Fajitas are properly made from skirt steaks, which once upon a time were very inexpensive, as well as very flavorful. These days, skirt steaks are frequently so expensive, that when I want to make fajitas, I use sirloin steak instead. I was at New Grand Mart recently buying some Asian ingredients, and was pleasantly surprised Read More …
This was an inspired idea to create a simple dinner salad which would be nearly all cooked on the grill. Quantities shown below are for 2 servings. 2/3 lb. steak 1 red bell pepper, cut into strips 1-1/2 ears of corn 1 large onion, cut into thick rings ¼ cup chopped cilantro ~6 Tbs. guacamole Read More …
A frequent problem in cooking is what to do with a partially consumed avocado. Cut avocados are quickly oxidized by contact with the air into an unappealing brown color. I recently saw an article suggesting storing cut avocados in water, and it does work. Because avocados are high in fat, they do not mix much Read More …
The grilled peppers and onions are one of the best parts of fajitas, but they are a bit tricky to get just right. You want a nice (but not excessive) amount of char, and you also want everything to be cooked through and to be in suitable sized pieces. I have tried a number of Read More …
This is a Mexican classic, traditionally made with red snapper, which is easy to get on the Gulf of Mexico. In Richmond, it is not as common, so I used cod loins, which turned out well. This is one of those dishes which can be as spicy or mild as you like. I used about Read More …
For last night’s birthday feast for Amanda we made these flour tortillas to go with the carne asada. All flour tortillas are made with some solid fat, either the traditional lard or the more modern vegetable shortening. I have a small container of rendered pork fat which I had saved for making ramen broth, Read More …
We are having a Tex-Mex themed dinner tonight for Amanda’s birthday, featuring this salsa, Chile con Queso , Carne Asada , Tex-Mex Flour Tortillas , guacamole, charro beans, and (not really Texan but very Southern) Hummingbird Cake This salsa is adapted from a recipe in Serious Eats and is very simple 1-1/2 lbs. tomatillos Read More …
I heard about this corn salad from a recipe in the eatsiptrip website mentioned in an article in USA Today. The article raved about the anomaly that there is a very good restaurant in a Cenex service station in Walla Walla, Washington, and said that their best-selling dish is a grilled corn salad, modeled on Read More …
One of the most celebrated dishes in Houston was the green sauce at Ninfa’s, a Tex-Mex restaurant chain, now largely gone. (Ninfa Laurenzo died in 2001). I made a batch yesterday to go with the Sous-vide Carnitas , using an adaptation of the recipe in Robb Walsh’s excellent The Tex-Mex Cookbook. This recipe makes a Read More …
This chicken dish originated as a staff meal in a restaurant in Mexico City, became a popular item in the restaurant’s menu, and appears in Pati’s Mexican Table by Pati Jinich. The name (Chicken a la Trash) is a reference to the wide range of ingredients in it. When I first saw the recipe I Read More …