Chickpeas and mushrooms in the style of chorizo in tacos, with roasted zucchini and more mushrooms! Adapted from Forks Over Knives:
The chickpeas and mushrooms ended up with a hummus like consistency (I probably over processed it). So, it was more like a refried bean taco with chorizo flavors. Stiil, nothing wrong with that!.. Tomatillo salsa and crema to go with. Very satisfying!
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Chipotle chorizo and potato tacos with cheese, salsa, and crema.
The chipotle chorizo is from the Amá cookbook, which I made a batch of and froze in 1/2lb portions. This is the last of it. Here’s a link to the recipe.
I made some pibil pork on Sunday using this recipe more or less but in a pressure cooker for about an hour rather than in a slow cooker. I made some tacos with it tonight with pickled onions and various habanero hot sauces, on corn tortillas.
Grilled octopus tacos, with serranos torreados, crushed peanuts, and lime.
The octopus came tenderized, cooked, and frozen, so it was just a matter of thawing and grilling on medium for about 3-4 minutes a side (ok, maybe 5 on one side and 2 on the other). Serranos torreados are serrano chiles that you rub between your hands to “annoy” (torreado) and then char with onions (I used shallots) and season with salt and lime.
Panko crusted cod tacos. Simple and delicious! I seasoned the flour dredge for the fish with Mrs. Dash Fiesta Lime seasoning and salt. Then they were egg washed and dipped in panko. They shallow fried and about 340F. I made pico de gallo and we also added some spring mix that needed to get used up.
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I made some quesabirria tacos using this recipe for the birria:
But with a few modifications - I added about a cup more water because I wanted more consommé (next time will add 2 cups), and also strained the consommé because there were some tough chili bits in there - next time will probably blend it in the Vitamix rather than with the immersion blender. Otherwise came out pretty good.
Made corn tortillas with Bob’s Red Mill masa harina.
Today felt like a breakfast taco morning. I found in my freezer the last of a batch of Alex Stupak’s fresh green chorizo. I browned it up and added tomatoes, onion, garlic, serrano peppers. I let that cook down until saucy. Then I added diced purple potatoes that needed to get used up. Those cooked together until the potatoes got soft. Finally, I stirred in some eggs and cheddar and cooked until the eggs were cooked through and distributed. We had these with flour tortillas, scallions, sour cream, cilantro, and lime.
I made Rick Bayless's Roadside Chicken tonight and added some potato, fennel, and red onions. Vegetables, especially potatoes, cooked in chicken drippings are a glorious thing and make amazing tacos. I served these with the salsa macha that we are cheerfully working our way through.