CraigC
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These can be served as a side dish or as part of a dish like our tostados, burritos, tacos, tortas, etc.
Sofrito
1/2 cup fine chopped onion
1-2 cloves mined garlic
1/2 cup chopped/diced tomatoes
1/4 cup fine chopped green bell pepper
2 Tbsp olive oil
Combine all above in large sauce pan over medim-high heat, cook until onions are tramslucient and green bells are soft. Add garlic and cook for 1 minutes. Add tomatoes and cook until soft.
Beans
one 26.5 can black beans
1 tsp ground cumin or to taste
2 large bay leaves
1 cup chicken stock
salt and pepper
Add beams to sofrito. Add cumin and bay leaves, and 1 cup chicken stock. bring to a simmer, cover and cook for 20 minutes uncovered until thick. taste and adjust seasoning as needed.
Refried Beans
Black beans as above
1/4 cup lard
Remove bay leaf from beans and mash about half of the beans. In a medium skillet over high heat. Add 1/4 cup lard and heat until shimmering, add black beans and cook until lard is absorbed.
TOSTADOS
Corn tortillas
Refried beans
Fresh chorizo, cooked and broken up
Sliced/chopped lettuce
Chipotle salsa
Chopped fresh tomato
Chopped avocado
queso fresco
chopped fresh cilantro
Fry the corn tortillas until crisp. Slather a thick layer of refried beans on the tortilla. Sprinkle some chorizo on top, the lettuce, tomato, avocado, queso fresco, chipotle salsa, cilantro and top with queso fresco. Serve.
Sofrito
1/2 cup fine chopped onion
1-2 cloves mined garlic
1/2 cup chopped/diced tomatoes
1/4 cup fine chopped green bell pepper
2 Tbsp olive oil
Combine all above in large sauce pan over medim-high heat, cook until onions are tramslucient and green bells are soft. Add garlic and cook for 1 minutes. Add tomatoes and cook until soft.
Beans
one 26.5 can black beans
1 tsp ground cumin or to taste
2 large bay leaves
1 cup chicken stock
salt and pepper
Add beams to sofrito. Add cumin and bay leaves, and 1 cup chicken stock. bring to a simmer, cover and cook for 20 minutes uncovered until thick. taste and adjust seasoning as needed.
Refried Beans
Black beans as above
1/4 cup lard
Remove bay leaf from beans and mash about half of the beans. In a medium skillet over high heat. Add 1/4 cup lard and heat until shimmering, add black beans and cook until lard is absorbed.
TOSTADOS
Corn tortillas
Refried beans
Fresh chorizo, cooked and broken up
Sliced/chopped lettuce
Chipotle salsa
Chopped fresh tomato
Chopped avocado
queso fresco
chopped fresh cilantro
Fry the corn tortillas until crisp. Slather a thick layer of refried beans on the tortilla. Sprinkle some chorizo on top, the lettuce, tomato, avocado, queso fresco, chipotle salsa, cilantro and top with queso fresco. Serve.
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