Fresh Chopped Tacos

Robert — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:20:21 +0000

I call this fresh ‘chopped’ soft tacos because I used leftover pork shoulder and chopped it up with spices and good stuff. Actually, you get to chop lots of stuff in this recipe. It’s fun.

Ingredients

Meat

I used leftover pork shoulder. Use whatever you have around; lime grilled chicken is nice.

Vegetables

1/2 Onion, thinly sliced. I sliced mine reallllly thin. Use white or red or both.
2 Hot Cherry Peppers from the jar, seeded and finely chopped.
Avocados

Herbs & Spices

Homemade chili powder. Make it yourself so you know what the heck’s in it.
Cilantro, chopped.

Oils

Homemade Chili Oil. Mine is not very hot, but has a nice color. Use whatever oil you prefer.

Cheeses

Mexican 3 Cheese Blend in the package. Again, any shredded cheese would work.

Wrappers

Flour tortillas. Warm them through just before assembling the tacos. I do not like corn tortillas. Like you care.

Get The Show On the Road

Start out by sauteing the onions in a splash of oil over medium heat. (TIP: Use a clear restaurant style ketchup/mustard squeeze bottle for this. It’s much easier than a big bottle.) While that’s going, sprinkle your meat with the chili powder, some salt and pepper and chop it up into tiny bits. Chop your cherry peppers and mix that in with the chopped meat. When the onions are cooked through and browning a bit add in the chopped meat and a splash of fresh lime juice. Mix it all up well and remove it from the heat.

Put Those Babies Together

Warm your tortillas and lay them all out on the board. First sprinkle a bit of cheese on each tortilla in “assembly line” fashion. Follow with some meat and onions on each. Finish with a bit of fresh homemade salsa, chopped avocado and cilantro.

Toasted Walnut Chicken Salad With Dates and Raisins

Robert — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:02:32 +0000

I was inspired after find a cranberry-walnut chicken salad over here. This recipe called for cranberries, which I did not have, so I had to improvise/substitute/experiment – which is what I like to do more than follow recipes to the T.

Ingredients:

1/4 cup dates
1/4 cup raisins
1/2-2/3 cup mayo
2-3 sprigs worth of fresh thyme leaves
2-3 tablespoons of chopped fresh cilantro
1/3 cup walnuts, toasted
2 tablespoons dijon mustard
1 florida cherry pepper, from a jar (pickled?), diced
1/4 cup diced red onion
salt & pepper, to taste
1 teaspoon sugar
2 cups or so of grilled chicken, cut up

Directions:

Combine all the ingredients. Serve as a side dish or on some buttered toast or a bagel or whatever! I found that this salad was even better the next day.

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