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SALSA DE CHILE Y QUESO (cheese dip with salsa)
Olive oil
Hatch (roasted, minced)
Jalapenos
“Lost Texan Salsa No.5 - Mongo Habanero” (home version of one of my commercial salsa)
Half-and-Half
Nopales (cactus)
Sea salt
Cream cheese
Queso Fresco (freshly made cheese)
Asadero queso (cheese)
Heat oil in skillet and add salsa. Cook until liquid reduces a little.
Add peppers, Half-and-Half, Sea salt, nopales, and simmer.
Add cheeses a little at a time while stirring, until all is melted.
NOTE: No velvetta was harmed in the making of this queso.
FRIJOLES PINTOS DE MESA (table beans)
Pinto beans (canned)
Onion
Jalapenos
Cilantro
Garlic (minced)
Comino (cumin)
Beef broth
Gebharts Chili Powder (spiked with chili pequin powder)
“Tex-Joy Spicy Steak Seasoning”
Toss it all in the pot, Heat up. Done. “Beer-less borracho beans”
ARROZ MEXICANO (Mexican rice)
Long grain rice
“Lost Texan Salsa No.5 - Mongo Habanero” (home version of one of my commercial salsa)
Cook rice per directions. Add salsa and mix. Done.
“Lost Texan Salsa No.5 - Mongo Habanero” (home version of one of my commercial salsa)
Tomatoes
Yellow onion
Green onion
Cilantro
Serranos
Jalapenos
Habaneros
Garlic
Lime juice
Tomato paste
Sea salt
Combine together, done.
Olive oil
Hatch (roasted, minced)
Jalapenos
“Lost Texan Salsa No.5 - Mongo Habanero” (home version of one of my commercial salsa)
Half-and-Half
Nopales (cactus)
Sea salt
Cream cheese
Queso Fresco (freshly made cheese)
Asadero queso (cheese)
Heat oil in skillet and add salsa. Cook until liquid reduces a little.
Add peppers, Half-and-Half, Sea salt, nopales, and simmer.
Add cheeses a little at a time while stirring, until all is melted.
NOTE: No velvetta was harmed in the making of this queso.
FRIJOLES PINTOS DE MESA (table beans)
Pinto beans (canned)
Onion
Jalapenos
Cilantro
Garlic (minced)
Comino (cumin)
Beef broth
Gebharts Chili Powder (spiked with chili pequin powder)
“Tex-Joy Spicy Steak Seasoning”
Toss it all in the pot, Heat up. Done. “Beer-less borracho beans”
ARROZ MEXICANO (Mexican rice)
Long grain rice
“Lost Texan Salsa No.5 - Mongo Habanero” (home version of one of my commercial salsa)
Cook rice per directions. Add salsa and mix. Done.
“Lost Texan Salsa No.5 - Mongo Habanero” (home version of one of my commercial salsa)
Tomatoes
Yellow onion
Green onion
Cilantro
Serranos
Jalapenos
Habaneros
Garlic
Lime juice
Tomato paste
Sea salt
Combine together, done.
Jay was making his this morning, no idea what the hell is taking so long. I called him at 8am completely hammered drunk, he had just woken up and was getting his mole ready
So I finally woke up at 4:30 today, and realized I didnt have a single thing to make salsa, nor have I ever made salsa before, so I decided to go all out, make some, and can some for gifts
teaser photos
So I finally woke up at 4:30 today, and realized I didnt have a single thing to make salsa, nor have I ever made salsa before, so I decided to go all out, make some, and can some for gifts
teaser photos
Final Plate Pics
NOPALES CACEROLA (cactus casserole)
Tomatoes
Onion
Jalapeno
Serrano
Hatch (roasted)
Bacon grease
Garlic
Gebharts Chili Powder (spiked with chili pequin powder)
Salt
Black pepper
Nopales (cactus)
Corn
Carrots
Queso Fresco (freshly made cheese)
Eggs
Masa harina
Cilantro
Pre-heat oven to 350°F, and lightly grease a baking dish with bacon fat.
In a skillet, coat with bacon grease, and roast tomatoes, onion, and peppers until slightly charred. Pour into blender and add garlic, chili powder, salt, and black pepper.
Blend till smooth. Set aside to cool.
In baking dish, combine nopales, corn, julienne carrots.
In a bowl, pour tomato mixture, queso fresco, eggs, masa harina, and cilantro. Mix together and pour over veggies in baking dish, stirring to combine. Toss in oven. Once on table, top with more cilantro and cheese.
NOTE: If you want/need to know how to process raw prickly pear cactus paddles, send me a PM and I’ll tell you how… I just didn’t want to get caught in the middle of doing them with the electricity in the neighborhood acting wacky, so took the easy way out and bought a couple of jars of already processed cacti.
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NOPALES Y PAN DE MAIZ (cactus cornbread)
Bacon grease
Eggs
Milk
Cream style corn
“Mexican Blend” cheese
Cornbread mix
Nopales (cactus)
Jalapeno
Serrano
Butter
Grease a pan with the bacon fat, and put in a pre-heated oven (425°F) for about 5 minutes. Remove and set aside.
Mix all other ingredients together in a bowl, and pour into heated pan.
Toss into the oven for about 25 minutes.
When done, lightly brush top of cornbread with butter and cover pan lightly with damp towel (but not touching cornbread).
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SALSA VERDE DIP
Tomatillos
Jalapenos
Serranos
Onion
Garlic
Cilantro
Avocados
Salt
Sour cream
Lime juice
Clean husks off tomatillos, rinse, place in boiling water. When they begin turning an olive color, remove from water, remove stem and quarter.
Add tomatillos to blender with other ingredients and run until smooth.
Additional salt, avocado and/or sour cream to taste.
Put in fridge and chill overnight.
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CARNE GUISADA (beef with gravy, beef stew kinda)
Beef chuck roast (roughly cubed)
Bacon grease
Onion
Serrano
Hatch (roasted)
“Lost Texan Salsa No.5 - Mongo Habanero” (home version of one of my commercial salsas)
Gebharts Chili Powder (spiked with chili pequin powder)
Comino (cumin)
Mexican oregano
Garlic powder
Sea salt
Paprika
Black pepper
Masa harina
Flour
Water
Cut roast into chunks, place in big Zip-Loc bag with the chili powder, comino, oregano, garlic powder, salt, paprika, black pepper, onion, and hatch peppers. Seal and let marinate overnight.
Lightly brown in bacon greased skillet, and add salsa, more onion, cilantro, and serranos.
Pour into “Crock Pot”, add about ½ cup of water, and slow cook overnight.
In the morning put some of the liquid in a cup of water, add masa, flour and whisk smooth. Stir into CP and uncover to thicken gravy.
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FRIJOLES PINTOS DE MESA (table beans)
Pinto beans (canned)
Onion
Jalapenos
Cilantro
Garlic (minced)
Comino (cumin)
Beef broth
Gebharts Chili Powder (spiked with chili pequin powder)
“Tex-Joy Spicy Steak Seasoning”
Toss it all in the pot, Heat up. Done. “Beer-less borracho beans”
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SALSA DE CHILE Y QUESO (cheese dip with salsa)
Olive oil
Hatch (roasted, minced)
Jalapenos
“Lost Texan Salsa No.5 - Mongo Habanero” (home version of one of my commercial salsa)
Half-and-Half
Nopales (cactus)
Sea salt
Cream cheese
Queso Fresco (freshly made cheese)
Asadero queso (cheese)
Heat oil in skillet and add salsa. Cook until liquid reduces a little.
Add peppers, Half-and-Half, Sea salt, nopales, and simmer.
Add cheeses a little at a time while stirring, until all is melted.
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ARROZ MEXICANO (Mexican rice)
Long grain rice
“Lost Texan Salsa No.5 - Mongo Habanero” (home version of one of my commercial salsa)
Cook rice per directions. Add salsa and mix. Done.
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“Lost Texan Salsa No.5 - Mongo Habanero” (home version of one of my commercial salsa)
Tomatoes
Yellow onion
Green onion
Cilantro
Serranos
Jalapenos
Habaneros
Garlic
Lime juice
Tomato paste
Sea salt
Combine together, done.
NOPALES CACEROLA (cactus casserole)
Tomatoes
Onion
Jalapeno
Serrano
Hatch (roasted)
Bacon grease
Garlic
Gebharts Chili Powder (spiked with chili pequin powder)
Salt
Black pepper
Nopales (cactus)
Corn
Carrots
Queso Fresco (freshly made cheese)
Eggs
Masa harina
Cilantro
Pre-heat oven to 350°F, and lightly grease a baking dish with bacon fat.
In a skillet, coat with bacon grease, and roast tomatoes, onion, and peppers until slightly charred. Pour into blender and add garlic, chili powder, salt, and black pepper.
Blend till smooth. Set aside to cool.
In baking dish, combine nopales, corn, julienne carrots.
In a bowl, pour tomato mixture, queso fresco, eggs, masa harina, and cilantro. Mix together and pour over veggies in baking dish, stirring to combine. Toss in oven. Once on table, top with more cilantro and cheese.
NOTE: If you want/need to know how to process raw prickly pear cactus paddles, send me a PM and I’ll tell you how… I just didn’t want to get caught in the middle of doing them with the electricity in the neighborhood acting wacky, so took the easy way out and bought a couple of jars of already processed cacti.
===============================================
NOPALES Y PAN DE MAIZ (cactus cornbread)
Bacon grease
Eggs
Milk
Cream style corn
“Mexican Blend” cheese
Cornbread mix
Nopales (cactus)
Jalapeno
Serrano
Butter
Grease a pan with the bacon fat, and put in a pre-heated oven (425°F) for about 5 minutes. Remove and set aside.
Mix all other ingredients together in a bowl, and pour into heated pan.
Toss into the oven for about 25 minutes.
When done, lightly brush top of cornbread with butter and cover pan lightly with damp towel (but not touching cornbread).
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SALSA VERDE DIP
Tomatillos
Jalapenos
Serranos
Onion
Garlic
Cilantro
Avocados
Salt
Sour cream
Lime juice
Clean husks off tomatillos, rinse, place in boiling water. When they begin turning an olive color, remove from water, remove stem and quarter.
Add tomatillos to blender with other ingredients and run until smooth.
Additional salt, avocado and/or sour cream to taste.
Put in fridge and chill overnight.
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CARNE GUISADA (beef with gravy, beef stew kinda)
Beef chuck roast (roughly cubed)
Bacon grease
Onion
Serrano
Hatch (roasted)
“Lost Texan Salsa No.5 - Mongo Habanero” (home version of one of my commercial salsas)
Gebharts Chili Powder (spiked with chili pequin powder)
Comino (cumin)
Mexican oregano
Garlic powder
Sea salt
Paprika
Black pepper
Masa harina
Flour
Water
Cut roast into chunks, place in big Zip-Loc bag with the chili powder, comino, oregano, garlic powder, salt, paprika, black pepper, onion, and hatch peppers. Seal and let marinate overnight.
Lightly brown in bacon greased skillet, and add salsa, more onion, cilantro, and serranos.
Pour into “Crock Pot”, add about ½ cup of water, and slow cook overnight.
In the morning put some of the liquid in a cup of water, add masa, flour and whisk smooth. Stir into CP and uncover to thicken gravy.
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FRIJOLES PINTOS DE MESA (table beans)
Pinto beans (canned)
Onion
Jalapenos
Cilantro
Garlic (minced)
Comino (cumin)
Beef broth
Gebharts Chili Powder (spiked with chili pequin powder)
“Tex-Joy Spicy Steak Seasoning”
Toss it all in the pot, Heat up. Done. “Beer-less borracho beans”
========================================================
SALSA DE CHILE Y QUESO (cheese dip with salsa)
Olive oil
Hatch (roasted, minced)
Jalapenos
“Lost Texan Salsa No.5 - Mongo Habanero” (home version of one of my commercial salsa)
Half-and-Half
Nopales (cactus)
Sea salt
Cream cheese
Queso Fresco (freshly made cheese)
Asadero queso (cheese)
Heat oil in skillet and add salsa. Cook until liquid reduces a little.
Add peppers, Half-and-Half, Sea salt, nopales, and simmer.
Add cheeses a little at a time while stirring, until all is melted.
=====================================================
ARROZ MEXICANO (Mexican rice)
Long grain rice
“Lost Texan Salsa No.5 - Mongo Habanero” (home version of one of my commercial salsa)
Cook rice per directions. Add salsa and mix. Done.
=====================================================
“Lost Texan Salsa No.5 - Mongo Habanero” (home version of one of my commercial salsa)
Tomatoes
Yellow onion
Green onion
Cilantro
Serranos
Jalapenos
Habaneros
Garlic
Lime juice
Tomato paste
Sea salt
Combine together, done.
This TD has us all 
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Werd to all that entered. Nice spread Coach!
Throw in all your above ingreeds and makings into your final plated post. I don't want to see you DQed! Contender for sure.
!!!Werd to all that entered. Nice spread Coach!
Throw in all your above ingreeds and makings into your final plated post. I don't want to see you DQed! Contender for sure.
Wheebz Pollo Borracho (drunken chicken) and Tater Tot Casserole
Salsa
Tropicana Tangerine juice stuff
peaches
Radishes
Roma tomato
Spanish Onion
cilantro
fresh squeezed lime
Orange Habs
Red Habs
I went to throw a florida avocado in there, but i cracked it up and it was competely spoiled rotten, apparently they dont take too kindly to the northern temperatures whatsoever
Pollo Borracho
Chicken marinated in tequila, just tequila, cause it dont need no chaser or training wheels, its leanin' like a Cholo
pan seared, chilled, pulled
simmered in Southern Tier Hop Sun, with Red Savina powder, cumin, garlic, chili powder, smoked paprika, and Mexican Cartel pure grade cocaine (secret ingredient)
Tater Tots
Hand diced potatoes, pressed into tots, baked in the oven at 425, by some guy name Ore "El Loco" Ida
Casserole Assembly
Bottom layer of tater tots
layer of chicken
layer of various cheeses i had laying around, sharp cheddar, pepper jack, romano, and something else, but im too lazy to go to the kitchen to check out what it was
another layer of tater tots
topped with home made salsa
then more cheese
Casserole, salsa, and a shot of Cazadores Anejo with a nice little Red Savina ring for good measure
Salsa
Tropicana Tangerine juice stuff
peaches
Radishes
Roma tomato
Spanish Onion
cilantro
fresh squeezed lime
Orange Habs
Red Habs
I went to throw a florida avocado in there, but i cracked it up and it was competely spoiled rotten, apparently they dont take too kindly to the northern temperatures whatsoever
Pollo Borracho
Chicken marinated in tequila, just tequila, cause it dont need no chaser or training wheels, its leanin' like a Cholo
pan seared, chilled, pulled
simmered in Southern Tier Hop Sun, with Red Savina powder, cumin, garlic, chili powder, smoked paprika, and Mexican Cartel pure grade cocaine (secret ingredient)
Tater Tots
Hand diced potatoes, pressed into tots, baked in the oven at 425, by some guy name Ore "El Loco" Ida
Casserole Assembly
Bottom layer of tater tots
layer of chicken
layer of various cheeses i had laying around, sharp cheddar, pepper jack, romano, and something else, but im too lazy to go to the kitchen to check out what it was
another layer of tater tots
topped with home made salsa
then more cheese
Casserole, salsa, and a shot of Cazadores Anejo with a nice little Red Savina ring for good measure
So...my camera sucks, the sun didn't cooperate at times, and I'm a crappy photographer, so a lot of the pics are really bad quality, but here goes anyway (teasers)...
Salsa de tomate con aguacate (Tomatillo salsa with avocado)
Cochinita pibil covered with the banana leaf to roast
Roasted orange manzanos, garlic, and tomatillo.
Roasted manzano salsa on the left, pickled radish/onion/habaneros on the right.
Blurry shot of most of the ingredients
The banana leaves and congo black habaneros with $.80. I meant to include $.80 in some other shots but kept forgetting. Hopefully that counts.
Salsa de tomate con aguacate (Tomatillo salsa with avocado)
Cochinita pibil covered with the banana leaf to roast
Roasted orange manzanos, garlic, and tomatillo.
Roasted manzano salsa on the left, pickled radish/onion/habaneros on the right.
Blurry shot of most of the ingredients
The banana leaves and congo black habaneros with $.80. I meant to include $.80 in some other shots but kept forgetting. Hopefully that counts.
Coach you need to read the instructions. Entry post needs all the info.
Thanks V! I had intended to have Huevos Rancheros in the middle of the plate surrounded by all that... but my grandson woke early this morn, saw a plate with eggs, bacon and salsa--- and thought it was for him (I was outside smoking).
By the time I walked in it was already too late, but no biggie. The "herd" usually start grazing on the chow before I finish all my pics so have to fight them off...
...guess next time I do a TD, I need to put up an electric fence.
By the time I walked in it was already too late, but no biggie. The "herd" usually start grazing on the chow before I finish all my pics so have to fight them off...
...guess next time I do a TD, I need to put up an electric fence.
...what did I miss Boss?
Oops! On the way!
...and should be ok now methinks i fixed it okie dokie.
Wife and daughters went to bingo and left me all alone with two pitchers of margaritas (down to one now)... wish there was a football game on the tube.
Yeah, Lots and lots and lots of effort here..
Voting?!?! yeah, Wow, It's like walking up to that Trailer at the fair with the little old china-man taking orders and his mother and two daughters in the back cooking. Look up at the pictures and try to decide... hmmmm
GREAT JOB EVERYBODY!!!
Voting?!?! yeah, Wow, It's like walking up to that Trailer at the fair with the little old china-man taking orders and his mother and two daughters in the back cooking. Look up at the pictures and try to decide... hmmmm
GREAT JOB EVERYBODY!!! NP Coach it was I could do to keep my 1 college boy and 2 other teens from demolising my entry before I could take pic's...
But once the pic's were done and I put down the camera....I turned around and the meal was half gone....lol
I got 1 chile rellano and a small bowl of chile verde...the rest was eaten or confescated for college fare....lol
PS they even got away with a glass of my Patron.... Doooohh.....oh well...
V
But once the pic's were done and I put down the camera....I turned around and the meal was half gone....lol
I got 1 chile rellano and a small bowl of chile verde...the rest was eaten or confescated for college fare....lol
PS they even got away with a glass of my Patron.... Doooohh.....oh well...
V
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