Party Appetizer RecipesEverything you ever wanted in hors d'oeuvres
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Party appetizer recipes need not be snooty, though. It's not pickled squid and dried seaweed that are going to impress most friends. Nor is it unpronounceable recipe names.
Still, you want something with pizzazz, right?
Prepare to celebrate the tastes, the ease of presentation, and the fact that we're about to tell you how many of the little morsels to make.
Party Appetizer Recipes
Many of these cocktail party appetizer recipes are equally at home on a picnic, at a barbecue, or in front of the big game on TV.
Caviar Serving Suggestions
Caviar on Quail Eggs
Chicken Nuggets
With Honey-Mustard Dipping Sauce
Cinnamon Pork
Coconut Shrimp
Crab Stuffed Mushrooms
Cream Cheese Balls
Deviled Eggs, with Options
Dolmas
Egg Rolls
Endive Boats
Meatballs with Mint Sauce
Paper Wrapped Chicken
Roast Beef Pinwheels
Rumaki
Sausage in a Blanket
Sherried Stuffed Mushrooms
Shrimp Cocktail Platter
Shrimp Stuffed Tomatoes
Spicy Pecan Nibbles
Stuffed New Potatoes
Summer Kabobs
Super Nachos
Yakitori
How Much Food to Prepare
Such a good question, and we have a whole page of information to help you determine not only how many appetizers you'll need for your party, but napkins, cocktails, glasses, ice, liquor and mixers, and lots more as well. Please refer to the Party Food Planning page.
Tip: Supplement your selections from Party Appetizer Recipes with dips, spreads, and fondues from
'Party Dip Recipes'
and 'Easy Fondue Recipes'
. They're easy on the cook and on the budget.
Presentation Tips for your Party Appetizer Recipes
A decorative platter, or an appealing arrangement of appetizers on the platter, may be all that is required. A sprig of parsley here, a few mint leaves there. Or try these suggestions:
- Tie a blanched chive around each shrimp in your arrangement; it's easy and elegant.
- Arrange Endive Boats in a starburst pattern. (See Party Appetizer Recipes list.)
- Serve Deviled Eggs on a bed of alfalfa sprouts; it looks terrific and keeps them from sliding. (See Appetizer Recipes list.)
- Substitute bamboo skewers, cocktail skewers or thin pretzel sticks for toothpicks, where practical.
- Use a pineapple, apple, grapefruit, cabbage or eggplant as a "pincushion" for Summer Kabobs. (See Appetizer Recipes list.)
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