Seeing red meat and dumplings for starters (3)
I believe the answer is:
mad
'seeing red' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'meat and dumplings for starters' is the wordplay.
'for starters' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letters of 'meat and dumplings' is 'MAD'.
(Other definitions for mad that I've seen before include "Demented or excited or angry" , "like the March Hare" , "Deranged" , "Extremely foolish" , "Idiotic" .)