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Chile Rellenos Recipe

Posted in Beer, Food, Recipes on April 28, 2009 by Cire Gadje Ell

First you will need to pickup a few of beers.

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When your picking up your beer also get your poblano chiles (or substituted with the non-traditional Anaheim, or pasilla chili pepper) you can also use canned whole green chiles in a pinch.  You will also want to pick up the queso blanco or queso fresco cheese which is a creamy, soft, and mild unaged white cheese that originated in Spain and spread to Mexico, Monterrey jack can be substituted if need be.  Your other ingredients will be eggs, and flour.   In the kitchen you will need either a deep fryer or a large skillet you can get a couple inches of vegetable oil into.

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First you will need to rinse the chile’s and then roast them.  Barbecue works great for this, or you can roast them on a gas burning stove and if all else fails throw them in the oven.  The idea is to cook them through without turning them into briquettes.

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Once this is accomplished place them in a plastic bag and set aside until cooled down a bit.  (The chile’s above on the BBQ are just cooling a bit on the tray above you will need to place them directly on the grill to roast them.)  You should also start to heat up the deep fryer or skillet with oil in it at this time.

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Once they have cooled you can take the skins off of them.

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Once the skins are off you take a knife and cut a slit in the peppers large enough to clean the seeds out and be able to place the cheese inside.  Do not over stuff them with cheese as you will need to use a tooth pick to seal the slit back up to keep the cheese in during the frying.

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Now all you need to do is prepare the batter.  Place 3 – 6 egg whites (depends on the amount of chile you are cooking of course)  in a bowl and mix until stiff.  Add the yolks back in and fold them into the whites.  Also get a shallow pan or dish for the flour ready.

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Now you are ready to start frying them up.  Be careful to not over heat the oil, I didn’t use a temperature guage but on my stove about medium heat worked well.  If it’s to hot just adjust and turn it down a little before you cook the next one.  Do not try to throw them all in at the sme time as this lowers the heat and you won’t like what you get.

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First lightly coat the chile with flour and then dip in the batter.  The flour helps the batter stick to the chile.

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Slowly place them in the oil and watch them until they are golden brown then carefully flip them over to finish.  Let them cool down on a plate with some paper towels to drain the excess oil.  Repeat until you have enough for everyone.

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I just like to serve them with heated up stewed tomatoes, add some rice and beans and tortillas and your set.  We had some leftover flank steak tonight with it.

It’s time to make Frijoles Refritos!

Posted in Food, Libation, Recipes on March 23, 2009 by Cire Gadje Ell

OK.  It’s time to take that pot of frijoles we made in an earlier post and turn them into refried beans.  If you missed the bean prep refer to this link – How to Make Frijoles.

I find that a good drink to go along with refried bean preparation is rum & cokes.

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Heat a frying pan up good and hot.  Once it is hot you can add a couple tablespoons of corn oil (healthier version)  or for authentic refritos use lard (manteca)lard.  Start adding the frijoles to the frying pan using the liquid that’s with the beans as this is important to keep the beans from drying out to fast.  Watch it as this splatters hot oil.

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Fry the beans for 5 minutes or so until the liquid starts to evaporate.

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Now you need to mash the beans with a potato masher.

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Keep them on the heat as you mash them and soon you will have the consistency you desire.

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Frijoles Refritos!   These are great for making your own bean and cheese burritos or you could have them as a side dish like we did last night with chicken enchiladas.

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Baja Tuna Fish Sandwich

Posted in Food, Recipes on March 14, 2009 by Cire Gadje Ell

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First your going to need a few of these!

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Then you need to get yourself freshly caught yellowfin tuna.

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We picked out this one.  Ask them to filet it for you.

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Back home get your ingredient’s together.

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Cook the tuna up (we use the microwave at 50% power until done, frying it leaves an odor for days).  Be sure and pick out all bones.  Combine all ingredients.

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Select a good bread, we prefer Bimbo brand down here as it most closely resembles Wonder.

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And enjoy!

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