Easy Party Appetizers

If you are throwing a party and would like to like to see your guests enjoy themselves then you should not give appetizers a miss. This is because hunger can spoil any good occasion, and by chance if you feed your guests then the entire party can get ruined. After all who would like to dance and sing with a bloated stomach? So, to pacify those hungry guests, and keep them charged up through the party you will need the help of appetizers. Appetizers are light foods that can be munched on till the main meal arrives. Appetizers literally keep the stomach ready in anticipation. In parties you can keep appetizers in side tables so that the guests can help themselves. Sometimes, it is better to know some easy appetizer recipes, so that in case it runs out, and the guests are hungry for more, then to save the party from disaster you can rustle up a few. Also, easy appetizers can be used when there is a sudden party, like some friends came over, and everyone likes to nibble on something while trading interesting gossip. Keeping a few easy appetizer recipes up your sleeve will always hold you in good stead. To know the various easy appetizer recipes for parties read below.

Easy Appetizer Recipes For Parties

1. Goat Cheese Appetizer

Ingredients

8 to 12 ounces Goat cheese or feta (marinated and broken into large chunks)
2 teaspoons Olive oil
5 sprigs fresh Thyme
1/2 teaspoon Whole pink peppercorns
Sliced baguette or crackers (for serving)

Procedure

Preheat the oven at 325 degrees F.
Take the cheese in a baking dish and bake for 20 minutes until golden brown.
Now transfer the cheese to a serving bowl and drizzle olive oil over it.
Garnish with thyme and peppercorns.
Serve with baguette or crackers.

Serves – 4 to 5

2. Chicken Skewers And Peanut Butter Sauce

Ingredients

2 Chicken breast halves (boneless and skinless thinly sliced lengthwise into 12 strips)
1 teaspoon Sesame oil (toasted)
1 teaspoon Soy sauce
1 Garlic clove (minced)
1/2 teaspoon red-pepper flakes
Coarse salt and ground pepper
1/4 cup Creamy peanut butter
2 tablespoons Rice vinegar
Vegetable oil

Procedure

Take the chicken in a bowl and a teaspoon of red pepper, soy sauce, sesame and garlic.
Toss to coat the chicken thoroughly with the spices.
Sprinkle salt and pepper and thread the chicken into the skewer.
Heat the grill to high and apply oil to the grate.
Cook the chicken until it is opaque throughout.
In a bowl mix the peanut butter, vinegar, red pepper flakes and a little water.
Serve the chicken with the dipping sauce.

Serves – 8

3. Coconut Shrimp

Ingredients

4 dozen medium Shrimp (peeled and deveined)
Salt
Pepper
Garlic powder
1 1/2 cups Flour
2 Eggs (beaten)
3/4 cup Coconut (shredded)

Procedure

Take the shrimp in a bowl and sprinkle salt, pepper and garlic powder.
Take each shrimp and dredge it in flour. Then dip it in egg and again dredge it in flour.
Now, coat the shrimps in shredded coconut.
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
Line the shrimps in a baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes until golden brown.
Serve with a dipping sauce.

Serves – 8 to 12

4. Cheese Puffs

Ingredients

2 tablespoon Coarse sea salt
1 ½ Water
1½ cups All-purpose flour
1¼ cups sharp Cheddar cheese (shredded)
½ cup Butter (cut into chunks)
½ teaspoon Pepper (fresh and ground)
6 large Eggs (beaten to blend)

Procedure

Take the water in a pan and add the butter to it. Boil over high heat.
Remove from the heat and add the flour.
Stir until it forms a smooth paste without any lumps.
Now add the eggs one quarter at a time and beat vigorously after each addition.
Add the pepper and cheese when the dough doesn’t look slippery.
Transfer the dough into a pastry bag fitted with half round tip.
Grease two to three baking sheet with butter and pipe 45 lumps of dough into it.
On top of each lump sprinkle a few grains of coarse salt.
Bake for 30 minutes at 400 degrees F until the puffs are golden.

Serves – 20 to 30

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