We'll Fry Anything! A Look at Texas State Fair Food
Each year, the State Fair of Texas holds a contest for deep-fried concoctions to be served at the State Fair. The 2011 State Fair of Texas will be held from September 30, 2011 through October 23, 2011.
One Big Tex Choice Award is presented for "Most Creative" and one is awarded for "Best Taste". The 2010 winners were: Most Creative: Fried Beer(TM) Best Taste: Texas Fried Fritos(TM) Pie.
The 2009's "Most Creative" winner was Abel Gonzales for his Deep Fried Butter. Pats of seasoned real whipped butter are battered and deep fried. Abel is a now a four-time winner of the coveted annual Big Tex Choice Awards. His previous winning concoctions are Deep Fried Peanut Butter Jelly and Banana Sandwich (2005 Best Taste Award), Fried Coke (2006 Most Creative Award) and Texas Fried Cookie Dough (2007 Best Taste).
Most Creative Winners
- 2005 Fried Ice Cream
- 2006 Fried Coke
- 2007 Deep Fried Latte
- 2008 Fried Banana Split
- 2009 Deep Fried Butter
- 2010 Fried Beer(TM)
Best Taste Winners
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2005 Fried PB, Jelly and Banana Sandwich
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2006 Fried Praline Perfection
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2007 Texas Fried Cookie Dough
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2008 Chicken Fried Bacon
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2009 Fernie's Deep Fried Peaches & Cream
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2010 Texas Fried Fritos(TM) Pie
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Foods to Try at the 2011 State Fair of Texas
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Fried Peanut Butter Macaroon-Peanut butter cup wrapped in a coconut macaroon, fried and then dusted with powdered sugar. A scoop of Blue Bell ice cream is available.
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Deep Fried Peanuts - Peanuts still in their shell are deep fried and seasoned with flavors such as Cajun, jalapeno, garlic, and powdered sugar). You evidently eat shell and all.
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Deep Fried Birthday Cake - Fun confetti cake is battered in funnel cake batter, then fried. It is then iced with a glaze and candy sprinkles
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Green Goblins- Cherry peppers stuffed with spicy shredded chicken & guacamole, battered & deep fried. Served three on a stick & topped with queso
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Deep Fried Cookie Monster Bars - Graham crackers, chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, coconut and eagle brand milk baked into a cookie bar. Then they are battered in funnel cake batter and fried.
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Stuffed Wings on a stick - Boneless and seasoned stuffed chicken wings, fried and served on a stick. They are crispy on the outside, tender on the inside.
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BBQ Stuffed Wings - Chicken wings that are rubbed with Smokey's special spices and stuffed with flavors such as beef, onion, and potato, then smoked for hours.
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Texas BBQ Boomerangs- Hickory-smoked chopped brisket, scooped into a light pastry won ton wrapper, folded, sealed and deep fried. Served with your choice of sauce: BBQ or BW's Flame Thrower
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Fried Peanut Brittle Surprise - Peanut brittle dipped in a batter and then deep fried and dusted with cinnamon and sugar.
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Twisted Yam on a Stick A spiral-cut sweet potato on a stick that is fried crispy then gently rolled in butter & dusted with cinnamon & sugar
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Greatest Fried Pies - Pecan, cherry, peach and apple pies dipped in batter and fried, then dusted with powdered sugar. Available with Blue Bell ice cream.
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Fried Apple and Peanut Butter on a stick - An apple wedge wrapped in peanut butter, dipped in batter, fried and sugar dusted
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Banana Praline Waffles - A golden banana waffle, covered with warm praline sauce and topped with whipped cream
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Fried Pecan Pie: Mini-pecan pie battered & deep fried then drizzled with a caramel sauce & topped with cream & chopped pecans
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Deep Fried Pizza- Pepperoni or sausage pizza slices battered in homemade batter, deep fried. Served with pizza sauce and Parmesan cheese.
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Smokin' Bullets on-a-stick- Beef filled egg-roll, wrapped, deep fried served with a sweet, sour and spicy Chinese-Thai dipping sauce
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Bacon Explosion on Pretzel Roll - Seasoned sausage roll wrapped in woven bacon slices and smoked, sliced and served on a soft pretzel roll.
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Fried Turkey on-a-stick - Cajun seasoned Turkey breast, marinated, breaded and deep fried. Served on a stick
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Country Fried Pork Chips: Thin seasoned pork loin dipped in corn meal batter & deep fried. Served with ketchup or gravy
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Chocolate Jalapeño - Fresh jalapeno skewered and dipped in funnel cake batter, fried and then dipped in chocolate. Available dusted with cinnamon and sugar, or dipped in chocolate
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Tex-Mex Pockets - Shredded chicken mixed with Jack cheese, black beans, corn kernels, red peppers and green onions between two tortillas pressed in a special pocket grill.
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Chili Cheese Dog Pot Pie - Slices of wieners mixed with chili, covered with grated cheese and a pastry crust. Baked and cut into squares, served in bowl.
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Fernie's Southern Fried Fajitas - Mildly-seasoned skirt steak dipped in batter & fried until golden & crunchy. Topped with fried onions & served with a side of creamy homestyle gravy. Texas Pig Candy - Sweet & spicy cocktail sausages glazed with brown sugar, raspberry chipotle & cayenne pepper. Oven baked and topped with candied slice jalapenos.
Links
- Big Tex and the State Fair of Texas by KCC Big Country
The State Fair of Texas is annual event in Texas that runs for 24 days beginning the last Friday in September. This year's fair will be running from September 25, 2009 through October 18, 2009 at the 277... - BigTex.com
Official site of the State Fair of Texas. - FairPark.org
Comments
LOL....can you feel you're arteries hardening while you read about it? So very nice to see you BT!
Chocolate jalapeño? Now that's my kind of dessert. How 'bout filling with hard frozen chocolate ice-cream first and having Mexican Baked Alaska?
Cheers,
TOF
It reminds me of something they eat in South Africa called a koeksister - it is an Afrikaans treat. It is a deep fried doughnut (in a plait shape) which is then immediately plunged into syrup where it sits for a good long while so as to be able to totally absorb the syrup. It has got to be the most calorie laden unhealthy food on the planet. But goodness I would love one right now!
Deep fried birthday cake? Hey KCC, my birthday is coming up next month. Is there any chance I can get that deep fried birthday cake delivered here? LOL seriously, very interesting fried foods, despite the fact that they're likely to play havoc on my blood pressure and cholesterol LOL.
Have to say in Thailand I had deep fried icecream, and my son tried the deep fried locust and cockroaches! He said they tasted just lke BBQ chicken!
TOF, so glad to see you! I think the combination of chocolate and jalapeno would be awesome, I just don't think you'd want to eat more than one. I kinda like the idea of filling it with chocolate ice cream. Mexican Baked Alaska...that's cute.
Catherine: That is an interesting sounding item as well. I'm not a big syrup fan so I think I'll have to pass on it. :)
Emievil: The fried birthday cake has to be awesome, don't you think? Maybe I can ship you one. I bet kids go nuts for it at the fair.
Cindy! Good to see you too! I too have had fried ice cream years ago, it was pretty good. I think I'd have to skip the locust and cockroaches! I'll stick with the real BBQ chicken for that BBQ chicken taste. LOL
Thank you all for stopping by!
This is a really fun hub. I loved it! Fried coke???
Thanks alekhouse, from what I understand, he took Coke syrup and deep fried it (simllar to a filling in a donut).
gosh, now I am hungry,
thumbs up
dori
KCC, I'll settle for the recipe =). Maybe I can get somebody to imitate that here =).
Like Reba McIntire said " If it ain't fried it ain't food". LOL, great article KCC.
LOL...I hear you fortunerep! When I was reading this to my daughter, we had to stop and go make a batch of muffins.
It sounded pretty simple, emievil. There is a box cake mix that's called Funfetti. I'm assuming that's the one they mean. I would think you just make the cake as usual (without icing it), cut it into squares, dip it funnel cake batter (we sell that here in tall cylinder cans) and deep fry it. If you don't have a deep fryer, there are some lovely models above from Amazon. ;) Then drizzle some icing on it and call it done.
Mardi, that's a good ole southern gal for you! I'm telling you, we really do fry ANYTHING!
Thank you all for stopping by!
Thanks KCC. =)
Fantastic! Wow a whole lot is going on there in Texas isn't there?
Ya'll are crazy!
Good work!
LOL....crazy is the bi-product of all that deep-fried eatin'....LOL Thanks landthatilove!
Wow. My girlfriend just the other day talked me into trying fried ice-cream just the other day and boy am I hooked. I'm not sure if I'll the other stuff, but I'm sure it's delicious, mal-nutritious, yet absolutely divine to taste...I'll ask my doctor if it's okay first, LOL. Thanks, KCC Big Country! You share some of the coolest topics!
Fried ice cream is pretty darn good, isn't it? I've had it a couple of times. Yeah, you have to forget about the calories and artery-clogging properties and just enjoy it every now and then, Dohn. LOL Glad you enjoyed the topic.
I received an email today from someone who tried to locate the Fried Birthday Cake at the fair and couldn't find it. I have rechecked my sources and some of the menu items have changed since I wrote this hub. It appears that some vendors must have changed their minds about what to make after the fair began. I'll try to update this hub with the new food choices by listed an "UPDATE".
You inspired me to write a suggestion hub for the 2010 State Fair called Fried Gravy! Go put in your two cents worth and vote for what those whacky guys should cook this year!
This hub makes me want to eat some fried pies. Think I will go and have one now! LOL
Hey, cool, Austinstar! I'll have to check it out! A fried pie does sound pretty good!
Our fair this year had fried artichoke hearts. Those might be to healthy for some people since it contains an actual vegetable. I heard they were really good. I'm thinking they must be a bit like Japanese tempura veggies.
You're not selling me on it, Rochelle. LOL I bet the line wouldn't be a long one compared to fried pies. Thanks for stopping by!
the dumbest food ever none of it makes sense sounds like people whpo had waaaaaaayyy to much time on their hands!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Great list! We captured more than 60 items ourselves in our 10 hour visit the opening day of the fair. Check it out at http://www.durangotexas.com/eyesontexas/dallas/sta
Well, that was a bad post. Try this one out.
B.T. Evilpants 2 years ago
Ooowee! Deep fried butter is a dream come true! Can I Get that with a side of chicken Fried bacon?