Showing posts with label Dinner. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dinner. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Cafe Rio Burritos Enchilada Style

I have spent the last year of living here combining Cafe Rio recipes to find one that tastes most like cafe rio. I have never written down a recipe for it, but I taught a few people how to make them and then one of them wrote it down so here it is:
I think it is best with homemade tortillas. Here's my moms recipe:

To make the tortillas:
5 cups of flour
1/2 cup shortening
1 Tbs. salt
1/8 tsp. baking powder
1 1/2-1 3/4 cups water

Cut the shortening into the dry ingredients, add water. Roll into balls (about the size of clementine oranges). Using rolling pin, roll out each tortilla as thin as you can. Put on griddle at about 425 degrees. This only takes a few minutes, cook on each side.

To make the pork:

Put a pork roast in the crockpot (whatever size you'd like; I find pretty much all sizes turn out great)Add 1/2 can coke or dr pepper (don't use diet). Sprinkle in brown sugar (start with about 1 Tbs, and add more if needed)Cook for 10-12 hours on low. Take roast out, put on plate. Throw away the juice from the crockpot. Shred pork, put back in crockpot. Add one small can of enchilada sauce (green). Add brown sugar (1 cup to start). Cook in crockpot on low for another 1-2 hours.

You can add whatever you'd like inside the burrito. What I usually do is put black beans, pork, mozzarella cheese, and 1 or 2 spoonfuls of enchilada sauce inside the burrito. Roll up, and then smother the tops with more enchilada sauce and mozzarella cheese. Cover the burritos entirely with sauce (otherwise the edges get crunchy). Serve with sour cream, salsa and whatever else you think sounds good!

Monday, April 28, 2008

Tortillas with Beans and Rice

Tortillas are not really that hard to make. They take some time and practice, but they're so good, and so worth it. This recipe is for bleached flour, but I use whole wheat flour and add a little extra water, because whole wheat flour is "thirsty". They're easier to roll out if they're a little softer anyway. I also like to add spices to the dough, and double the salt. I quadruple the recipe and mix it up with my Bosch mixer, although you can mix and knead it by hand. Adding gluten helps if they crack when you wrap them around the filling. The dough is easier to handle if you let it sit for an hour before you cook it. Take a walnut sized ball and roll it out thinly. Toast them on a medium hot pan until they bubble and the bubbles are toasted on each side. They shrink and thicken as they cook. Be careful not to over cook them, but if you do, you just have some tortilla chips!

1 1/2 cups Flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons oil (some folks like lard, shortening, etc.)
1/2 cup warm water

For the filling: Take some of those dried beans you have in food storage and throw them in the crock pot in the morning. Add salt, chili powder and anything else you like for seasonings. We like lentils with black beans. Cook some rice separately on the stove, and enjoy your dinner. This meal is obviously better with cheese, spinach and anything else you like or have fresh on hand. But if you only have these four items in your food storage (beans, wheat, rice, and salt) you can eat a tasty and complete protein for dinner.