Not sure if this is something they do in Mexico but I had a plan for the current TD and put it in action yesterday: Mexican pulled beef.
Started with some nice chuck roll, seasoned with Kosmos SPG and smoked on the Weber kettle. No need to wrap, it just was ready after about 6 hours with great color.
Time to make the side dishes, starting with a salsa.
Charred a tomato and some garlic. Re-hydrated a guajillo pepper.
Into a blender, with some chipotle in adobo, salt and a bit of the cooking water from the guajillo. Blend until right consistency.
Then some beans to go along with it.
Start with bacon, then add onion and garlic. When they are good, add a can of beans (I used red beans). Again some guajillo cooking water. When ready, blend it.
Finally, some arroz mexicana.
Started with duck fat, then add the rice and sautee. Then add onion, garlic and bell pepper. Sautee some more. Add tomato puree chicken stock and spices (coriander, cumin, oregano) and let simmer until the rice is cooked.
My plan was to do burritos but had never done this. It came out great, to bad it didn´t play along when I tried to cut it open.
Rice, meat, beans, salsa, cheese and cilantro.
For seconds I just loaded up my plate
The burrito was great, fantastic flavours and great crunch from the bark on the beef. The misses loved it too. We were surprised about the beans, that was so simple and fantastic.
Which picture should I use for the TD?
Started with some nice chuck roll, seasoned with Kosmos SPG and smoked on the Weber kettle. No need to wrap, it just was ready after about 6 hours with great color.
Time to make the side dishes, starting with a salsa.
Charred a tomato and some garlic. Re-hydrated a guajillo pepper.
Into a blender, with some chipotle in adobo, salt and a bit of the cooking water from the guajillo. Blend until right consistency.
Then some beans to go along with it.
Start with bacon, then add onion and garlic. When they are good, add a can of beans (I used red beans). Again some guajillo cooking water. When ready, blend it.
Finally, some arroz mexicana.
Started with duck fat, then add the rice and sautee. Then add onion, garlic and bell pepper. Sautee some more. Add tomato puree chicken stock and spices (coriander, cumin, oregano) and let simmer until the rice is cooked.
My plan was to do burritos but had never done this. It came out great, to bad it didn´t play along when I tried to cut it open.
Rice, meat, beans, salsa, cheese and cilantro.
For seconds I just loaded up my plate
The burrito was great, fantastic flavours and great crunch from the bark on the beef. The misses loved it too. We were surprised about the beans, that was so simple and fantastic.
Which picture should I use for the TD?
