Author: Better Horses
Better Horses on Better KC – 20170112
Learn about efforts underway to bring back back horse racing and greyhound racing to Kansas City.
Better Horses on Better KC – 20170127
The premiere event for horse lovers in the Midwest is coming to the Kansas Expocentre! Find out what’s in store for the 20th anniversary of Equifest of Kansas.
Fish Tacos
Ingredients:
- 2/3 shredded cabbage
- 1/3 shredded red cabbage
- some shredded carrots
- thinly sliced red onions to taste
- salt and pepper
- fresh limes
Dressing for Slaw:
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 tbs sesame seeds
- 2 tbs finely chopped onion
- 1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1/4 tsp paprika
- 1/2 cup good vegetable oil
- 2 tbs balsamic vinegar
- 3 tbs cider vinegar
- 4 dashs shot sauce
Breading for frying fish:
1 cup each flour, cracker meal, corn meal, Kentucky colonel seasoning. Salt and pepper, onion salt, dash red pepper.
Heat corn or flour tortillas. Dredge the fish in the breading and fry: then remove to paper towels place the fish on the warmed tortillas shell then the slaw mixture. Coat the slaw with the dressing on the taco (important not to dress the slaw first) squeeze a lime over the whole thing.
ENJOY!
Black Raspberry Skillet Custard Pie
(Serves 8)
Ingredients:
- 1 tbs butter
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 2/3 cup ap flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 3 cups black raspberry
Heat oven to 350 deg butter 12” cast iron skillet. Combine milk, flour, sugar, eggs, salt, vanilla and beat together with mixer, then pour batter into skillet and scatter berries on top and sprinkle with 2 to 3 tbs sugar. Bake 40 min until puffed and knife poked in center comes out clean. Dust with powdered sugar and enjoy! Any berry will work but you might have to adjust the sugar.
Great served with ice cream!
Old Fashion Chicken Fried Steak & Country Gravy
Ingredients:
- Equal parts Kentucky colonel seasoning and flour
- Add to taste: salt pepper onion salt dried oregano dried thyme
Mix all dry ingredients together and coat the meat well on both sides (use good tenderized cube steak – round steak}. Let the meat rest 5 minutes then coat the meat again. Fry in 1/2 inch oil in cast iron skillet over medium high heat, 360 degrees oil temp till done.
Fresh Green Benz
Ingredients:
- 4 cups fresh trimmed green benz
- 1/2 pound bacon fried crispy
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1/2 cup chopped toasted almonds
- 1 vitamin C pill
Cook the green benz in salted boiling water with the vitamin C pill, 7 to 10 minutes – depending on desired tenderness. The vitamin C pill will keep the green color. Shock the benz in ice water till cold. In skillet brown bacon till crispy then add onions. When onions are tender add the drained benz and toasted almonds to the skillet. Cook till warm or benz are desired tenderness.
ENJOY!
Mashed Taters
Ingredients:
- About half peel 3 lbs red potatoes
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 stick real butter
- Salt Pepper
Put half peeled taters in cold water and then boil till just tender. Drain well and add sour cream and butter, then smash but leave some texture. Salt and pepper to taste. Enjoy!