Gentry's Catering Service, LLC

For your luncheon or dinner reception, the following is a selection of the most requested soups, salads, entrees, vegetables and breads.

Soups:
We make all of our soups, stews and chowders. Using country-style recipes, (some dating back to the 1800’s) you’ll find these items both flavorful and filling.

• Traditional Carolina Style Brunswick Stew
  
• Vegetable Beef Soup (Vegetarian Soup is also available)
  
• Clam Chowder
  
• Crab Soup
  
• Crab-Corn Chowder
  
• Lobster Bisque
  
• Bean and Bacon Soup
  
• Chili (Hot, Medium or Mild, served hot with grated cheese, diced onions and crackers)
  
• Oyster Stew (Made with real butter and thick with oysters and bacon)
  
• Seafood Bisque
  
• Tomato and Basil Bisque
  
• Cream of Potato Soup
  
• Gazpacho
  
  Salads:
  We provide salads either on the buffet, on a separate table or at stations. The salads vary from a simple green salad with tomato, cucumber and onion with a choice of two to eight dressings to full salad bars comparable to any restaurant presentation. Some of the selections available are:
  
  
• Any assortment of lettuce and/or greens in season
  
• Tomato
  
• Cucumber
  
• Yellow and/or Red Onion
  
• Spring Onion
  
• Carrots
  
• Radishes
  
• Celery
  
• Olives (one variety or a selection)
  
• 3 bean salad
  
• Garbonza Beans
  
• Kidney Beans
  
• Diced Ham, Turkey or Chicken
  
• Diced Hard Boiled Eggs
  
• Shredded Cheese (Cheddar, Monterey Jack, Swiss, Parmesan, Pepper-Jack, etc.)
  
• Cottage Cheese
  
• Any Fresh Fruit
  
• Chow Mien Noodles
  
• Bean Sprouts
  
• Sunflower Seeds
  
  
• Cole Slaw
  
• Potato Salad
  
• Seafood Salad
  
• Marinated Vegetable Salad (with or without pasta)
  
• Broccoli/Raisin/Bacon Salad
  
• Rice/Walnut Salad
  
• Waldorph Salad
  
• Fruit salad
  
  Special Requests can be accommodated
  
  Beef:
  
• Whole, Roast Beef Tenderloin
  
• Whole, Roast Boneless Prime Rib
  These two selections can be served in Chaffers already sliced or carved to order and served from either a carving station at the end of each buffet or from separate carving stations. Available with horseradish sauce, grated horseradish, bernaise sauce and/or commercial steak sauce.
  
• Filet Mignon Steaks
• New York Strip Steaks
  
• Beef and Broccoli
  
• Beef Burgundy
  
• Beef Stroganoff
  
• Marinated Beef Kabobs
  
• Beef Fajitas
  
• Beef Stir-Fry
  
  Note: We have not included Steamship Rounds of Beef. We have done them but are not satisfied with the taste or the tenderness of this item.
  
  Chicken:
  
• Chicken Newberg
  
• Grilled Chicken sautéed with peppers and onions
  
• Blackened Chicken
  
• Bar-B-Que Chicken (Boneless, Skinless Breast or Whole Cut up Chickens, bone in)
  
• Chicken Breast stuffed with ricotta cheese, spinach and onions or with back-fin crab imperial
  
• Sweet and Sour Chicken
  
• Hawaiian Chicken
  
• Sesame Chicken with Pineapple Sauce
  
• Chicken Parmesan
  
• Curried Chicken
  
• Cajun Chicken
  
• Cashew Chicken
  
• Chicken Lasagna
  
• Mexican Chicken
  
• Chicken Breast in a Champagne Sauce
  
• Chicken and Vegetable Stir-Fry
  
• Chicken Pastry (Chicken and Dumplings)
  
• Chicken Fajitas
  
• Southern Fried Chicken
  
• Chicken Kabobs
  
• Chicken Cordon Bleu
  
• Grilled Lemon-Herb Chicken
  
• Chicken Marsala
  
• Chicken and Shrimp Paella
  
• Mole Chicken with pecans
  
• Chicken salad (made with any variety of fruit, nuts, rice, vegetables, herbs and spices, etc.)
  
• Sherried Chicken
  
  Seafood:
  
• Back-Fin Crab Cakes (We make these by hand with only back-fin crab meat, spices and just enough filler to hold them together. Cooked on-site and served hot with traditional cocktail sauce, tarter sauce and/or a warm grand marnier marmalade sauce. These can be full size cakes [4-5 oz. Each] or ½ size [2-3 oz. Each] when paired with one or two other entrees).
  
• Seafood Newberg – A combination of Shrimp, Scallops (Bay or Sea), Crab, Lobster, and/or fresh fish, simmered in a crème sauce and served with rice (white or wild) and /or pasta.
  
• Sautéed Sea Scallops
  
• Seafood Au Gratin
  
• Shrimp Creole
  
• Grilled Catch of the Day (Tuna Steaks, Salmon, Mahi-Mahi or Rockfish. These can be prepared simply with a lemon-butter sauce or with blackening or Cajun spices).
  
• Paella
  
• Scallop and Bacon Kabobs
  
• Bar-B-Que Shrimp
  
• Cashew Shrimp
  
• Shrimp Curry
  
• Angel Hair Pasta with Shrimp and Asparagus
  
• Sweet and Sour Shrimp
  
  Pork and Lamb:
  
• Whole Boneless Pork Loins (These can be simply spiced and roasted or served with a barbecue sauce. These are usually sliced in the Kitchen and served in Chaffers on the buffet).
  
• Roasted Pork Tenderloins served with sautéed mushrooms and onions
  
• Stuffed baked Pork Chops
  
• Pork Ribs or baby Back Ribs. These are slow cooked and basted with a Bourbon Barbecue sauce that we make ourselves, served sliced in 2-rib sections or 1/3 or ½ racks. Messy? Yes, but delicious! (other traditional homemade sauces are also available).
  
• Pork Bar-B-Que. We roast whole pigs and serve the pork “pulled” or “chopped”. Both available with an authentic eastern North Carolina vinegar-based sauce or a tangy tomato-based western North Carolina Sauce. We make these sauces from scratch.
  
• Grilled Lamb Chops with mint jelly
  
• Marinated Lamb Kabobs
  
• Roasted Lamb with rosemary
  
  Vegetables:
  
• Country-Style Green Beans (Cooked and seasoned the old fashioned way, with ham backs and/or salt pork).
  
• Green Beans, blanched, then lightly seasoned and sautéed briefly for a lighter, crisper vegetable.
  
• Glazed Baby Carrots
  
• Whole Bite-sized Baked Potatoes with savory seasoning
  
• Scrumptious Silver Dollar Potato Pancakes, lightly seasoned with sauteed onion
  
• Scalloped Potatoes (with plenty of cheese, onion and bacon)
  
• Country-Style Mashed Potatoes (with or without garlic)
  
• Red Bliss Potatoes with parsley and butter
  
• Roasted Red Bliss Potatoes with butter and rosemary.
  
• Green Peas with pearl onions
  
• Corn on the cob (fresh, in season)
  
• Succotash (a blend of seasoned corn and butterbeans)
  
• Asparagus (Blanched then lightly seasoned, sautéed in lemon-butter and served hot or blanched, marinated in a vinegar and oil marinade, chilled and served cold).
  
• Marinated Broccoli, Cauliflower, Mushrooms, Tomatoes and Onions. Other vegetables can be added and/or substituted such as squash, zucchini, pepper, etc.)
  
• Vegetable Stirfry (made with seasonal fresh vegetables)
  
• Candied Yams
  
• Baked Potatoes
  
• Hash Brown Casserole
  
• Twice Baked Potatoes
  
• Baked Sweet Potatoes
  
• Mashed Sweet Potatoes
  
• Greens – Kale, Mustard and Collard
  
• Water Cress, Spinach, etc. all slow cooked and seasoned southern style.
  
  
• Wild Rice
  
• Great Northern, Navy Beans or Black-eyed peas cooked with ham hocks and onions.
  
• Macaroni and Cheese
  
• Broccoli Casserole
  
• Chilled Ginger-Marmalade Beets
  
• Country-Style Baked Apples with cinnamon and raisins
  
  Breads:
  We serve only fresh baked breads and rolls. These vary from simple round dinner rolls or turnover rolls to a wide variety of specialty rolls, loaf breads and/or muffins. When appropriate, we bake our own country-style corn bread, jalopeno cornbread or hushpuppies on-site. The bread, with plain butter or an assortment of herbed or flavored butters, can be placed on the buffet or on a separate bread station for your guests to serve themselves. Breadbaskets can also be placed on individual tables.
  
  Desserts:
  While we do not make wedding cakes, we can provide a full range of freshly baked pies, cakes, cookies, brownies, fudge, lemon bars, miniature and full size cheese cakes, pecan bars, chocolate dipped strawberries, and/or other dipped fruits and many other dessert items.
  
  Beverages:
  Non-Alcoholic Punch and full coffee and tea services are available. While we can make arrangements for bartenders, we do not have an ABC liquor license and cannot provide any alcoholic beverage. With advance notice, we can provide the staffing necessary to serve Champagne toasts. Specialty drinks, juices, soft drinks and mixers can be provided upon request.