Four Foods on Friday #26

April 24th, 2008

Time for this weeks Four Foods on Friday post. If you’d like to participate, just click here , read the directions and post it on your blog.

#1. When going out to dinner what items do your order? Appetizers, soup, salad, dinner, dessert. We’ll order the occasional appetizer, get salad if it comes with the dinner, dinner and rarely dessert.

#2. How predictable are you when eating out? Do you usually order a meal that you’ve had before or do you like to try new things? We’re pretty predictable. When we find something we like, we usually stick to it. Occasionally one of us may venture out and the other will try a bite to see if we regret staying so in the box.

#3. When eating at a restaurant, what beverage do you like to order with your meal? Usually Pepsi or water unless I’m in the mood for iced tea.

#4. Name a meal that you ate at a restaurant that you liked so much you tried to recreate it, as well as the name of the restaurant and the recipe. Oh man, too many to mention! But I looooove TGIFriday’s Jack Daniels Glaze. I found a recipe for it that brings it pretty close that I use for Jack Daniels Meatballs which is just frozen meatballs in a double batch of this sauce.

T.G.I. Friday’s Jack Daniels Grill Glaze

1 head of garlic
1 tablespoon olive oil
2/3 cup water
1 cup pineapple juice
1/4 cup teriyaki sauce
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 1/3 cups dark brown sugar
3 tablespoons lemon juice
3 tablespoons minced white onion
1 tablespoon Jack Daniels Whiskey
1 tablespoon crushed pineapple
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

1. Cut about 1/2-inch off of top of garlic. Cut the roots so that the garlic will sit flat. Remove the papery skin from the garlic, but leave enough so that the cloves stay together. Put garlic into a small casserole dish or baking pan, drizzle olive oil over it, and
cover with a lid or foil. Bake in a preheated 325° oven for 1 hour. Remove garlic and let it cool until you can handle it.

2. Combine water, pineapple juice, teriyaki sauce, soy sauce, and brown sugar in a medium saucepan over medium/high heat. Stir occasionally until mixture boils then reduce heat until mixture is just simmering.

3. Squeeze the sides of the head of garlic until the pasty roasted garlic is squeezed out. Discard remaining skin and whisk to combine.

4. Add remaining ingredients to the pan and stir.

5. Let mixture simmer for 40-50 minutes or until sauce has reduced by about 1/2 and is thick and syrupy. Make sure it doesn’t boil over.

Makes 1 cup of glaze.

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9 Comments so far

DeeBee on April 24, 2008 9:24 pm
The meatballs sounds very good. From one predictable restaurant customer to another.
val on April 25, 2008 7:33 am
Happy FFoF! Super predictable restaurant customer here.. hehe.. I like Pepsi too. But not as much as Coke.
chili queen on April 25, 2008 10:40 am
I’m a sucker for the Jack Daniels stuff at Fridays too. Your recipe sounds yummy, I’ve got to try it
Ash on April 25, 2008 11:38 am
I can’t get hubby to eat at TGIF’s but this glaze sounds incredible!
Charla on April 25, 2008 2:31 pm
The meatballs sound delicious.
I need to let you know that I corrected one of the ingredients listed in the Artichoke Spinach Dip on my blog. It’s supposed to be cream cheese and not sour cream. (It was late last night when I was typing the recipe.) The directions do say cream cheese, so that was probably confusing. Sorry! Hope you haven’t bought the ingredients yet!
valmg on April 25, 2008 8:41 pm
Those meatballs would be terrific right now.
Thanks for playing FFOF!
Stumbled.
kelly on April 26, 2008 10:23 am
Oh yay! I love that glaze, it makes for an excellent shrimp and veggie stir fry. I’ll give it a shot! thanks
corrin on April 26, 2008 4:14 pm
I’m a crazy restaurant diner. I’m beginning to become my father where I always order the special. Haha.
Tina Kubala on April 26, 2008 11:08 pm
What a great idea on the meatballs. Yummy.

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