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Kentucky Derby Party Menu

By Food & Wine
Updated October 26, 2016
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From the perfect mint julep to herb-roasted pork subs with garlicky spinach, here are the dishes that should be on your Kentucky Derby party menu.
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Fresh Corn Grits with Shrimp

Credit: Seth Smoot
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When F&W gave our market basket challenge to Top Chef Season 5 contestant Jeff McInnis, the owner of Miami's Southern-inflected Yardbird restaurant, we purposefully included shrimp but no grits. McInnis didn't care: He made his own fast, fresh version with the corn that was also in the basket. He added pecan butter to his grits, and here's why: "My grandma Daisy had a huge pecan tree in her front yard in Brewton, Alabama," says McInnis. "She'd break the pecans into little pieces with a mallet; I'd eat the sticky nut butter with my fingers."

  • Healthy Shrimp and Grits with Leeks

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Stovetop Mac and Cheese

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This clever, quick and easy mac and cheese recipe eliminates the baking time, as well as the need for a white sauce.

  • Tandoori Chicken Drumsticks with Cilantro-Shallot Relish

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Mint Julep

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When New Orleans bartender Chris McMillian mixes mint juleps at Bar UnCommon, he recites an ode, written in the 1890s by a Kentucky newspaperman, that calls the cocktail "the zenith of man's pleasure...the very dream of drinks."

  • Blackberry-Mint Margarita

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Nashville Hot and Crispy Chicken Sandwiches

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The chicken in this delightful sandwich is brined in spicy dill pickle juice, then fried and tossed with schmaltz (chicken fat) and Korean chile powder. At Leghorn in Chicago, chef Jared Van Camp makes his own pickles, but he suggests using Tabasco's dill pickles as an easy substitute.

  • Grilled Chicken, Tomato and Onion Sandwiches

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Blanca Julep

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Bar manager Jennifer Zerboni likes to tinker with the classic mint julep during horse-racing season. She used to flavor this julep with a mint granite, but that proved "too sticky and messy." Now she makes the drink with mint simple syrup.

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Ham-and-Potato Salad

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In his elevated version of potato salad, star chef Jose Andres combines fingerling potatoes, smoky ham and cucumbers in a whipped deviled egg dressing.

  • Warm Potato Salad with Arugula

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Herb-Roasted Pork Subs with Garlicky Spinach

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To create this outstanding sandwich, Matt Neal rubs pork shoulder with an herb-and-garlic mixture and then slow-roasts it for hours ("Forever," he says). He piles the meat high with pickled peppers and spinach sautéed with garlic. One key to the sandwich is to slice the pork very thinly; to do so, be sure the pork is very cold and use a deli slicer or a thin, sharp knife.

  • Grilled-Zucchini Subs with Fresh Mozzarella and Olivada

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Blackberry-Mint Julep

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Adding blackberries to a mint julep adds fruity flavor to the classic warm-weather cocktail.

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Smoked-Salmon Deviled Eggs

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"Deviled eggs are fun because you can dress them up or down," says Michael Mina, who dresses them up with chopped smoked salmon here.

  • Poached Eggs with Parmesan and Smoked Salmon Toasts

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Fried Chicken with Tomato Gravy

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For the ultimate crispy fried chicken recipe, we turned to Scott Peacock, the chef at Watershed in Decatur, Georgia, and coauthor, with Edna Lewis, of The Gift of Southern Cooking. The chicken is deliciously tenderized by a nice long soak in tangy buttermilk. This recipe, which was originally published in F&W in March 2000, makes a generous amount of gravy; serve any leftovers with homemade biscuits.

  • Crispy Deep-Fried Ribs

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Free-Form Pineapple, Mango and Berry Tarts

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"Rio Negro is like the Garden of Eden, with fruit trees everywhere," Piero Incisa della Rocchetta says about the region in Patagonia where he makes wine. Local chef Mauricio Couly created these tarts filled with local fruits like pineapple, mango and blueberries that grow around Bodega Chacra. The filling can, of course, vary depending on the season.

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Caramel-Pecan Hand Pies

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At Seattle's High 5 Pie, owner Dani Cone has responded to popular demand by making these adorable, portable pies (she calls them "flipsides"), available not just in the fall but year-round. When she tries to take them out of the rotation, customers get angry; one time, she says, a woman even cried.

  • Pear-Cranberry Hand Pies

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1 of 12 Fresh Corn Grits with Shrimp
2 of 12 Stovetop Mac and Cheese
3 of 12 Mint Julep
4 of 12 Nashville Hot and Crispy Chicken Sandwiches
5 of 12 Blanca Julep
6 of 12 Ham-and-Potato Salad
7 of 12 Herb-Roasted Pork Subs with Garlicky Spinach
8 of 12 Blackberry-Mint Julep
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