Kev's Kitchen

Movie or game day platter

I made this platter for my son and for movie night… John Wick 4 😂 because I wanted something we could grab and hold and make very little mess. Left for a long.

So we started with lemon pepper, wings, air fried from frozen until thawed than seasoned and back in the air fryer for about 15 minutes flipping once. Homemade lemon pepper seasoning was added, and in the bowl when I took them out.

Potato wedges were cooked with the wings after being oiled and seasoned with seasoning, salt, garlic, and onion powder. I did it in batches, then redid it until everything was crispy and ready. The final lemon sauce added to the wings catchup for dipping for the fries.

I saw a recent video on some food site on making pastry phyllo dough vegetable delights, and I couldn’t find it again so I took parchment paper and a cookie sheet, made four areas with olive oil, onions , fresh herbs, tomatoes, and jalapeños… Not a lot then I cut four squares out of thawed phyllo dough and covered each of the four areas. I painted butter over all the edges and the top of the dough so it will get crispy well the vegetables cook below. These can also be done with fruit, cream cheese, whipped cream, for a dessert style or with virtually any other option like bacon, egg and cheese!!! What

These baked for about 15 minutes in a 380 oven until brown then I simply used a spatula and flipped them onto the platter and that’s what you see. It was buttery flaky delicious! You can also add other things once it is cooked, but this was plenty for us.

So chicken wings, french fries, and vegetable pastries with crumbled blue cheese, dressing, celery, and ketchup for the fries and your favorite beverage. Easy to do for six or more! Enjoy.😎😋

Jumbo lump crab cake

Tonight I made crabcakes using lump crab, mayo, Dijon, egg, breadcrumbs, old bay, salt, and pepper mix by hand, ensuring the cake does not get too mixed and pan seared in butter three minutes on each side.

In an iron skillet, I cooked a half a cup of bacon, chopped remove the cooked bacon, and added, chopped brussels sprouts, dusted with nutmeg and cooked slowly on the stove for about four minutes, then into the oven for 15 minutes at 400 for browning

And then sautéed 2 cups of spinach, some green onions, then poached an egg and made a béarnaise sauce, egg butter, lemon, chervil and tarragon for a nice béarnaise sauce. The crabcake was on top of the spinach and onions with the egg Invermay sauce with the brussels sprouts on the side, a little lemon finishing off this delicate meal that was full of flavors. Breakfast or dinner or anytime, this makes a great protein meal with a twist on an eggs Benny . Enjoy!!😎😋

Philly cheesesteak

I shaved 3 pounds of prime rib after cooking it in the oven for 45 minutes and then sliced thin and nice and rare. And then threw them in the pan with a little bouillon and W sauce allowed it to absorb the flavors and spice it up a bit with salt, pepper and garlic.

Separately, I sautéed two onions and two peppers, chopped and cooked until done and set aside. And then placed a layer provolone over the meat in an iron skillet, chopping and allowing it to mix, then added another layer of provolone and another layer of Swiss cheese, and continued to chop until thick and cheesy.

Toasted a baguette , buttered each side and covered one side with the beef and cheese, the other with the onions and peppers and attempted to combine these into one large sandwich. This was gigantic! Hard to manage and there’s enough to feed four people easily but I served it. It cut in half with some Parmesan sweet potato fries and it was perfect! I could only eat a quarter of it so we have plenty of leftovers but I hear knocking on the door so I have a feeling the rest will be gone soon. I use spicy mayo with the sweet potato fries, which were perfect! Got the meat on sale cheap at 7.99 a pound and had a nice easy meal in less than an hour. Good eats.😎😋

For good brunch , this is a chicken fried rice stuffed pepper with rice, chicken ,pineapple, berries, baked with grated Gruyère . Chopped onions and more pineapple made it almost tropical. ! It came together so well, light but hearty. I hear it pairs well with a pina colada😋😎