Sunday, March 01, 2020

Carne con Chili Colorado

Today I'll split the day between the kitchen and the shop. The shop work is still light duty under MsBubba's supervision. The kitchen will be south of the border.

The one thing store bought is a gal of Pozole from a local cafe. They only make it along with Menudo on Sunday and most of the sales are takeout. If you bring your own container it is a buck cheaper so you end up in a line to order and half the line is holding some kind of pot.

Both Menudo and Pozole are hominy based soups with a pork or beef stock. The biggest difference between the two is Menudo's meat is Tripe and Pozole's is what most Americans think of as meat. Menudo is a traditional Sunday soup because it is claimed to cure a hangover.

Pozole is usually served with a slice of line and shredded cabbage or other green.



My part today is making a pot of Mexican stew, Carne con Chili Colorado. If you google it you will come up with all kinds of foul recipes for Chili, AKA Texas Red. While the stew and Chili use pretty much the same ingredients the end results and use are different. Chile is a stand alone meal, beer and soda crackers optional. Carne con Chili Colorado is severed with rice and beans, the beans can be either fresh beans or re-fried, I like 'em both ways. Beer optional but suggested.

ken
    

5 comments:

  1. Anonymous3:38 PM

    be careful. Good chili will make your heart beat faster and that's the last thing you need at this point!
    Jim Waldron

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    1. Jim,

      Yes it will and BTW, it was some really good carne con chili. Good enough for MsBubba to ask if I would show her how to make some of the things I make. It doesn't get better than that.

      ken

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  2. Interesting recipes. My youngest son, Matt, makes what I used to call jokingly the most expensive chili: Everything but the kitchen sink :-) Well, not really, but it was never cheap :-) Taste good, though, so that is all that counts.
    Beer never optional :-)
    Chili is one of the rare meals I like better reheated the next day, that and my famous lasagna (kitchen sink optional, but must have spinach)

    Bob, working an appetite on the keyboard. Time for brunch soon

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  3. I just wrote a wonderful and witty reply. Blogger ate it like it was a bowel of red.

    I may do a post on Texas Chile aka Texas Red later. In the meantime here's a link to a unofficial history of Texas Chili:

    https://www.casichili.net/history-of-chili.html

    ken

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  4. cool thanks Ken

    Bob, about to go on Rotary business

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