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Everything’s Bigger in Texas, as the saying goes. so I assume that statement has to include cardiologist bills, ESPECIALLY when you take a look at this year’s finalists for the “2014 Big Tex Choice Awards.”
The Big Tex Choice Awards, better known as the “Fried Food Awards,” is presented at the great State Fair of Texas, and has featured such novelties as fried butter, fried bubble gum and fried beer since their inception in 2005. Last year’s winners were the “Fried Thanksgiving Dinner” for Most Creative (deep-fried stuffing, turkey, and creamed corn balls with a side of cranberry dipping sauce and gravy), and the “Deep Fried Cubano Roll” won for Best Tasting (slow-cooked pork, ham, cheese, and pickles that are rolled in pastry dough, deep fried).
This year’s finalists look to continue the incredible trend of delicious, over-the-top food options for the contest. According to the Dallas Culture Map, here are the finalists in this year’s Big Tex Choice Awards:
Chicken Fried Loaded Baked Potato
The creamy and moist insides of a baked potato — loaded with butter, bacon and cheddar cheese — are coated and battered with a blend of spices and flour to create a combination of fried crispy crust and creamy loaded baked potato. Served with a ranch dipping sauce.
Deep Fried “Breakfast for Dinner”
A twist on a favorite American dinner. This is a 10-inch flour tortilla stuffed with eight favorite breakfast items: scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon, potatoes, ham, onion, cheddar cheese and gooey cinnamon roll bits. It is deep fried until golden brown and served with a creamy country gravy, salsa and a pico-queso dip.
Deep Fried Texas Bluebonnet
The Deep Fried Texas Bluebonnet is a blueberry muffin, scone-style batter stuffed with cream cheese, blueberries and white chocolate chips. It is baked and deep fried, then topped with whipped cream, chopped white chocolate morsels, powdered sugar, blueberries and blueberry glaze.
Fried Gulf Shrimp Boil
Everything you would expect in a shrimp boil — baby Gulf shrimp, diced red potatoes, onion, lemon and seasoning — rolled into a ball around a cocktail shrimp, dusted with fish fry and fried to a golden brown. The tail sticks out for a handle. Served with remoulade sauce.
Fried Sriracha Balls
A combination of shredded chicken, corn, green chilies, tomatoes and Sriracha, formed into balls and coated with crispy tortilla chips, then flash-fried until golden brown. For those who like their food higher on the Scoville scale, extra Sriracha sauce is available.
Fried Sweet Texas
Traveling across Texas to try the best and most popular desserts provided inspiration for this fried treat. Fried Sweet Texas starts with fresh pie dough filled with crunchy pecan pie, juicy peach cobbler and creamy buttermilk pie. It is deep fried until the crust is golden brown and flaky, then served with a side of Blue Bell vanilla ice cream.
Original State Fair Brew – Funnel Cake Ale
A light and delicious ale brewed to be reminiscent of one of the telltale flavors of the State Fair: funnel cake. The English-style summer ale has been brewed to be ready and crisp, with just the right amount of toastiness and sweetness, finishing with delicate notes of natural vanilla — all flavors you find in a funnel cake. You can get the rim of your cup coated with powdered sugar. Must be 21 years of age and willing to give yourself adult onset diabetes after just one sip.
Twisted Texas Tacos
This is what you get when you combine the four major food groups of Texas: fried chicken, barbecue, Tex-Mex and chili. The taco starts with hickory-smoked Texas beef brisket, double-dipped in a barbecue-spiced buttermilk batter and deep fried. It is served in a warm flour tortilla, layered with a Mexican cheese blend, crispy fried okra, and a sweet and crunchy tri-color slaw accented with zesty poblano and sweet pepper corn. Served with a creamy country gravy, spicy Texas chili and a miniature salute from the Lone Star flag.
My money is on “Breakfast For Dinner” or the “Chicken Fried Loaded Baked Potato” for Most Creative, and the “Twisted Texas Tacos” or “Fried Sweet Texas” for taste, but holy hell does the concept of a Funnel Cake Ale excite me. All the fun of Funnel Cake with all the promise of getting totally sloshed.
For all those attending the Fair and getting to sample these delicious treats, you have my utmost jealousy.
[via Dallas Culture Map]
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Had ‘chicken fried bacon’ at the Texas State Fair last year. You hate yourself afterwards but I’d recommend it.
no pics? psh next article…
Those sriracha balls sound fucking amazing!
Texas State Fair has nothing on the Iowa State Fair in terms of pointlessly fried foods. Even just thinking of Deep Fried Butter gives me a heart attack.
Alright, bro.
Pretty sure deep friend butter was invented by Abel Gonzalez Jr., a Texas resident. Back to being famous for corn!
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What is Iowa?
Iowa post grads are the bane of my existence…
Go find that elusive crystal skull.