food My chicken burritos!

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Shifer

Alright, might as well show you guys a bit of my cooking. I'm not the best cook, OR photographer, but I like the things I cook :)

One of my recipes that I love, but I'm still working on, is my chicken burritos. They're a delicious mess. Tonight, I threw a couple together, and took some pictures. :-D Yay for food porn, right?

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The chicken, shredded, and pure.

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Rice, a little overdone, but still tasty.

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The spices I have on hand at the moment. Currently out of fresh peppers, so these aren't as good as normal :(

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Add your dry ingredients first :-D

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Then sauce that baby up!

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Whole Wheat tortillas FTW.

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Adding the rice and cheese...

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And here's my dinner! :-D (Dixie plates make everything look trashier!)


Things I know suck:

Lack of fresh peppers: I used my last few habs making chili last weekend, and I haven't had a chance to get any more lately.
My presentation sucks. I just kinda decided to snap some photos without thinking, so you missed out on some action shots.

If anyone has any suggestions on how to make these even better, I'm all ears. Also, if anyone has any food photography tips, let me know too :) (My camera has a "food" mode, but I don't know what it really does)
 
Shifer said:
If anyone has any suggestions on how to make these even better, I'm all ears. Also, if anyone has any food photography tips, let me know too :) (My camera has a "food" mode, but I don't know what it really does)
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Not bad! After you shred the chicken simmer it in the sauce and spices so it absorbs it. Dry mixing is just coating it. Magical things happen when you cook it all together.
 
Looks good enough to eat Man. Personally I like a little sour cream on mine but your food is all about what you like.

+1 to THP "Magical things happen when you cook it all together." ain't no joke!
 
I'm all in except for the Dave's insanity sauce, (not a fan of extracts but that's just me)
I think you're being a little hard on yourself with "things you know that sucks". I would've eaten that with knowing any of that and loved it!
put you chicken, dry and wet ingredients, in a saucepan with maybe a little water... Poof!

My mouth is watering!!!!
 
Hey Shifer, WELCOME! Nice job on your first food porn pics. I'd totally eat that sucker just the way you made it. And re the fresh chiles, sometimes you just gotta roll with what you got on hand.

BTW, have you heard of this fun little thing we do around here called a Throwdown? Check it out, next month is Mexican!


here's a thread on pics and plating-
http://www.thehotpepper.com/topic/23896-taking-good-plating-pics/page__p__488384__hl__%2Bwhite+%2Bplate__fromsearch__1#entry488384
 
Shifer said:
Alright, might as well show you guys a bit of my cooking. I'm not the best cook, OR photographer, but I like the things I cook :)
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C'mon dude!! Great job!!!

You just separated yourself from the THOUSANDS of lurkers that frequent this site. You ballsed up and posted some pics!!!!!
Congrats!!

For future reference, you could have EASILY turned a home-run into a grand-slam. Heed this advice:
ALL burritos look the same from the outside.
That baby could have been filled with gold, baby seal skin, and other fantastic things, and we'd never know.

Slice the burrito on the bias, spread it out in all it's glory for the whole world to see!!!!
Smear it all up in the gooey cheesy rice.
Have some of that hot-ass sauce gooing down it.

Next time, ok?

Again, great job, congrats, thank you for sharing your meal with us!
Keep posting!!! Get in on the drunken chef this weekend.

FD
 
Yep. I'd eat it just as is, but add a little sour cream, some more cheese and some hot sauce or guac... Oh yeah!
 
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