Thursday, June 04, 2009

I have left over tomatillos from the last recipe, what do i do?



I followed a recipe very loosely by emeril lagasse for his shredded pork taquitos. i made tacos though and just softened up the corn tortillas with a little time in some hot oil before serving.

chicken:
olive oil
some chicken breasts cut into 2 inch cubes
1 cup chopped onions
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 tomatoe, cut up
4 cups chicken stock
some cilantro leaves

heat oil in large saute pan. add chicken and season with s/p. sear the chicken until browned on both sides. add onions and saute until soft. add garlic and tomatoes and saute until fragrant about 1 minute. season with s/p. add chicken stock and cilantro leaves and bring to boil. cover and reduce to simmer. let simmer about 2 hours, until chicken is very tender.

salsa:
1/2 lb tomatillos, husks removed and washed
3 cloves garlic
1 red bell pepper
parts of other pepper i had in fridge
1/2 c minced onion
juice of 1 lime
some cilantro leaves

place tomatillos, garlic cloves (unpeeled) and peppers on baking sheet. drizzle with olive oil. season with s/p. place in oven heated to 400 for about 15 minutes, until roasted and browned and softened. remove veggies from oven and place tomatillos in food processor (yay!). squeeze the garlic cloves out of their skins into the food processor. add the peppers to the processor along with the onion, lime juice, and cilantro. pulse until mixture is fully incorporated but not pureed. season with s/p.



Before.


What would i do without my food processor?!



After. This is what the food processor can do for you!


for the chicken again:

after the 2 hours remove the chicken from the pan and cool. once the meat has cooled enough to handle shred the meat. place the cooking liquid back on the stove and cook over high heat until almost all of the liquid has evaporated. remove from the heat and add the shredded meat.




to serve:
soften corn tortillas up in some veg oil. place line of chicken meat down the center. cover with home made salsa. dab on some sour cream. yummy! serve the salsa with chips or i put the salsa on top of my mexican rice and my salad b/c it was so good.

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