15 Easy-to-Make Foods for Your Football Watch Party at Home
- by Omaha Steaks
- Last updated Nov 29, 2023
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.
Teriyaki Two-Bone Ribs
These perfectly seasoned and thick two-bone pork ribs are perfect for a football party. Grill or bake for an easy appetizer that’s sure to score a touchdown with your guests.
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.
Fully Cooked 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!
Beef Franks
Always a crowd favorite, our Gourmet 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.
Philly Cheesesteak Sirloin
Game day food must be fun, delicious, and easy to make. These Philly Cheesesteak Sirloin sandwiches check all three of those boxes! Made with rich and bold Omaha Steaks sirloin, these Philly’s cook up in just minutes. Yes, MINUTES! It’s the tastiest and fastest gameday meal you can serve your family.
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.
Smoked Brisket Burnt Ends
These magnificent meat morsels are double smoked with hickory wood chips and logs over an open flame for a great bark and signature smoke ring. Our melt-in-your-mouth smoked brisket burnt ends are a must-have on your game day spread. And the best part is they’re freezer-to-oven and easy to prepare –no grill required for the authentic flavors of your favorite BBQ.
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.
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 gameday 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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