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Captain’s Chicken

This recipe was sent in by Richard Yokley. Richard is a retired firefighter who has had a couple of his recipes published in FDNY‘s Jon Sineno‘s 1996 ‘New Firefighter’s Cookbook’.

Overview:

Serves 4-6

Add more of everything if larger firehouse or a very hungry 4-6. The guys at the station really enjoyed this meal.

Ingredients: (may vary a bit as [...]

Fire Cracker Hot Dogs

This recipe was sent in by Kortney Hansen. Thanks Kortney!

Ingredients

Large Whole Beef Hot Dogs
Pepper Jack Cheese
Jarred Jalapeno
Cooking Twine

Procedure

Slice hot dogs in half but not all the way through. Slice cheese into thin slices. Place the cheese in the middle of the hot dog with as many jalapenos as you would like on [...]

Suey’s Sweltering Strata with Magyar Mojo Mushroom Sauce

This recipe was submitted by Michael “Suey” Sulak. Suey is with the Seattle Fire Department, working out of Station 8. Thanks Suey! [...]

Viana’s Crazy Chicken Salad

This recipe was submitted by Dean Viana. Thanks, Dean!

Overview:

Serves 10 People
Great as a Wrap or on a bed of lettuce.
Serve with a Bag of Crisps and a Pint of Beer
Fire House Lunch or Picnic Favorite

Ingredients:

8-10 Chicken Breasts boneless/skinless
6 celery stalks (diced small)
2 bags dried cranberries
1 bag chopped pecans

Crazy Dressing

1 c sugar
4 T poppy seeds
2 .5 c [...]

Tomatillo Guacamole

This recipe was submitted by Salvador Curiel. Thanks Sal!

Overview:
Serves 6

Tomatillo Guacamole

Ingredients:

8-10 Tomatillos (husks removed and rinsed)
4 Avocados (skinned and seeds removed, duh)
1-2 Jalapenos (seeds removed if you can’t take the heat)
1 Lime (juiced)
1 Bunch Cilantro (stems removed)
1 Tbsp Garlic Salt

Procedure:

Place Tomatillos, Cilantro, and Jalapenos into food processor or blender and blend until smooth.
Add Avocados, [...]

Chile Verga con Pollo

This recipe was submitted by Justin Verga. Thanks Justin!

Overview:

Serves 6

Ingredients:

Chile Verga con Pollo

4-5 lbs. boneless skinless chicken breasts or thighs (fat removed)
4 lbs. Tomatillos
1 brown onion (diced)
1 bell pepper (diced)
6 Dried Chile de Arbol
2 Chile Pasilla
2 Chile Anaheim
2 Jalapenos
1 bunch Cilantro (chopped)
2 Tbsp Olive oil
1 Tbsp fresh Oregano (leaves only)
1 Tbsp fresh Thyme (leaves only)
3 [...]

Firehouse Cabbage

This recipe was submitted by Chris R. Williams FF/EMT. Thanks Chris!

Overview:

Firehouse Cabbage

Ingredients:

1-head cabbage
1-package of bacon,
1-bottle Zesty Itl. salad dressing
Squirt butter
salt
pepper
Lawrys seasoned salt
garlic salt
your favorite seasonings

Procedure:

Cut the cabbage in half then cut into quarters to where it looks like a taco shell
Center the cabbage onto tin-foil about 12-inches long
Add a long squirt of butter
Squirt on the Zesty [...]

Asian Coleslaw

This recipe was submitted by Dean Viana. Dean is a captain at the Beverly Hills Fire Department. Thanks Dean!

Overview:

This is one of my most requested salads. I’ll make Mongolian BBQ pork and fried rice to go with this salad.

Serves 20

Ingredients:
2 c Season rice vinegar
2 c sugar
9 shallots
6T ginger root
9 garlic cloves
9 yellow wax peppers (seeded)
2 cilantro
5 [...]

Chicken Cacciatore

This recipe was submitted by Nate Buck. Nate is with the Kern County Fire Dept, working out of Station 42 in Bakersfield. Thanks Nate!

Overview:

Serves 6 (add more chicken for more)

Ingredients

4 chicken thighs (chop chicken in 1/2″-1″ chunks)
2 chicken breasts
1 onion chopped
4 garlic cloves minced
(if available use 2 shallots chopped and reduce [...]