{"id":27188,"date":"2018-01-16T09:57:17","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T14:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=27188"},"modified":"2018-01-16T09:57:19","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T14:57:19","slug":"on-your-table-with-the-eagles-in-nfc-title-game-make-sure-you-eat-to-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=27188","title":{"rendered":"On Your Table: With the Eagles in NFC Title game, make sure you eat to win!"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Cathy Branciaroli<\/strong>,\u00a0Food Correspondent, The Times<\/em><\/p>\n

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New Mexico Beef Chili packs a wallop and warms eaters right down to their toes.<\/p><\/div>\n

Well the Eagles remain competitors for the Super Bowl, with one playoff game left \u2014 Sunday night’s NFC Title game against the Vikings \u2014 and we might watch the Bowl regardless of whether the Eagles are playing or not, just to watch the commercials.\u00a0 No matter what the game or teams, food and friends make for a great football-watching occasion. While beer and salty snacks may be on the menu for many folks, I like to make game-day more of an event.<\/p>\n

I polled Chester County friends to learn what will be on their table for this year\u2019s big games.\u00a0 My friend Susan Hoffman of Unionville said she likes to serve warm foods that don\u2019t suffer if they sit out and get to room temperature. \u00a0Nothing highbrow as the food needs to fit the venue. \u00a0Her favorite pre-halftime food is Buffalo chicken dip served with celery sticks and pita chips and she also like to make brisket sliders with a choice of barbecue or horseradish sauce. \u00a0Halftime fare is crockpot chili of some type.\u00a0 She told me that she is making a turkey mole chili this year, with tons of toppings friends can customize. She serves it over cornbread or rice.\u00a0 \u00a0She also likes prepping personal pizzas, with a wide range of toppings people can choose to add. \u00a0For 3rd<\/sup> and 4th<\/sup> quarters, the choice is to make your own dessert, whether that\u2019s pie a la mode, or sundaes.\u00a0 Quite a feast from start to finish.<\/p>\n

My personal Super Bowl strategy like many others is to focus on the commercials and mostly ignore the game.\u00a0 Some are truly hilarious, some moving, and if any of them involve the Budweiser Clydsdales, I\u2019m hooked.<\/p>\n

But I did try making a New Mexico Beef Chili which would go great for game day eating that the others can enjoy.\u00a0 For a truly authentic taste, use canned or frozen hatch chilies. Otherwise try the wonderful variety available in the produce aisle including poblanos, jalapenos or the really spicy bird chilies.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s to great game day eating, and of course to the Eagles.<\/p>\n

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New Mexico Beef Chili<\/u><\/p>\n

Gather a handful of mixed peppers including poblano, green chiles, jalapenos and others to your taste. Broil poblanos and larger peppers till skins blacken. Remove from oven and place in paper bag. When cool remove skins and cut into small strips and set aside.1 \u00bd lb chuck meat, cut into 1 inch pieces or mixed ground meat as for meatloaf. Drizzle meat pieces with flour seasoned with salt and pepper. Sear in skillet with 2 tbs vegetable oil. Remove and set aside. Saute 1 large chopped onion and 4 garlic cloves, 2 tsp cumin, 1-1\/2 tsp coriander 1-1\/2 tsp oregano. Add one can whole beans rinsed and drained, black or cannelloni beans make good choices. Add \u00bd large can smashed whole tomatoes with juice. Return meat to skillet and add 2 cups chicken stock. Cook on low till first boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 2-2-1\/2 hours. Watch liquid level and add more broth as necessary. Serve with garnishes of cilantro and sour cream.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Cathy Branciaroli,\u00a0Food Correspondent, The Times Well the Eagles remain competitors for the Super Bowl, with one playoff game left \u2014 Sunday night’s NFC Title game against the Vikings \u2014 and we might watch the Bowl regardless of whether the Eagles are playing or not, just to watch the commercials.\u00a0 No matter what the game […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[9874,9873,6518,4613,642,7070],"class_list":["post-27188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-chili","tag-eagles","tag-featured","tag-food","tag-playoffs","tag-super-bowl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27188"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27189,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27188\/revisions\/27189"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}