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Photos: Fried jambalaya wins “best taste” at State Fair of Texas this year
"Most creative" went to fried bacon cinnamon roll.
2012 Big Tex Choice Awards (September 3)
Scroll through to see all eight finalists, including the two winners. Photos by Elliott Muñoz.
Photo by Elliott Muñoz
Deep Fried Jambalaya, made by Abel Gonzales, was the winner of "best taste."
FAIR PARK — Abel Gonzales did it again for the fifth time — concocted a winner in the annual State Fair food competition with deep-fried jambalaya at Fair Park Monday morning.
In the eighth annual Big Tex Choice Awards, Gonzales won in the “best taste” competition. Gonzales gained 20 pounds for the competition as he perfected the recipe. “I made a lot of bad jambalaya before I made the good jambalaya,” he said.
Gonzales hammed for the cameras, waving his trophy high above his head.
Butch Benavides won in the “most creative” category for a fried bacon cinnamon roll.
The dousing of bacon sprinkles into the recipe came because Benavides said, “I really don’t like sweets.”
Scroll through the gallery above to see all eight finalists, including the two winners.
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