JuliaThe weather is changing. Garden cleanup is in progress. I am picking it up in the kitchen.
Our resident groundhog did not seem to favor poblano peppers and left us a good amount for a few dinners.
Here we got chiles relenos stuffed with a mix of chorizo, rice, and queso Oaxaca. Acidity of red onion and carrot escabeche offset the richness of the stuffing beautifully.
For the borracho beans, instead of traditional pinto, I used black ones. Refried with smoked bacon, white onion, and garlic, the beans were spiced with toasted and crushed cumin, coriander, and fennel seeds. Instead of beer, the broth had a touch of tequila.
All of the above was my interpretation of the ideas from the second oldest and best book in my collection — Rick Bayless’s Mexican Kitchen. Probably in hopes I’d learn something about cooking, my husband gave me this book thirty years ago shorty after he came home from work on a 106°F July afternoon to be greeted by multiple fire alarms. Unfazed, I was roasting potatoes in the kitchen of our second floor apartment that did not have air conditioning. That was the only thing I knew how to cook.
I took note of the book.
#food #cooking #kitchen #mexicanfood #homemade #onmyplate #myhappyplace
Our resident groundhog did not seem to favor poblano peppers and left us a good amount for a few dinners.
Here we got chiles relenos stuffed with a mix of chorizo, rice, and queso Oaxaca. Acidity of red onion and carrot escabeche offset the richness of the stuffing beautifully.
For the borracho beans, instead of traditional pinto, I used black ones. Refried with smoked bacon, white onion, and garlic, the beans were spiced with toasted and crushed cumin, coriander, and fennel seeds. Instead of beer, the broth had a touch of tequila.
All of the above was my interpretation of the ideas from the second oldest and best book in my collection — Rick Bayless’s Mexican Kitchen. Probably in hopes I’d learn something about cooking, my husband gave me this book thirty years ago shorty after he came home from work on a 106°F July afternoon to be greeted by multiple fire alarms. Unfazed, I was roasting potatoes in the kitchen of our second floor apartment that did not have air conditioning. That was the only thing I knew how to cook.
I took note of the book.
#food #cooking #kitchen #mexicanfood #homemade #onmyplate #myhappyplace
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