This is a cheater's recipe. Everyone needs some of these kinds of recipes in their box for lazy days, or something your kids could make on their own. It's also great for the middle of winter when fresh tomatoes are not generally tasty.
Ky's Winter Tomatillo Salsa
1 14-oz can of diced tomatoes with green chilies (or your favorite flavor)
1/2 red onion diced
1 Tbsp vinegar (I use apple cider vinegar, and experiment with others)
3-6 tomatillos, husked, rinsed and diced
small bunch of fresh cilantro, minced or 1-2 tsp dried
dash of granulated garlic (1 clove fresh chopped, a little more than a dash if powdered)
Combine all ingredients, taste for flavor. I usually don't add salt, but often need some black pepper.
Add-ins: try this mix and add in a can of drained and rinsed black beans, 1 diced avocado, 4 oz cream cheese at room temperature (you can do one, or all!). This is great over rice, as a taco topper, couscous, with sour cream on chili, quinoa (keen-wa), nachos...just about anything!
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Monday, August 10, 2009
Sheldon's Pulled Pork
Mmmmm.... I love, adore, would swim for hours in a nice vat of pulled pork. I've made it a thousand times, but it occured to me that I didn't have a written recipe. So a friend of mine asked me for a recipe. I will write down what I do so we all can remember. Thanks for the prompting Stacy!
Sheldon's Pulled Pork
1-3 lb pork rump roast
2-4 Tbsp flour with salt and pepper
2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
Rinse and dry the roast. Roll in flour (or toss in flour in a zip top bag). Place into a hot pan with EVOO. Let sit on each side until lightly browned all around. Remove from pan and place in crock pot.
1 can Rotel tomatoes
1 4-oz can diced green chilies
2-4 cloves of garlic, chopped
1 medium onion, chopped
1 Tbsp chili powder
1/2 Tbsp cumin
salt and pepper to taste
2 cups water or chicken, pork or beef stock
Add these ingredients to the crock pot. Cook on low for 6 hours up to 10 hours. Allow to cool until you can handle the roast. Using two large forks, pull the meat in opposite directions until you have a pile of shredded meat. Return to the juice of the crock pot. Check the seasoning of the meat in the juices to see if salt or pepper need to be added. If desired, squeeze the juice of 2 limes over the meat and combine with the juices.
You can separate the meat into servings and freeze for later use. You can use this meat as filling for enchiladas or burritos; mix with barbeque sauce and pile onto buns for sandwiches; serve as is over rice. You can also change the recipe by adding chopped tomatillos, beans, hominy, cabbage, jalapenos or other chilies, corn, cilantro, etc. You can substitute a whole chicken, chicken taken off the bone from rotisserie, beef roast, etc. The possibilities are almost endless.
Enjoy!
~ky
Sheldon's Pulled Pork
1-3 lb pork rump roast
2-4 Tbsp flour with salt and pepper
2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
Rinse and dry the roast. Roll in flour (or toss in flour in a zip top bag). Place into a hot pan with EVOO. Let sit on each side until lightly browned all around. Remove from pan and place in crock pot.
1 can Rotel tomatoes
1 4-oz can diced green chilies
2-4 cloves of garlic, chopped
1 medium onion, chopped
1 Tbsp chili powder
1/2 Tbsp cumin
salt and pepper to taste
2 cups water or chicken, pork or beef stock
Add these ingredients to the crock pot. Cook on low for 6 hours up to 10 hours. Allow to cool until you can handle the roast. Using two large forks, pull the meat in opposite directions until you have a pile of shredded meat. Return to the juice of the crock pot. Check the seasoning of the meat in the juices to see if salt or pepper need to be added. If desired, squeeze the juice of 2 limes over the meat and combine with the juices.
You can separate the meat into servings and freeze for later use. You can use this meat as filling for enchiladas or burritos; mix with barbeque sauce and pile onto buns for sandwiches; serve as is over rice. You can also change the recipe by adding chopped tomatillos, beans, hominy, cabbage, jalapenos or other chilies, corn, cilantro, etc. You can substitute a whole chicken, chicken taken off the bone from rotisserie, beef roast, etc. The possibilities are almost endless.
Enjoy!
~ky
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