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BY JONATHAN PERRIELLO
Check out new food from 2023’s State Fair of Texas Big Tex Choice Awards Fairgoers have dozens of new dishes to try at this year’s Texas State Fair through the Big Tex Choice Awards. The fair is held Sept. 29-Oct. 22. The annual competition received over 36 entries that were considered by a panel of judges before three winners were announced in August. Finalist creations ranged from a loaded fries pizza—which is a hand-tossed pizza sauced with ranch dressing, covered with cheese and salted fries—to a sweet encanto, a round waffle sweet- ened with caramel dulce de leche and a strawber- ries, kiwi and shredded coconut cream. “We started the competition to challenge the vendors to really think outside the box when it came to new food items,” said Melanie Linnear, State Fair of Texas senior vice president of concessions.
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PHOTOS COURTESY STATE FAIR OF TEXAS
1 Best taste (savory) winner: Deep-fried pho is hand- crafted, rolled up and deep-fried. It combines noodles, slices of beef, fresh herbs, bean sprouts and a pho broth. It is served with a side of pho broth for dipping, lime, jalapenos, cilantro, hoisin sauce and sriracha. 2 Best taste (sweet) winner: Biscoff delight is a New York-style cheesecake coated with Belgian chocolate and adorned with crushed Biscoff cookies. The dish is topped with Lotus Biscoff spread and a Biscoff cookie. 3 Most creative winner: Bourbon banana caramel so- papillas are traditional sopapillas topped with vanilla-car- amel-infused bananas, sweet bourbon syrup, crushed candied pecans, sweetened mascarpone cheese and crumbled Nilla Wafers.
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