Minilla

I like this dish made with mahi-mahi. The recipe comes from Zarela Martinez, F&W magazine.
Couple changes: i poached fish off the heat for 20mins before flaking. The sauce oh 1/2 white onion and 3/4 can of tomatoes was too dry so i added some fish poaching liquid. Flavored with bay leaves and thyme; with [...]

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Trout Tacos with Braised Chard

Excellent tacos tonight, from unassuming ingredients really. Trout fillets pan roasted on high heat to crisp the skin.
Niman Ranch bacon cut into strips and browned. Red onion sliced and added, then garlic, fire roasted tomatoes and chile chipotle, then 1/4″ sliced chard stems, and finally leaves. Perfect side, quite rich in a good way. Fire [...]

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Skillet Roasted White Gulf Shrimp

After several failed shrimp dishes (mostly due to the poor quality of shrimp) finally something great! Large gulf shrimps (20-30 per lb) in their shells marinated with mexican flavors – fresh bay leave/oregano/hot green chile powder/lime zest, and olive oil. Cooked on a very hot skillet for about 5mins total turning once.
Nice side fashioned from [...]

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Mexican Green Rice

The version from Kennedy’s blue book. Used jasmine from Lundberg. And homemade chicken stock – a must in this dish. The recipe is very precise though she doesn’t specify for how long to fry rice – just the color: took me about 8mins.
The rice texture was interesting – grains were light and looked fragile but [...]

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Squid con Rajas, Roasted Corn Salad

My life as a family cook became easy these days: i just need to come up with the idea of taco filling and the salad/salsa to serve this tacos with.
Tonight my favorite squid, cut into thin strips, mixed with roasted onion and poblano rajas, and seared.
Salad of roasted corn, avocado, tomatoes and arugula dressed with [...]

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Tequila Steamed Mussels, with Chorizo

Sauce of fire roasted tomatoes, charred onion, garlic and chipotle in adobo. Slices of fried chorizo. Baked in 500F oven covered, in cazuela.
About the ratio: 2lb mussels, 1lb sauce, 1/3lb chorizo, 1/2 cup tequila: can def tune down on the latter – the flavor was nice but a bit bitter (usually comes with strong liquors).
Served [...]

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Albondigas en Salsa Verde, with Some Vegetables

Nice recipe for meatballs in tomatillo (with some chipotle) sauce. Couple problems – the color of cooked sauce – on the pic it was pretty and clear. In reality it came out grayish, apparently from the juice leaking from meat. Possible remedy? Cook meatballs in stock and add the sauce at the end. Or even [...]

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Chicken Wings with Mexican Type Fixins

Wings marinated with chipotle, oregano, garlic, olive oil and some miso (oy). Roasted with sesame seeds.
Tomatillo/avocado salsa – broiled tomatillos/jalapeno, white onion whizzed with cilantro and avocado.
Kohlrabi slaw with crema.

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Sopa Seca

Here’s the plan for tomorrow, lifted from googling around: mussel and clam fideo (Amalia) – they also mention romanesco cauliflower – need to think more in this direction…

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Russian/Mexican

Fusing a bit tonight: squid/roasted onion/masa cakes; steamed fingerlings/scallions/marjoram; crema; chipotle salsa; lettuce; cukes. Beers.

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