While the family works cattle, Ree Drummond's filling the freezer with delicious components ready to turn into meals at a moment's notice. There are All-Purpose Meatballs, fabulous in a variety of incredible speedy sauces; Perfect Grilled Chicken, ready to star in delicious meals like a Chicken and Apricot Panini; and Chicken Taco Meat, the key to easy meals and a big batch of spicy Arrabbiata Sauce.
Alex is home from college and the cousins are getting together for a street taco feast. There's Texas Braised Beef in honor of her college state and Ranch Chicken to pile into tacos, along with a cool green Avocado Lime Crema, devilishly good Salsa Diablo, fruity Mango de Gallo, Basic Brown Beans, Grilled Mini Peppers and all the fixins. Then, pure Purple Paletas wrap up the cousins fiesta.
From crispy, juicy fried chicken and hearty chili cheese fries to zesty taco burgers and deep-fried hot dogs, diners are pulling up for a taste of Americana and a sidecar of nostalgia at these drive-ins across the country.
Uncover daring dishes forged in fire! Feel the heat as we dig into pit-roasted chicken, blackened catfish, smoked brisket, grilled paella and Santa Maria-style ribs. With a license to grill, beefy burgers and tantalizing tacos get kissed with flames.
This trip, Guy's steppin' up to unique grills on the mainland and beyond. In Miami, Fla., the husband/wife duo serving up classic Americana with a 21st century twist like the smoky fried chicken and Buffalo-style pig wings. In Orange County, Calif., the anything-but-average taco truck grilling steaks for the drunken torta and deep frying green chicken chilaquiles. And on Oahu, Hawaii, Guy's favorite rotisserie chicken joint cranking out the island's signature huli huli chicken.
Mark Anderson and Ryan Fey help make the most coveted dish in the state of Ohio -- perfectly fried veal schnitzel smothered in scrumptious brown gravy -- while visiting Schmidt's Sausage Haus in Columbus. The guys ascend to taco heaven after eating a one-of-a-kind Al Pastor Taco with super juicy chicken and all the fixins at Puesto in La Jolla, Calif. Still on the prowl, they make a stop at Pondicheri -- a cutting-edge Indian restaurant in Houston, Texas -- where the Chickpea Masala Fried Chicken is worthy of a spot on the must-eat bucket list of even the most discerning palate.
Michael Symon starts in Savannah, where fried chicken and pancake tacos are a delicious reinvention of classic chicken and waffles. In Seattle, a burger with a house-made chorizo patty brings serious Spanish flavor to the Pacific Northwest. And finally in Dallas, smoked pulled pork with a Kansas City-style barbecue rub is a dizzyingly delicious mashup of Midwestern and Southern barbecue traditions.
Time to Sparkle! Sandra's Sparkling Spritzer Bar takes center stage as she shows you how to throw a first class cocktail party without spending a fortune. On the festive party menu: Crispy Baby Potatoes Bites, Chicken Sliders With Spicy Mayo and Stuffed Cucumber Cups. And when the party's over Sandy's got a great Round Two Recipe for Chicken Tacos With Cucumber Salsa!