My Baja Tacos (del Gringo) with 'mexican' rice for supper tonight:
medium: canola and avocado oil @ 375 degrees
Fish: Yellowtail Tuna (fresh from the monger);
Batter:
gluten free AP flour (mostly rice flour) - 1 Cup;
baking powder - 1/2 tsp;
coarse sea salt - 1 Tbsp;
granulated garlic powder - 1 Tbsp;
blackened seasoning - 2 Tbsn
New Belgium Honey-Orange Tripel - 1 Cup (added slowly - to make pancake batter consistency)
Garnish:
pickled vandalia onion - half medium onion julienned put in with juice from 1 lime and a pinch of sea salt;
smashed avocado (skinned and pitted) - smashed small hass avocado with 2 cloves of garlic, pinch of coarse sea salt and juice of one lime;
shredded green cabbage;
fresh crumbled cotija cheese
Mango chutney:
diced fresh mango;
diced medium red bell pepper
diced half medium vandalia onion;
minced 3 cloves of fresh garlic
chopped cilantro - stems and leaves
juice of one lime
coarse sea salt to taste
Rice - base:
2 large 'sungold' tomatoes (homegrown);
half vandalia onion;
one large fresno chili (homegrown);
6 cloves of garlic;
1 cup chicken stock;
cumin - 1 tsp;
ground mustard - 1 tsp;
turmeric - 2 tsp;
coarse sea salt - 1 Tbsp
blend until smooth.
poured over 1 cup of toasted small grain rice; added 5 serrano's (homegrown) in a star pattern
covered - 20 mins on low (14" cast iron); added the kernels from one ear of corn (fresh, no cook)
not pictured: fresh taco sauce:
1 small tomatillo (homegrown);
1 large clove of garlic;
1/8 cup cilantro - leaves and stems;
pinch of coarse sea salt;
1 large superhot (homegrown hybrid - ghost/reaper);
juice of 1 lime;
1 tsp apple cider vinegar
blended until smooth
I didn't feel like making tortillas tonight, so I grabbed a bag off the shelf.
yeah-yeah, plating is shit - that's OK. The goal was to eat this fine cookery, which we did without notice of placement, hahaha
My Baja Tacos (del Gringo) with 'mexican' rice for supper tonight:
medium: canola and avocado oil @ 375 degrees
Fish: Yellowtail Tuna (fresh from the monger);
Batter:
gluten free AP flour (mostly rice flour) - 1 Cup;
baking powder - 1/2 tsp;
coarse sea salt - 1 Tbsp;
granulated garlic powder - 1 Tbsp;
blackened seasoning - 2 Tbsn
New Belgium Honey-Orange Tripel - 1 Cup (added slowly - to make pancake batter consistency)
Garnish:
pickled vandalia onion - half medium onion julienned put in with juice from 1 lime and a pinch of sea salt;
smashed avocado (skinned and pitted) - smashed small hass avocado with 2 cloves of garlic, pinch of coarse sea salt and juice of one lime;
shredded green cabbage;
fresh crumbled cotija cheese
Mango chutney:
diced fresh mango;
diced medium red bell pepper
diced half medium vandalia onion;
minced 3 cloves of fresh garlic
chopped cilantro - stems and leaves
juice of one lime
coarse sea salt to taste
Rice - base:
2 large 'sungold' tomatoes (homegrown);
half vandalia onion;
one large fresno chili (homegrown);
6 cloves of garlic;
1 cup chicken stock;
cumin - 1 tsp;
ground mustard - 1 tsp;
turmeric - 2 tsp;
coarse sea salt - 1 Tbsp
blend until smooth.
poured over 1 cup of toasted small grain rice; added 5 serrano's (homegrown) in a star pattern
covered - 20 mins on low (14" cast iron); added the kernels from one ear of corn (fresh, no cook)
not pictured: fresh taco sauce:
1 small tomatillo (homegrown);
1 large clove of garlic;
1/8 cup cilantro - leaves and stems;
pinch of coarse sea salt;
1 large superhot (homegrown hybrid - ghost/reaper);
juice of 1 lime;
1 tsp apple cider vinegar
blended until smooth
I didn't feel like making tortillas tonight, so I grabbed a bag off the shelf.
yeah-yeah, plating is shit - that's OK. The goal was to eat this fine cookery, which we did without notice of placement, hahaha
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