15 Easy-to-Make Foods for Your Football Watch Party at Home
- by Omaha Steaks
- Last updated Jan 31, 2025
Love hosting football watch parties, but don’t love spending all day in the kitchen making an epic spread of food? Here’s a tasty playbook with easy-to-make foods to feed a hungry crowd for game day at home. Delicious appetizers and meaty dishes are a must. Enjoy your favorite tailgating foods without all of the work, from classic chicken wings and beef meatballs to Artisan flatbread and smoked pulled pork.
Fully Cooked Chicken Wings
It’s simply not a game day at home without chicken wings. These meaty beauties are fully cooked, crispy, and loaded with a high-powered flavor that will more than satisfy your hungry crew. Bake to crispy perfection, or try our Garlic-Parmesan Chicken Wings With Jalapeño Ranch recipe.
Artisan Flatbread: Filet Mignon Cheesesteak
A finger food favorite, this artisan flatbread will quickly become an all-star in your gameday lineup! Perfectly aged and fork-tender filet mignon is paired with fresh red and green bell peppers, savory onions, and fire-roasted garlic. Creamy melted mozzarella holds it all together atop crispy handmade, oven-baked flatbread.
Redhook® Ale Beer-Battered Shrimp
Enjoy perfectly battered, sweet, succulent shrimp in less than 12 minutes. Bake or air fry this fun game-day appetizer for crispy perfection in every bite.
Gourmet Franks in a Blanket
Get ready to serve a fancy and fun appetizer that isn’t your run-of-the-mill pigs in a blanket! This easy game day food is made with butcher-crafted mini-beef franks, seasoned with a delicious blend of herbs and Dijon mustard, and wrapped in a buttery puff pastry.
Italian-Style Beef Meatballs
Our expert butchers grind the highest-quality hand-selected beef to form the foundation of our all-beef meatballs. Then we add just the right amount of Italian seasoning to balance the taste and cook them to perfection. So, with the hard work done, all you have to do is serve them up and get ready for the barrage of high-fives from your family!
Cheddar Bratwursts
These flavor-packed brats are made with premium pork that’s blended with traditional ingredients, cheddar cheese, and placed inside a natural casing. Then, they’re hickory smoked in small batches. Pair with a bun and your favorite German beer for a delicious game day feast.
Gourmet Jumbo Franks
Always a crowd favorite, our Gourmet Jumbo Franks will satisfy adults and kids. Warning: these aren’t the skinny and bland franks from in grocery store coolers! These are larger, juicier, and will fill up your bun like a giant brat.
Smoked Pulled Pork
Enjoy the slow-smoked flavors of pulled pork without all work. Our master butchers start with premium hand-selected pork shoulder and use our special pulled pork seasoning before slow smoking for hours over hickory wood. The best party? It’s fully cooked and ready to go. Just heat, top with your favorite sauce (no sauce), and serve.
Kielbasa Sausages
Another classic tailgating food that’s easy to make is our gourmet Kielbasa Sausages. Traditionally smoked, seasoned, and cased, these juicy links are guaranteed to wow your family and guests.
Air-Chilled Chicken Skewers with Vegetables
These delicious, grill-ready kabobs will score you serious points with your family on your next game day at home! Premium chicken breast is hand-carved into cubes, delicately seasoned with salt and pepper, and threaded on bamboo skewers with a colorful medley of red onions and green and red peppers. They’re so tasty you’ll go for two!
Mini Lobster Grilled Cheese
Bring out the kid in you with this grown-up version of a childhood favorite! Freshly caught sweet Maine lobster is paired with a delicious blend of four kids of cheese – cream, Swiss, Parmesan, and Romano – on a buttery French baguette for a decadent and flavorful game-day at-home appetizer.
Italian Crispy Chicken Fingers
With a crispy outside and juicy inside, these Italian Chicken Fingers are lightly breaded and seasoned with the perfect blend of Italian spices. Bake or air fry for a delicious snack that kids and adults will love on game day.
Hot Honey Cheese Bites
Hot Honey Cheese Bites are the perfect addition to an epic game day appetizer lineup or just because, so add this must-have bite-sized appetizer to your menu today!
Premium Crab Dip
This flavorful crab dip features wild-caught North Atlantic deep-sea snow crab mixed with cream cheese and white onion before adding our chef’s special seasoning. It makes for an incredibly creamy, irresistible, and delicious appetizer.
Artisanal Cheese Charcuterie Board
Create an exquisite charcuterie board with gourmet cheese from Artisanal Cheese paired with Omaha Steaks Italian Salame for an easy, crave-worthy game-day snack.
Add some of these game day favorites to your next steak delivery and be ready for an epic game day at home with family and friends this football season.
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