PAZOLE

 What's for dinner....

Pazole

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1 large onion chopped

2 Tb olive oil

1/2 lb pork chunks or chicken

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Saute above until meat cooked and onion translucent

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1 Tb chopped garlic

Salt and pepper

1 Tb Mexican oregano

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Add to above and cook 3 to 5 min

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1 quart chicken or vegetable broth

2 -30oz cans hominy

 (I used 1 yellow and 1 white)

4 Tb. Chili powder

Add to above and simmer 30 min until meat is tender

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Chopped cilantro 

Chopped red onion

Sliced radish

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Add these on top of Pazole when serving.

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Can also have corn tortillas on the side..

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Even better the next day.

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Easily doubled for large family.

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Black Bean Soup

 Black Bean Soup

3 cans Black beans

2 small cans chicken broth

3 carrots chopped

2 stalks celery chopped

1 medium onion chopped

1 lb. of sausage. (Italian, kielbasa, Hot sausage)

1 tb. chopped Garlic

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Pepper

1 tb. cumin

Cooked brown rice.

Cook sausage in pot with onions, celery, carrot until meat is cooked through.

add chicken broth. (if using kielbasa, slice and add with the beans)

drain black beans but do not rinse, add 2 cans to pot. reserve 3rd.

add seasonings and cook for 30 min. using a potato masher, mash the beans to thicken soup.  Add third can of beans, heat 5 min.

Serve with Brown rice, either over the top or beside as in the picture above.

may need to add a can of water if the soup is too thick.

**Serve with chopped onion, or Tabasco sauce if desired.

**Some times I will add a can of Rotel Tomatoes.

Great and easy recipe for those cold winter days.

Green Beans Potatoes and Sausage

This is an old favorite that my friend makes during the

Colder months.  It really hits the spot when you get home

From church on a cold and crisp fall or winter day.

It makes the house smell wonderful and has a great taste.

It is easy to throw into a crockpot, or roaster.

We do it a bit differently from the link, in that we add all ingredients
Before leaving for church, and not adding the sausage later.

Add some fresh bread and butter and this is absolutely delicious.

Make sure you use a good quality sausage for best flavor.

This is a link to the basic recipe that I found while on the web.

Here is the link to the recipe

Smoked Sausage Green Beans and Potatoes

Hope you like this recipe, it is a great recipe to serve a crowd, 

Or just to feed for a few.  

 It really is yummy, and filling.

~ Brat~

The smell of carnitas wafting through the house

There is nothing like the smell of waking up to Carnitas cooking  in the crock pot.... it takes about 12 to18 hours to cook, so I usually start them about 10 pm the night before.  they are done when the liquid has evaporated and turned to a nice caramelized texture.

here is the recipe:

1 large pork roast about 8 lbs
garlic
onion powder
1 can of Coke

place these in Large crock pot and cook on low over night.
in the morning place a spoon in lid to vent and let moisture to cook out.
watch it as it cooks, when it has mostly evaporated of the liquid, shred meat and remove any bones. keep on warm until dinner.  it should have a nice caramelized look to it.

(This is my daughter Stephanie's Pork Roast Carnitas sitting in a bubbly pool of Coke)

2-4 bunches of cilantro  cleaned and chopped
1 lime per person cut in wedges
green tomotillo salsa
shredded parmesian cheese 1-2 containers
corn tortillas 4-6 per person maybe more

prepare corn tortillas by rubbing with oil and frying them in a skillet until cooked, folding like a taco.  keep warm while cooking them all.

layer the pork, cilantro, parmesian and tomotillo salsa into tortillas. Squeeze lime wedges over the top of it all and eat.... yummy.... you will also need lots of napkins.

(Pictures taken by my beautiful Daughter Stephanie)

I hope you love them as much as we do.

You can do this ahead of time and freeze the meat, and it will be ready when you have a craving.

~Heather~