- salt and fresh ground black pepper as needed
- 4 pounds beef short ribs
- 1 onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tbsp flour
- 1 cup dry sherry wine
- 1 quart beef broth
- 6 springs of thyme, picked
- 1 bay leaf
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. In a heavy Dutch oven, over medium heat, cook the bacon until the fat is rendered out and the bacon is cooked.
3.Remove the cooked bacon with a slotted spoon, leaving the fat in the pan. Reserve bacon.
4.Season the beef short ribs generously with salt and fresh ground black pepper.
5. Turn the heat up to medium-high, and brown the short ribs well on all sides.
6. Remove the short ribs, and add the onions.
7. Reduce the heat to medium and saut for about 5 minutes, until the onions soften.
8. Add the garlic and flour, and saut for 2 minutes more.
9. Whisk in the sherry wine, turn the heat to high, and bring to a boil, scraping off any browned bits on the bottom of the Dutch oven.
10.Add the beef broth, thyme, bay leaf, beef short ribs, and 1/2 tsp of salt.
11. When the liquid returns to a simmer, cover tightly, and place in the oven. Braise for 2 hours.
12. Carefully remove the lid and test for doneness - the meat should be fork tender.
13. If done, remove from the oven. Let rest covered for 15 minutes.
14. Then, skim any excess fat from the top, taste for salt, and serve short ribs topped with some of the braising liquid.
7. Turkey Burgers Recipe
Turkeys are always my favorite. Be it new year or any occasion turkeys are as hot as ever. The Turkey Burger is a low fat diet with moistening material. The extraordinarily delicious food can surely melt your father on Father’s Day.
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 pound extra-lean ground turkey
- 1/3 cup tomato ketchup
- 1/2 cup minced onion
- 1 slice bread made into breadcrumbs
- 1/2 cup finely chopped cilantro
- 2 tsp chili powder
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp coriander
Directions
1. Take a large mixing bowl to combine all the ingredients.
2. Divide mixture into four and form four 1/2-inch thick patties.
3. Grill turkey burgers for 5-6 minutes per side, to an internal temperature of 165 degrees.
8. Eggless Chocolate Cake Recipe
On Father’s Day you can make a mouth-watering chocolate cake. The process is very easy but the end product you get is strikingly delightful in flavor and taste. Here comes the recipe.
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 60 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
Ingredients
4 cups All-purpose Flour
3 cups White Sugar
1 cup unsweetened Cocoa Powder
1 cup Vegetable Oil
3 cups Water
3 tsp Baking Soda
tsp Salt
3 tsp Vanilla Extract
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 175 degrees Celsius.
2. Use the vegetable oil and flour to grease the baking pan.
3. Combine all-purpose flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, salt and white sugar in a large mixing bowl.
4. Add vegetable oil, water and vanilla extract. Mix thoroughly.
5. Then poor the mixture into the prepared pan.
6. Bake it foe 1 hour.
7. Remove it and cool down before serving.
9. Plum Custard Kuchen Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup All-Purpose Flour
- 1 tbsp White Sugar
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- cup Butter
- 2 tbsp Heavy Cream
- 1 Egg
- 2 cups Plums (pitted and sliced)
- For Topping:
- cup Heavy Cream
- cup White Sugar
- 1 Egg
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 F (175 C).
2.Combine together flour, white sugar and baking powder in a large bowl.
3.Add butter and mix to form coarse crumbs.
4. Add heavy cream and egg.
5. Press the mixture into an ungreased 9-inch square pan.
6. Arrange the plums on the top of the mixture.
7. Bake the mixture for 25 to 30 minutes.
8.Mix heavy cream, white sugar, egg and vanilla extract in a medium mixing bowl. Beat the ingredients well.
9. Pour the mixture over the plums and bake for another 20 to 30 minutes till the custard has set.
10. Remove and serve warm or cool in the refrigerator.
10. Pink Lady Cocktail Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 Egg White
- 1 tsp Half-and-Half Cream
- 1 tsp Grenadine Syrup
- 1 (1.5 oz) Jigger Gin
- 1 cup crushed Ice
Directions
1. Pour the grenadine syrup, egg white, half-and-half, and gin into a cocktail shaker, over crushed ice.
2. Cover and shake strongly, until the shaker’s outsides have frosted.
3. Strain the cocktail into a chilled glass and serve.
