Mothman wrote:
Bayless is hard to beat. The man knows his Mexican flavors.
I haven't tried the chili starters but I use a number of the other Frontera products. The seasoning sauces are great for tacos. That's the direction I'm leaning for Monday's game: steak tacos. However, I might get some pork and use the Frontera Garlic Pork Carnitas Slow Cook Sauce to make carnitas. I have a packet of it here and it's nice to use the slow-cooker for night games. Smelling the food cooking all day creates even more anticipation for the game!
I lived in Mexico for 4 years and my wife's from Mexico City. Love Bayless. He gets it. He does a lot based in Oaxaca, where we lived for a few years and which is a culinary shangri la.
You guys are inspiring me; maybe I'll bust out the mole recipe or enchiladas suizas and make some margaritas on the rocks. MMMMM!
Mothman wrote:
Cool! I've always wanted to go there.
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That sounds delicious.
If you've got a good mole recipe, I'd love to have it. I'm still trying to find the 'right' one.
Hahaha, we cheat! My suegra (mother in law) brings us a huge cargo once a year from the markets. It comes in a paste that only requires chicken stock and heat to make into proper consistency and absolutely divine black mole delight. In Chicago, I'm guessing you could find a really authentic place that makes large quantities of the paste I'm talking about (perhaps Bayless has suggestions on his website). Proper Oaxacan/ Pueblan Mole has so many ingredients and is so complex that I leave it to the experts. I would love to learn how to make it some day, though. What kind do you make, and how long does it take you?
By the way, Jim, do make a trip to Mexico City. It's such an interesting place, and very, very underrated, IMO.
Mothman wrote:
Cool! I've always wanted to go there.
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That sounds delicious.
If you've got a good mole recipe, I'd love to have it. I'm still trying to find the 'right' one.
There's a cookbook called "Enchiladas: Aztec to Tex-Mex' by Cappy Lawton and Chris Waters Dunn. I would have to recomend it! The Enchiladas de Cameron (Shrimp) and the Enchiladas de Barbacoa (beef tongue and cheeks) are AWESOME. Eventually we will cook our way through the whole book. It has a recipe for Enchiladas de Mole Rojo. I will send a review after we try it!
Texas Vike wrote:Hahaha, we cheat! My suegra (mother in law) brings us a huge cargo once a year from the markets. It comes in a paste that only requires chicken stock and heat to make into proper consistency and absolutely divine black mole delight. In Chicago, I'm guessing you could find a really authentic place that makes large quantities of the paste I'm talking about (perhaps Bayless has suggestions on his website). Proper Oaxacan/ Pueblan Mole has so many ingredients and is so complex that I leave it to the experts. I would love to learn how to make it some day, though. What kind do you make, and how long does it take you?
I've tried a few recipes I found online but neither was quite what I wanted. I don;t even remember where I found them at this point.They both required about 8-10 ingredients and took an hour or so to make (perhaps that's part of the problem). There's a pretty intensive Rick Bayless recipe I'd like to try making. I haven't been ambitious enough to do it yet though:
fiestavike wrote:There's a cookbook called "Enchiladas: Aztec to Tex-Mex' by Cappy Lawton and Chris Waters Dunn. I would have to recomend it! The Enchiladas de Cameron (Shrimp) and the Enchiladas de Barbacoa (beef tongue and cheeks) are AWESOME. Eventually we will cook our way through the whole book. It has a recipe for Enchiladas de Mole Rojo. I will send a review after we try it!
Please do! Thanks for the tip on the book. I just added it to my Amazon wish list.
One of my favorite restaurants here in San Antonio serves chilaquiles Mexico City style, which is so different than the typical tex-mex style and they are UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!!!! So good!
One of my favorite restaurants here in San Antonio serves chilaquiles Mexico City style, which is so different than the typical tex-mex style and they are UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!!!! So good!
Mothman wrote:
What are the differences in the two styles?
Everywhere else I have had them, (tex-mex style) the tortillas are soaked in egg and cooked together, kind of like Matzo Brei, or savory Kaiserschmarrn. Evidently, Mexico City style the tortillas are soaked and fried in the ranchero sauce, the egg fried over easy on top with queso fresco and cream, finely chopped white onion and cilantro. I'm just going based on how this particular restaurant serves it, which they say is Mexico City style, and is unbelievably delicious. My wife has mastered the ranchero salsa recipe which is just mind blowingly good.
fiestavike wrote:
Everywhere else I have had them, (tex-mex style) the tortillas are soaked in egg and cooked together, kind of like Matzo Brei, or savory Kaiserschmarrn. Evidently, Mexico City style the tortillas are soaked and fried in the ranchero sauce, the egg fried over easy on top with queso fresco and cream, finely chopped white onion and cilantro. I'm just going based on how this particular restaurant serves it, which they say is Mexico City style, and is unbelievably delicious. My wife has mastered the ranchero salsa recipe which is just mind blowingly good.
Interesting! Thanks for the info. I have to say, the Mexico City style sounds superior. I like the idea of the tortillas being soaked and fried in the ranchero sauce.
Interesting! Thanks for the info. I have to say, the Mexico City style sounds superior. I like the idea of the tortillas being soaked and fried in the ranchero sauce.
You're making me hungry.
I'm making me hungry too!!!!
I've been out chainsawing downed trees today and I'm tired and hungry and hoping I can stay up until the game is over.
I'm a morning person and I hate primetime games, but if its the cost of being good and competitve, I'll take one for the team