What’s your favorite ‘Comfort Food’?

[Chris]

I’m stirring up a big ole pot of navy bean soup with bacon, diced ham, onion, and carrot today.

 

[Skinsfan1311]

Prepping for the cooler weather this week. If it wasn't for the beans, you could call this stuff chili.

 

[Boone]

Oh I'm all over that!

 

[Primus Porcus]

BGO Chili Cookoff... Needs to happen.

 

[Boone]

Doing Skinsfan1311 's 'Mississippi Pot Roast' today for 9 hrs or so in the slow cooker. Only variation, I put the chuck roast on a bed of diced shallots/garlic/celery/brussel sprouts, topped it with carrots and will add mushrooms and baby potatoes for the last 3 hours of the cook. Splash of beef stock as well. Super easy recipe and Skinsfan1311 is right - it's really good.

 

[Primus Porcus]

Doing Skinsfan1311 's 'Mississippi Pot Roast' today for 9 hrs or so in the slow cooker. Only variation, I put the chuck roast on a bed of diced shallots/garlic/celery/brussel sprouts, topped it with carrots and will add mushrooms and baby potatoes for the last 3 hours of the cook. Splash of beef stock as well. Super easy recipe and Skinsfan1311 is right - it's really good.

 

[Boone]

It was great!!!!

 

[Skinsfan1311]

It was great!!!!

I strain the broth into a Pyrex 4-cup measuring container & refrigerate. The buttery fat rises to the top and forms a hard puck.

Put the the leftover meat, (along with chunk of the the puck), vacuum seal it into meal size portions, freeze and and reheat it in the *sous-vide. I freeze the leftover broth too, and use it in chili,(or anything that calls for beef broth or stock), instead of water or beef broth. It adds a depth of flavor and richness that you can't get from canned stock. Write down how much liquid is in the bag when you freeze it.

*sous vide machine isn't necessary...you can simmer the bags on the stove-top. Just make sure that the simmering temp is lower than the cooking temp was...you're reheating, not cooking. It's roughly 45 minutes per inch of food....add another 45 minutes if the bag is frozen. Vac sealer isn't necessary either...you can use freezer bags.

 

[Boone]

It's not something I grew up with, but definitely in a lot of folks 'comfort food' lists - Chicken Fried Steak.

My local grocer is old-school so cubed steak is something always readily available. Going to do some spiced up Chicken Fried Steak, mashed potatoes with milk gravy, and a Thanksgiving-style green bean casserole.

Monday off dinner.

 

[Chris]

This is a relatively new (last 7 years or so) comfort food for me. Nothing gourmet about it but it makes me happy.

Ground beef, onion, garlic, crushed red pepper, cream of mushroom soup, Coleman’s dried mustard, Worcestershire sauce, milk, sour cream, and egg noodles.

 

[Boone]

Sounds a lot like beef stroganoff - and making me hungry!

 

[Chris]

My name for it is actually Fake Stroganoff 🤣

 

[DWinzit]

2 comfort favs;
Spicy white bean chicken (or turkey burger) chili

Seafood Fra Diavolo

 

[Boone]

2 comfort favs;
Spicy white bean chicken (or turkey burger) chili

Seafood Fra Diavolo

Wow… I’ll confess, I have never heard of either one of those … will have to do some googling

 

[DWinzit]

Wow… I’ll confess, I have never heard of either one of those … will have to do some googling

Perhaps they are more northern dishes. Always loved red chili but I find I enjoy the white bean chili even more, I add more heat and cilantro than most recipes.
Seafood Fra diavolo is awesome but honestly even leftover pasta is a comfort food for me

 

[Iraolaball]

My go to comfort food is chicken pot pie.

Really great in large ovenware dish with Phyllo dough over top.

 

[Chris]

My go to comfort food is chicken pot pie.

Really great in large ovenware dish with Phyllo dough over top.

I’ve never had it homemade. Boston Market’s is good and I think I lived for a year on Swanson’s. 🤣

 

[Boone]

My go to comfort food is chicken pot pie.

Really great in large ovenware dish with Phyllo dough over top.

I’ve never had it homemade. Boston Market’s is good and I think I lived for a year on Swanson’s. 🤣

I think Chicken Pot Pie would make a ton of people's lists... it's that good. My wife makes a pretty mean homemade version but it's probably one of those things where a storebought version is just as good as anything you could whip up at home. I will confess, I feel compelled to eat Chicken Pot Pie with a generous amount of Texas Pete on it. Just puts it over the top for me.

I am interested in trying to make some 'Fra Diavolo' - never heard of that but it sounds really good.

 

[Chris]

Since it’s the season…

I much prefer open-faced turkey sandwiches and turkey sandwiches with mayo & cranberry sauce than I do traditional Thanksgiving turkey. Cooking a turkey for the holiday is my penance for the following days.

 

[Boone]

You guys ever had a 'Hot Brown'? It's a Kentucky thing where you take leftover turkey, put it on toast with some bacon (some add tomato) with swiss cheese and/or a cheese cream sauce over the top, put under the broiler for a couple of minutes. Pretty damned good.