FOOD NETWORK ULTIMATE RECIPE SHOWDOWN

Who knows? Maybe your favorite dish will be named the Ultimate Recipe and earn you thousands of dollars. If you have one recipe or a hundred, we want you to submit them all. All submissions must be in by March 31, 2008.

*Note: To make this process as easy as possible, we advise typing and saving your recipe in a Word document before pasting it into the submission form.

*Important: By submitting a recipe, you guarantee that the recipe is an original creation. Recipes will be judged on originality, presentation, and above all, taste! We encourage you to be creative.

 Turkey and all the Trimmings:
    Thanksgiving
 Chicken
 Burgers
 Cookies
 Breakfast
 Chocolate
 American Hometown Favorites
 
 Meat Lovers
 Top 30 Minute (Or Less) Recipes
 Cheesy Recipes
 Hot and Spicy
 Classic Desserts
 International
 Munchies, Nibbles and Noshes
 Other

 

Want to get in on the action? Send us your Ultimate Recipe!
Food Network's Ultimate Recipe Showdown is back and better than ever, and we're searching for even more great recipes! Send us your best, original recipes in the following categories:
 

Ultimate Recipe Showdown: Season 2: Category Information

Thanksgiving:
Turkey and all the Trimmings: Thanksgiving
Everyone says they make the best thanksgiving dinner ö here's your chance to prove it. Send in your ultimate recipes for stuffings and dressings, your green beans, your sweet potatoes, your gravies, your show-stopping turkey, and your favorite All-American dessert. Make Grandma proud!

Chicken:
Whole, roasted, sauteed, stewed, fried, grilled, smoked or stuffed, spicy, or mellow. No matter how you do it, we want your ultimate chicken recipe.

Burger:
Let's see your best burger. Make it out of what you choose -- beef, chicken, seafood or veggies -- and finish it off with your most creative topping. We are looking for this year's ultimate burger champion.

Cookies:
We couldn't not do cookies again. Send us your ultimate recipe for bars, drop, spice, chocolate, decorated, no-bake, filled, sugar, or whatever you'd like. If you've got a great cookie recipe, we want to see it.

Breakfast:
Send us your favorite breakfast recipes for everything from home fries to eggs to donuts, breads, or even homemade sausages. Old fashioned or modern, we're looking for the ultimate recipe to start the day.

Chocolate:
Calling all chocoholics! What do you do with chocolate? Do you make brownies? Truffles? Cakes? Cookies? Mole? Drinks? We want to know.

American Hometown Favorites:
We want to know what your town is famous for, be it Boston clam chowder, Cincinnati chili, Philly cheese steaks, Chicago hot dogs, Nola po'boys, New York egg creams, or Buffalo wings. Send us your recipe and put your hometown to the test.

Meat Lovers:
Do you have the ultimate recipe for steaks, chops, or ribs? Do you have a special marinade, rub, or a trick to make a really tender roast? If it's delicious beef, pork, veal, or lamb -- we want to see it.

Top 30 Minute (or less) Recipes:
What do you do fast? 30 minutes or less chicken, meat, fish, or veggie. Go!

Cheesy Recipes:
Grilled cheese, mac and cheese, pizza, fondue, raclette, blintzes, appetizers, dips, mains, or even desserts -- if it's got cheese, we want to see it.

Hot and Spicy:
Show us how hot you can go. Salsas, hot sauces, curries, hot wings, moles, or rubs... let's crank the heat. No wimpy recipes allowed!

All-time Classic Desserts:
We are looking for the best recipes for pies, puddings, sundaes, tortes, cakes, and custards. If it's sweet and good, send it on.

Best International:
Send us your recipes from all over (and we mean all over) the world! Sky's the limit on this one.

Munchies, Nibbles and Noshes:
From elegant hors d'oeuvres to nachos and dips -- if you can snack on it, we want the recipe.

Other:
If we didn't think of it but you did, send it to us now.