Those who find themselves tired of microwaved turkey leftovers this weekend may want to tune in to the Travel Channel Sunday for a reprieve from the dry white meat.
At 8 p.m. Sunday, Red Frazier Bison will be featured on the Travel Channel TV show “Food Paradise.” The episode, titled “Midway Munchies,” features the Red Frazier Bison food trailer as it serves its bison cheesesteak eggrolls and “Dirty Tots” at the 2017 Indiana State Fair.
Owner Zach Martin hasn’t seen the program yet, but he has high hopes for the national exposure this could bring to his Bloomington storefront, Greene County ranch and more than 65 North American bison.
“When ‘Food Paradise’ came looking for vendors to feature, we were told we were No. 1 on the list,” Martin said. “The state fair is a lot of fried butter and cookie dough, and we brought a whole new element.”
Martin said the Travel Channel learned of Red Frazier Bison thanks to the accolades garby their bison cheesesteak eggrolls. Stuffed with bison meat, peppers, onions, carrots and cheese, the eggrolls are deep fried to a crispy golden brown. During the same year Red Frazier debuted its food trailer, the eggrolls won first runner-up at the 2016 Taste of the Indiana State Fair competition.
Also featured in Sunday’s episode are Red Frazier’s “Dirty Tots,” which include ground bison, jalapeno nacho cheese, a homemade hot sauce and green onions atop a heap of tater tots.
“We’ve found that taking popular or familiar beef recipes — like burgers or chili — and substituting the beef with bison gives our customers a sense of familiarity when trying the dish with a new meat,” Martin said. “Just getting the opportunity to try a bison burger — because you’ve got the familiarity of the burger and the new layer of bison meat — it has allowed us to bridge the gap with some of our customers.”