Tailgating is all about enjoying amazing tastes and times with friends. Whether you're at a football game or NASCAR® race, be sure to bring along our safety reminders and some of Perdue's delicious recipes.

 

Tailgating Safety

Keep your head in the game with these easy-to-remember safety guidelines!

• Always buy from trusted sources.
• Do not allow raw poultry or its juices to touch other foods.
• Cook chicken and turkey thoroughly.
  
  • Use a thermometer to ensure doneness.
  • Place the thermometer in the thickest part of the cut without touching bone.
    

    Appropriate endpoint temperatures by poultry cut

    180° F	Whole Chicken, Turkey, Cornish
    180° F	Drums, Legs, Thighs, Boneless Thighs, Wings
    170° F	Breasts, Boneless Breasts
    165° F	Ground Chicken, Ground Turkey
    140-165° F	Foods held warm to serve

• Keep hot foods at 140° F. or hotter; keep cold foods at 40° F. or colder.
• Serve poultry as soon as possible and refrigerate leftovers within two hours.
• When in doubt, throw it out!

• Visit our Safe Food Handling section for more information >

 

Tailgate Gourmet

Enough about safety, and on to the food! Here are seven fantastic, portable and delicious recipes to offer your friends at the party.

 

Burger Blast

Cook up some of these innovative burger concoctions to surprise your friends. They'll never look at a burger the same way again.

Green Chile Cheeseburgers
Spice up the standard tailgating burger with green chiles, cheddar cheese, and PERDUE® Fresh Ground Turkey!

Ha Cha Cha Burgers
A little sweet, a little spicy. We call them Ha Cha Cha because that's what you'll say when you bite into these burgers made with PERDUE® Fresh Ground Chicken!

Ratatouille Burgers
Bring a taste of Italy to your tailgating party with these PERDUE® Fresh Lean Ground Turkey burgers and save extra ratatouille for seconds!

New England Turkey & Baked Bean Burger 
You don't need to be a New England fan to cheer for this burger. Add crispy bacon and tasty baked beans and be sure to bring along extra napkins!

 

Pieces of Perfection

These recipes bring one-handed portability to out of this world flavors and feature choice chicken parts available only in PERDUE® Fresh Pick-of-the-Chicken.

Herb Grilled Pick of the Chicken
A gourmet-tasting meal at a tailgating party? With PERDUE® products, anything's possible. Introduce your friends to the new tastes of rosemary and thyme, they'll thank you after the first bite.

Hot & Spicy Pick of the Chick
Chips and salsa are so overdone. Score a touchdown with PERDUE® Fresh Pick-of-the-Chicken and roasted red pepper and green chile dipping sauce

 

The Whole Bird

This recipe has roots way down south. Escort your pals past the Mason-Dixon line before you hit the track.

Herb-Rubbed Deep-Fried Turkey
You can get fried chicken anywhere. Fried turkey? Now there's something you don't see everyday. Serve up this crispy PERDUE® Fresh Turkey, and we guarantee they'll ask for it again before season's end.