Crock Pot Green Chili Burros

I timed myself and it took exactly 9 minutes from start to finish--and only because I had to cut fat off of my roast and chop the onion. Otherwise it would have taken 5 minutes to find the ingredients. Delicious and fast and easy. What more can a person want?

Ingredients
2 lb. rump roast
1 cup chopped onion
1 pkg. taco seasoning mix
1 Tbs. oregano
1 tsp. garlic powder
1 (10 oz) can green chilies, diced
1 (15.5 oz) can tomato sauce

Tortilla shells
Sour Cream

Directions
1) Layer all ingredients besides tortillas and sour cream, meat first, in crock pot.
2) Cook on low for 8-10 hours
3) Do not stir for the first 5 hours (at least)
4) Shred meat after 7 hours
5) Serve on flour or corn tortillas. Top with sour cream, if desired.

Pozole

This is Sylvia's recipe that I asked her for a couple of years ago. She didn't have anything written down so she just told me how to do it and I wrote down how I did it, so obviously you can change things to your taste.

It is fabulous and very easy to make

Ingredients

One Pork Roast (as big or little as you want)

about 2 large cartons of chicken broth

2 cans hominy

1 Tbsp Chile Powder

2 tsp Garlic Salt

Dash of pepper

Salt to taste

1. In a crock pot, cover pork roast with chicken broth; cover and cook about 6 hours (low).

2. Shred roast and put back into pot.

*The broth is the soupy part so add more if you want more soup

3. Add Hominy WITH juice

4. Add chile powder, garlic salt, salt and pepper.

5. Serve in bowls and each person can add toppings of their choice (see below)

Optional Toppings:

(These are just what our family likes to use)

Onions

Tomatoes

Celery

Radish

Grated Cheese

Limes

Ta Da

Ps. That's not my picture, but pretty close to what mine looks like, only not as fancy ;)

Cilantro-Lime Rice

• 1 cup long grain white rice
• 2 cups water
• 1 teaspoon chicken bouillon granules
• 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
• salt to taste

Bring the rice, water, and chicken bouillon to a boil in a saucepan over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until the rice is tender, 20 to 25 minutes. Remove from the heat, add the lime juice, cilantro, and salt; fluff with a fork and serve.

Beef Taco Skillet

A Campbell's 1-2-3 Dinner recipe that is quick, easy, and absolutely delicious! As I was eating it, I kept thinking, "Wow, I can't believe this tastes so good and was so easy!"

INGREDIENTS

1 lb ground beef

1 can (10 3/4 oz.) tomato soup

1 cup Pace chunky salsa or Picante sauce

1/2 cup water

8 flour or corn tortillas (6 inch), cut into 1-inch pieces

1 cup shredded cheddar cheesee

DIRECTIONS

1. Cook beef in skillet until browned. Pour off fat.

2. Add soup, salsa, water, tortillas, and HALF the cheese. Heat to a boil. Cover and cook over low for 5 minutes or until hot.

3. Top with remaining cheese.

Makes 4 servings.

Mexican Lasagna

Here is one I needed documented online. It's fabulous and oh-so flexible. I originally found this recipe on the Pioneer Woman's website here.


Ingredients
2 c. unprepared rice
3-4 c. low sodium chicken broth
2-4 tomatoes
1-2 onions
4-5 large cloves of garlic
1 lb. ground beef
1- 16 oz. bag of mexican cheese blend
2 cans corn (drained)
1 can of black or pinto beans
1 jar of salsa verde
1-8 oz. jar of enchilada sauce
Taco seasonin (or Chili powder, paprika, and cumin) to taste
sour cream
cilantro
butter

Directions:
Prepare rice by boiling it in chicken broth. Once prepared, salt to taste. Chop up tomatoes, onions, and garlic as small as you prefer. Saute in a pan with a tablespoon or so of butter. Add approx. 2 Tbs. chili powder, and 1 Tbs. of both paprika and cumin (or your little taco seasoning packet). Stir until nicely combined. Feel free to add beans (don't drain). Mix cooked rice together with tomato/onion/garlic mixture. Brown the groud beef using about 2 Tbsp. chili powder, 2 Tbsp paprika and cumin and salt to taste. You may have to add water to create the taco beef.

Spread one container of salsa verde in the bottom of a casserole or baking dish. Layer on tortillas covering salsa verde. Some overlapping is exprected. Spread half of rice mixture over tortillas. Use half of the chese layered on top of the rice layer. Add another layer of tortillas on top of cheese. Pour enchilada sauce over the tortillas and spread it out evenly. Add layer of browned groud beef. Add 2 cans of corn (drained) on top of beef layer. Then the remaining amount of rice mixture on top of corn layer followed by the remaining jar of salsa verde. Sprinkle top with the remaining cheese. Can also sprinkle top with some taco seasoning or cayenne pepper.

Bake at 375 for 25-35 minutes until cheese has melted and begins to brown a bit.

Bajio's Slow-Cooker Chicken

This recipe isn't an authentic Bajio's recipe, but it tasted exactly like something at that restaurant. It was delicious and super easy, so I thought I'd post it.

Ingredients:
-2 cans black beans
-1 can diced tomatoes (no salt added)
-16 oz. mild or medium* salsa verde (it's green sauce for those of you like me who didn't know what that was. *This is quite spicy, so I'd only go with hot if you really love heat in your food.)
- 1 small can green chili peppers
-4 small frozen chicken breasts (I used two large ones)
-3 oz cream cheese
-tortilla shells (optional)

Throw all of ingredients into a slow cooker except for cream cheese. Cook on high for about 5 hours. Drain half of excess liquid and put in cream cheese a half hour before serving.

The chicken falls apart and is perfect for a stew or for a delicious chicken enchalada. This is how we had it, and it was perfect. With a salad on the side, you'll feel just like you're at Bajio's.

Authentic Mexican Tacos and Salsa

Ok so here is one for ideas. One thing that is yummy and not so healthy in some ways is mini potato tacos. This is totally hispanic but it is pretty inexpensive.
For the tacos you need:
Corn tortillas (soft ones)
Mashed potoatos (be it instant or real)
Cheese (your prefered kind)
Oil

For the Salsa:
3-4 roma tomatos
2-3 tomatillosFresh Garlic
Japanese Chilies (They come in little dried packets in the hispanic section and they are small and red)
Salt

First take your ingredients for the salsa except for the chilies and the salt and put them in a pot with a little water, cover and simmer on low.

While that is simmering heat up your tacos in a pan. (warm up the pan and cook both sides of the taco so they are soft and warm or hot) You want to heat them up so that they are soft enough to fold into tacos. Put the heated tacos inside a towel to keep them warm. At the same time heat up a pan with oil in it to fry the tacos. When the oil it ready take your tacos and fill them with cheese and potoatos. I know this sounds like a wheird combination but it is really yummy. Fry the tacos and pull out and set them on a paper towel.

For the salsa once the salsa seems pretty cooked and soft put all of the ingreidents into the blender. If you want not very spicy salsa only use one chilie. If you would like a little more spice in your life use a little more but beware they are pretty hot if you get just the right one. Salt to prefered taste and blend in blender. (If you have a plastic top for your blender it would be better to use a plate as the lid so some of the steem can get out....learning from experience if you don't you could have one great explosion:)Note: if you want tomatillo salsa instead use more tomitillos instead of roma tomatos.

Then once finished cooking tacos and Salsa is finished salsa up your tacos and enjoy!!!If you have any questions let me know. I know there are not really exacts on things but this is authentic so you know how those kind of recipies go. I got it from a lady in our branch when I helped her make these and when I asked her for amounts she said whatever I wanted!!! Got to love those kinds of recipies leaves room for the imagination :D I guess!?#@!!