{"id":861,"date":"2020-05-05T02:30:54","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T09:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dwaynejeng.com\/blog\/?p=861"},"modified":"2020-05-05T02:34:20","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T09:34:20","slug":"dnd-night-ravioli-dog-and-cheese-caramel-popcorn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwaynejeng.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/05\/dnd-night-ravioli-dog-and-cheese-caramel-popcorn\/","title":{"rendered":"DnD Night: Ravioli Dog and Cheese Caramel Popcorn"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ravioli<\/a><\/p>\n

Sunday, April 26, 2020 – So I know people don’t like it when recipe writers spend too much time telling a story before they get to the recipe, but the setup is actually pretty important here.<\/p>\n

It all started when I had my Dungeons & Dragons players play a parody of Guy’s Grocery Games. For this particular parody, they had to design a recipe using some ingredients from a table (either by rolling for it, or by playing an IRL simulation of skee-ball). This party was dealt a hand of hot dogs and canned ravioli, and then halfway through the competition, I threw in popcorn as a monkey wrench.<\/p>\n

What did they come up with? Find out, after the cut!<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\""Cast<\/a><\/p>\n

Ravioli Dog<\/h2>\n

Ingredients<\/h3>\n

3 Tbsp butter
1\/4 onion, chopped
1\/2 stalk celery, thinly sliced
1\/2 jalapeno, finely chopped
kosher salt
2 hot dog buns
1 15oz can canned ravioli
1 tsp sriracha sauce
kosher salt
ground black pepper
2 beef hot dogs
2 oz shredded cheddar<\/p>\n

Directions<\/h3>\n
    \n
  1. Melt 2 Tbsp of butter in a medium sauce pan on medium heat. Add the onions, celery, and jalapenos with a pinch of kosher salt. Saute until soft, about 10 min.<\/li>\n
  2. While the vegetables are cooking, melt the remaining 1 Tbsp in a medium pan on medium heat. Toast the hot dog buns for 1 min.<\/li>\n
  3. Add the canned ravioli (with sauce) to the sauce pan. Raise the heat to medium-high until the sauce begins to simmer. (Should happen very quickly.)<\/li>\n
  4. Reduce to low heat. Stir the sriracha into the sauce. Season with salt and pepper to taste.<\/li>\n
  5. Cook the hot dogs according to the instructions.<\/li>\n
  6. Line a baking sheet with foil. Put the buns on the foil, then the hot dogs into the buns, then top with the ravioli and sauce. Sprinkle on the shredded cheese.<\/li>\n
  7. Place the baking sheet on the top rack of your oven. Use the broil setting until the cheese is just melted. (About 2 min.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Serves 2. Eat with fork and knife.<\/p>\n

    Editor’s Notes<\/h3>\n

    I ate one and a half of the ravioli dogs. Then I stared at the remaining half of a ravioli dog. It stared back, deep into my soul. I decided I didn’t want it anymore, so I threw it out.<\/p>\n

    I know the limitation of the Guy’s Grocery Games parody was that I had to use hot dogs and canned ravioli, but there’s really only so much you can do with hot dogs and canned ravioli. Kid me would have loved it. I bet the Triple-G judges have to eat this kind of stuff all the time.<\/p>\n

    I think the concept is salvageable though. Instead of canned ravioli, make your own ravioli and sauce. Instead of hot dogs, a nice sausage of some Eastern European variety. Instead of a hot dog bun, maybe a nice bolillo roll.<\/p>\n

    If you look at the “cast photo” above, you might notice a jar of marinara sauce that’s unused. I blindly skimmed the players’ notes from the Triple-G parody and bought every ingredient that I saw, failing to realize that I actually just needed the sauce from the canned ravioli. It’s okay. I now have a nice marinara sauce to use for Leftovers Day.<\/p>\n

    You’ll also notice I served this on a baking sheet. I thought I’d be able to plate this after melting the cheese. I was wrong. Next time, I should just assemble it in a casserole pan. Or maybe put it on an oven safe plate. The ravioli dog was only in the oven for 2 minutes. It can’t possibly get that<\/i> hot.<\/p>\n

    \"Cheese<\/a><\/p>\n

    Cheese Caramel Popcorn<\/h2>\n

    Ingredients<\/h3>\n

    1 Tbsp butter
    2 cups caramel popcorn
    1 oz cheese puffs, crushed
    1 tsp chili powder
    1\/4 tsp cocoa powder<\/p>\n

    Directions<\/h3>\n
      \n
    1. Melt the butter. Drizzle it over the popcorn.<\/li>\n
    2. Toss the popcorn in the crushed cheese puffs, chili powder, and cocoa powder.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Serve in a bowl. Eat with a spoon.<\/p>\n

      Editor’s Notes<\/h3>\n

      I actually really liked this, but that’s mostly because junk food is delicious, and doctored junk food is even better. It’s really messy though. I would recommend eating it with a big spoon.<\/p>\n

      If I were to tweak the recipe, I’d bump up the chili powder and the cocoa powder. Just enough to add a bit of complexity to the recipe, without overpowering the caramel or the cheese powder.<\/p>\n

      Also, I used cheese puffs because, again, I blindly followed the notes. You could probably use regular Cheetos (crushed).<\/p>\n\n\n

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