50 Best Super Bowl Recipes

By Food & Wine
Updated February 03, 2017
Get ready for some football! Try any of these recipes to make the biggest game day of the year the most delicious.
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Chicken Wings with Blue Cheese Dip

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These classic buffalo wings pair perfectly with a creamy homemade blue cheese dip.

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El Original Queso

© Kalei Talwar
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"In Texas, whether you're at a restaurant or a house party or a church youth group meeting, there are always people gathered around a nice, big bowl of queso—almost like they're gathered around a fire," says Lisa Fain of New York City restaurant El Original.

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Game-Day Pork and Black Bean Chili

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Chef Andrew Zimmern serves this hearty chili with limes, minced chiles, homemade hot sauce, sour cream, sliced avocado, crumbled cheddar cheese, corn chips and flour tortillas.

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Smoky Chipotle and Bacon Guacamole

TODD PORTER & DIANE CU
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This smoky, salty guacamole is a great game-day dip—but you might want to double it if you're having friends over. Anything with bacon tends to disappear quickly.

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Mojito Jell-O Shots with White Rum and Fresh Mint

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Instead of combining vodka with flavored Jell-O mix, chef Michael Symon concocts a refreshing mojito and stirs unflavored gelatin into the mint-and-lime-spiced rum drink to mold a fun and sophisticated version of the lowbrow shot.

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Cheesy Nachos with Fried Eggs and Giardiniera


© Marcus Nilsson
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Food & Wine's Justin Chapple makes his next-level nachos with sausage, tangy pickled vegetables and fried eggs. They're perfect all-day nachos.

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Pimento Cheese with Salt-and-Pepper Butter Crackers

© CON POULOS
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Chef Carla Hall makes her own crunchy crackers to serve with her cheese spread, a riff on a Southern classic.

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Sriracha Chicken Wings

Todd Porter & Diane Cu
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Sriracha lovers will devour these spicy, crispy chicken wings.

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Garlic Bread Fries with Marinara Ketchup

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In this imaginative party snack, addictive garlicky bread sticks and marinara sauce resemble french fries and ketchup.

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Slow-Cooker Barbecued Pulled Pork

HANNAH QUEEN
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Serve the pulled pork with coleslaw and pickles, or mound it on hamburger buns and top with coleslaw and thinly sliced onion and dill pickles.

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Japanese Pizza

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Think fried rice meets pizza," says Chicago chef Grant Achatz, who makes this crazy-fun dish for dinner with his kids. You can pick your toppings, he says, but the most important one is the Manchego cheese, which has a flavor profile that's similar to miso.

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Buffalo Chicken Fajitas

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Doused in buffalo sauce and nestled in a chewy tortilla, this mash-up of game day classics can easily be scaled up or down, depending on your number of guests.

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Edna’s Lunchbox

CON POULOS
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Edna's is a legendary bar in Oklahoma City with dollar bills stapled to the walls. Its signature drink is an unlikely mix of three ingredients: fresh orange juice, amaretto and light beer. Key to the surprisingly tasty cocktail: a frosty mug.

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BLT Hot Dogs with Caraway Remoulade

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These "BLT" hot dogs are topped with crispy bacon, fresh tomatoes and crunchy lettuce dressed with a creamy caraway-pickle mayonnaise.

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Shrimp-and-Crab Gumbo

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This gumbo from New Orleans chef Donald Link owes its flavor to the roux, a mix of flour and oil that's cooked until it's coffee-colored.

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Habanero Chicken Quesadillas

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This quesadilla packs a serious punch, thanks to fiery habaneros. Feel free to dial it up or down, depending on your tolerance.

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Hogs in a Blanket

© Chris Court
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This fun, high-brow take on pigs in a blanket swaps spicy andouille sausage for the hot dogs, with sweet mustard chutney as a condiment.

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Citrusy Chicken Tenders

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In these chicken fingers for grown-ups, thin strips of chicken are marinated in ale and citrus juices, then fried until golden-crisp.

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Flaky Beef Empanadas

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The chopped beef filling for these delicious empanadas is cooked in lard, so it’s extra succulent.

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Muffuletta Calzone

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This simple, smart recipe uses the ingredients in a classic muffuletta sandwich (salami, ham, provolone, roasted peppers and olives) in a calzone that's baked until warm and melty.

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Fried Chicken Tacos

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"Right in Tijuana's red-light district sits Kentucky Fried Buches, where cooks fry chicken necks, skin on, to fill soft corn tortillas. I can't stop eating them," says Andrew Zimmern. "At home, I fry skin-on chicken thighs until they're supercrisp, then eat them with avocado-tomatillo salsa, my family's favorite."

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Italian Sausage Heroes with Peppers and Onions

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The big and messy sausage-and-pepper hero is a staple of every Italian American street fair. This neater version—made with smaller rolls and sausage halves—is perfect for a quick weeknight dinner at home and requires little cleanup.

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Broccoli Bread

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This fantastic bread is stuffed with broccoli and two types of cheese.

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Sriracha-and-Wasabi Deviled Eggs

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Chef Joanne Chang's mother used to make hard-boiled eggs for dinner: She would add them to the beef or chicken she was braising in soy. This is Joanne's riff on those eggs, made spicy with hot sauce and wasabi.

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Crispy Buffalo Potatoes

CHRISTINA HOLMES
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For her fun take on Buffalo chicken wings, F&W's Kay Chun tosses oven fries with a delicious two-ingredient sauce.

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Three-Cheese Mini Macs

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Cooked in mini muffin pans, these mini macs can be assembled early and baked just as guests arrive.

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Potato Skins with Broccoli Pesto

SNEH ROY
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Broiled instead of deep-fried, and filled with a nutrient-packed pesto made from broccoli and fresh herbs, these potato skins are extra healthy. Toss any leftover pesto with pasta or use as a sandwich spread. Peel and shred the broccoli stems for slaw.

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Ginger Shandies

Tina Rupp
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These super-easy drinks are made with Hoegaarden, ginger beer, mint and lemon.

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Buffalo Chicken Legs

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When wings aren’t hearty enough, make these spicy chicken legs.

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Brat Reubens

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Here, chef Viet Pham tucks bratwurst into hearty hoagie rolls along with juicy pastrami and sliced Swiss cheese, then spreads them with his homemade Russian dressing.

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Grandma Zimmern’s Tailgating Pot of Love

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Whether you're at the game or at home on the couch, this one-pot meal is fantastic football food.

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Parmesan Cheese Popcorn

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Cheesy popcorn gets an upgrade with freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano, salt and pepper.

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Cuban Sandwiches with Mango Mustard

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Mango puree adds a sweet spin to this traditional Cuban dish.

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Oven BBQ Chicken

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Making your own BBQ sauce is easy and well worth the effort.

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Slow Cooker Meatballs in Tomato Sauce