Tyler Florence’s Food 911 Today - Soul Food !

This morning’s Food 911 is one for the books…and table. The episode’s titled, “Soul Food Praises” and I’m sure you’ll agree, it sounds VERY Praise-worthy.

First of all there’s the Fried Chicken Recipe:

Ingredients
1 (3 to 4 pound) chicken, cut up into 10 pieces
Kosher salt
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons garlic powder
2 tablespoons onion powder
2 tablespoons sweet paprika
2 teaspoons cayenne
Freshly ground black pepper
2 cups buttermilk
2 tablespoons hot chili sauce, such as Srirachi Hot Chili Sauce
Peanut oil, for frying

Click HERE for Tyler’s Fried Chicken Recipe.

Then, there’s the Macaroni and Cheese:

Ingredients
4 cups (1 pound) elbow macaroni
5 tablespoons unsalted butter
4 cups milk
1/2 medium onion, stuck with 1 clove
4 cloves garlic
1 bay leaf
3 sprigs fresh thyme
1 teaspoon dry mustard
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 cups grated Cheddar, plus 1 cup in big chunks
1/2 cup grated Parmesan
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

Click HERE for Tyler’s Macaroni and Cheese Recipe.

Finally, he’ll make Green Beans Slow-Cooked with Bacon and Onions.

Ingredients
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
4 to 6 slices bacon, chopped
1 large onion, chopped
3 pounds fresh green beans
2 quarts chicken stock or water
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

Click HERE for the Green Beans Slow-Cooked with Bacon and Onions Recipe.

I always try to catch Tyler’s show in the morning on Food Network (whether it’s Tyler’s Ultimate or Food 911)- if I’m not home, I record it. He’s one of my favorites, personality-wise, and his recipes are completely do-able and perfectly delicious. I wish the Food Network would work him into the evening’s line-up….like in place of the grouch with his Dinner Impossible! To be fair, I’ve only seen the episode twice but the man strikes me as a cross (literally) between Simon Cowel and Oscar the Grouch. He seems ridiculously out of place in a lineup with Emeril, Rachael, Paula, and Alton.

I’d yank him right out of there and plug Tyler in. I also miss the original Iron Chef. I love America’s Iron Chef, of course, but I do wish the original aired late at night like it used to. Little do they know what a kick in the gown I got out of listening for the secret ingredient or watching him pull the cloth off as he yelled something that sounded like “CRRRISSSP!” Oh, yeah, I dug it deeply.

Speaking of Iron Chef, I have a book review I’ll be adding about an Iron Chef favorites new Cookbook. I have it typed in and ready to roll, I just have to add a picture to the post - you know, get it from the digital camera into the computer, then into the post. It’s proving difficult to do since the Digital Camera’s pulling a no show!

I’ll put one of my daughter’s on the scent - she can find a digital camera two counties away….like a cat with salmon or me with coffee. That camera is as good as found!

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