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I bought some stuff and it all started with Fresh Chorizo. So my plan is then to make a mexican flavored dish. This is what I got.

Fresh chorizo
Salsa
Ancho chili
Cilantro
Black beans
Tomatoes
White/silver onion
Lime
White corn tortillas
Sour cream

Got more stuff home like spices, dried chillies for heat etc.

Main thought is the chorizo bean sauce thing will be
warm and spicy, then tomatoes, onion, more cilantro and sour cream as topping.

Things may change before I make it
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Thoughts?
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My experience with mexican cuisine like is you have to be super paitient and cook it for a long time to really get the joy out of the chillis

I have a feeling purists will balk at the sour cream but I always enjoy it
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pinky0926 posted...

My experience with mexican cuisine like is you have to be super paitient and cook it for a long time to really get the joy out of the chillis

I have a feeling purists will balk at the sour cream but I always enjoy it

Well there is crema in mexican food, it's their version of sour cream, sour cream will have the same function.
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Anything with more than 3 ingredients shouldn't be cooked.
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pinky0926 posted...

My experience with mexican cuisine like is you have to be super paitient and cook it for a long time to really get the joy out of the chillis

It depends, but I'm planning on letting it cook awhile. The chillies not sure yet what to do with them, first plan is to soak them first (ancho is also dried), then mix them up, spice it up and have a sauce of it, which I'll add to the beans and chorizo.

Steve Nick posted...

Anything with more than 3 ingredients shouldn't be cooked.

No lol
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I usually toast the anchos before rehydrating, makes a difference in the end
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pinky0926 posted...

I usually toast the anchos before rehydrating, makes a difference in the end

Thanks for the tip, I'll toast my chillies. The other chilli I use is dried havana pepper, it tastes like habanero but isn't as spicy.
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I wonder if I could mix some of the beans with the chillies, to get it a bit thicker and give the sauce bit beanier flavor...hmm...
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Wtf just microwave some hamburger and throw it on a tortilla with cheese.

iClockwork posted...

Wtf just microwave some hamburger and throw it on a tortilla with cheese.

Please I wanna cook mang
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Beleive it or not, I think some people could see some rice mixed in there as well.
I wouldn't, but I think some might.

Also, I tend to go with the sour cream on the side, because for me, I use the cold to accent the other half of the dish. So rather than just using it as an added fat...in a good way.

But you really haven't said how you intend to serve it?
We can't say what we think until you suggest how you intend it to be...
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SiO4 posted...

Beleive it or not, I think some people could see some rice mixed in there as well.
I wouldn't, but I think some might.

I already thought of that in my head, but since I'm having it served on tortillas that is my "carb" part.

SiO4 posted...

Also, I tend to go with the sour cream on the side, because for me, I use the cold to accent the other half of the dish. So rather than just using it as an added fat...in a good way.

Yeah it's gonna be a topping, it will be there to cut some of the spiciness and stuff.

SiO4 posted...

But you really haven't said how you intend to serve it?

I thought I did, but yeah it's going on tortillas, the bean chorizo thing first, then top with the fresh tomatoes, silver onion, cilantro and sourcreme. Like a taco. I may or may not fry the soft tortillas into shells.
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Spices I have that I'm thinking of using (salt and pepper not counted)

Will most likely use:
Cumin
Oregano
Paprika
Coriander seeds

I may use:
Garlic salt
Onion powder
Brown sugar
Cocoa powder

I'm thinking about but prob won't use:
Cinnamon
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Ya, I know what you mean about the carb bit...That's why I would kinda stray away from it myself.
But just suggesting what I see other do.

We are in agreement with the sour cream. ((Where I live I can get Cabot Sour Cream, I love it.))

Also, ya, I wasn't sure how you were going to serve it. But as a taco salad kinda thing I can see that.
Though, personally, I would use the bit that you made as something to dip into, ie: the main course.
Because, for me, I've noticed that when you lay the topping over the tortillas it can make the prematurely soggy, and I like the crunch.

Just giving my own feed back, because it's fun to talk about.
...Side not though, I have a friend who is Mexican and she said that they only eat soft tacos in Mexico.
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You should put up a patreon

FF_Redux posted...

I'm thinking about but prob won't use:
Cinnamon

Replace Cinnamon with Clove, if you do go that route.
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SiO4 posted...

Also, ya, I wasn't sure how you were going to serve it. But as a taco salad kinda thing I can see that.
Though, personally, I would use the bit that you made as something to dip into, ie: the main course.
Because, for me, I've noticed that when you lay the topping over the tortillas it can make the prematurely soggy, and I like the crunch.

I'm not thinking it being too wet when I'm done cooking it, we'll see. But no worries anyway since I'll eat quick and the tortillas are quite small.

NibeIungsnarf posted...

You should put up a patreon

What would I even give to ppl?

SiO4 posted...

FF_Redux posted...

I'm thinking about but prob won't use:
Cinnamon

Replace Cinnamon with Clove, if you do go that route.

It's too christmassy for me. But maybe, I'll see if we have some I can experiment with.
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FF_Redux posted...

What would I even give to ppl?

You've come up with a new recipeh!

NibeIungsnarf posted...

FF_Redux posted...

What would I even give to ppl?

You've come up with a new recipeh!

I don't often experiment with new recipies. If this dish works out then it will be a new one for me, my own original.
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<q>It's too christmassy for me. But maybe, I'll see if we have some I can experiment with. </q>

Haha, that's not actually my intention, but I can how it would seem that way this time of year.
I do like to use just a hint of clove though, all year round, because it does lift the dish, plus is soothing and helpful in digestion. ((It is a sort of secret ingredient of mine.))

But just talking Cloves and Christmas....
My Mom used to stick cloves sticks into oranges and let them sit durring the holiday season. I might actually do that this weekend...as a result of this.
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SiO4 posted...

My Mom used to stick cloves sticks into oranges and let them sit durring the holiday season. I might actually do that this weekend...as a result of this.

Yeah that was around too when I was a kid, but they stopped doing that later for some reason.

I may try cloves more in food, never used it before really, I've just always related it to Christmas, but I know it's used in other cuisine.
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Actually doing this tonight for dinner.
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FF_Redux posted...

SiO4 posted...

My Mom used to stick cloves sticks into oranges and let them sit durring the holiday season. I might actually do that this weekend...as a result of this.

Yeah that was around too when I was a kid, but they stopped doing that later for some reason.

I may try cloves more in food, never used it before really, I've just always related it to Christmas, but I know it's used in other cuisine.

Ya, it is an often overlooked herb. I actually just bought some Clove oil just for when my stomach is of.
It does have a numbing calming effect. It's really a very good herb...

Joke point, but not really not a joke. ((Chrismas not Christmas related))
Try using a whole lot of Nutmeg... That might give a whole other experience.
~There is a story behind that one.
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Done



The brown thing is the fresh chorizo that I scooped out of the shells pan-fried, then I added the sauce I made. Sauce was made of toasted and soaked ancho chili, havanna pepper that I mixed, spiced and seasoned, added lime, brown sugar and a pan-fried tomato to give more umami. Balance out the flavors to have a sweet sour umami flavor with the spicyenss of the havanna peppper and the base of ancho flavors.

I added just a bit of the sauce at a time to the chorizo not to overpower any flavor, when they married I added the black beans, then when it was drying up, taste it for salt and sweetness, add if needed.

Then on some white corn tortillas, white onion, cilantro, tomato, sour cream and lime on top. Eat that small one in one bite and it's fucking amazing. The sourcreme binds all together it's was so good.
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