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Showing posts with label Experiment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Experiment. Show all posts
Monday, September 8, 2014
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Enchilada Casserole Experiment
Who among us is not experimental when cooking at times?
Onward intrepid cooks...
I have leaned to make only 3 to 4 jars of anything I experiment with. This is not really a recipe as much as it is an idea you can change as needed.
I stir fried cut up chicken pieces, no bone or skin.... until lightly cooked.
I cut up corn tortillas into small squares.
I used green enchilada sauce and some whole beans I had canned, some onions, corn and
green chilis.
I put 1/8 cup enchilada sauce in a quart jar and added a few squares of corn torillas,
then added chicken, a bit more sauce, more corn tortilla squares, then onions and corn, more sauce
then more corn tortillas, then green chilies and beans. I layered this using a lot of sauce and then when through layering, filled the jar to the top fill line with sauce and used a wooden
spoon handle to get the bubbles out and added more sauce.
The verdict? I used way too many corn tortilla squares and it mushed up a lot.
I will do this again and use less tortillas. When I took this out of the canner it was full of liquid and bubbling, later it sort of congealed into this mushy mass that was delicious. I like it!
DH does not like the green enchilada sauce so next time I will make it with red sauce and with beef.
I used to make a casserole a bit like this when I had kids at home, I used stale corn tortilla chips instead of corn tortillas and think that flavor would be a bit better and easier to make. You would just smash the chips.
As I said above, this is my personal experiment. Can at your own risk.
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Onward intrepid cooks...
I have leaned to make only 3 to 4 jars of anything I experiment with. This is not really a recipe as much as it is an idea you can change as needed.
I stir fried cut up chicken pieces, no bone or skin.... until lightly cooked.
I cut up corn tortillas into small squares.
I used green enchilada sauce and some whole beans I had canned, some onions, corn and
green chilis.
I put 1/8 cup enchilada sauce in a quart jar and added a few squares of corn torillas,
then added chicken, a bit more sauce, more corn tortilla squares, then onions and corn, more sauce
then more corn tortillas, then green chilies and beans. I layered this using a lot of sauce and then when through layering, filled the jar to the top fill line with sauce and used a wooden
spoon handle to get the bubbles out and added more sauce.
The verdict? I used way too many corn tortilla squares and it mushed up a lot.
I will do this again and use less tortillas. When I took this out of the canner it was full of liquid and bubbling, later it sort of congealed into this mushy mass that was delicious. I like it!
DH does not like the green enchilada sauce so next time I will make it with red sauce and with beef.
I used to make a casserole a bit like this when I had kids at home, I used stale corn tortilla chips instead of corn tortillas and think that flavor would be a bit better and easier to make. You would just smash the chips.
As I said above, this is my personal experiment. Can at your own risk.
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Experimental Meatballs - Try at Home?
Two years ago I canned some meatballs in some watered down Yoshida's sauce. I opened it Monday evening and served it as a side for dinner. I hated the texture of the meatball and choked one down. Just as I was going to apologize for serving that to my DH, he says "Wow the sauce is a bit strong but I love the texture of the meatball". I then had another to see if I had the same reaction....I did. Loathed the texture. In fact, it was a lot like the canned meatballs in a can of spaghetti. Chef Boyardeeze nasty. BTW I have grandkids who LOVE that stuff.
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