Likechili, with a warm tortillas on the side for dunking??
OR with corn chips, deconstructednachosstyle?
Making stuffed tortilla pillows??
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Which, I realised, is just aburritoactually.
Light-bulb-moment DIY burritos!
Add a pile of warm tortillas, sour cream +guacamoleor quickavocado saucefor dunking.
Everybody make your own!
Efficiency, for the win!
Then another light-bulb moment.This is like the ultimate all-purpose Mexican beef filling!
!Its almost a little concerning how excited I was when I came to this conclusion.
Good food has a habit of doing that to me.
Im not so relaxed with substitutions for some recipes, so take it when you’re able to!
Ground beef / beef mince Or chicken, turkey or pork.
Any of these would work.
(Even lamb actually).
Red onion Or ordinary brown / yellow onions.
Even a cup of diced mixed frozen vegetables would work here!
Or, more vegetables.
Tomato passata This is pureed, strained tomato that is smooth, rather than lump like canned tomato.
Substituted with crushed canned tomato, or whats calledtomato sauceortomato pureein the US (eg Hunts).
Pickled jalapeno Adds a sprinkle of spiciness plus tang because its pickled which is nice in this beefy dish.
Garlic Cant be flexible here!
Cheese Definitely not flexible here!
Well, not flexible about the inclusion of some form of melting cheese.
Feel free to use any of choice.
The Mexican spice mix
And heres what you need for the homemade Mexican spice mix.
Some Mexican recipes I share have a longer list of spices.
(you’ve got the option to substitute smoked paprika with plain).
Sautethe onion, garlic and capsicum first.
Use an ovenproof skillet.
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Pictured is my much-loved 26cm / 10.5Lodge cast iron skillet (my essential kitchenware list ishere!).
Cook the beef, breaking it up as you go.
Toast the spiceswith the beef.
Good way to bring out flavour in spices plus get better flavour into beef mince / ground beef FAST.
Add beans and tomato passata, give it a good mix then bring to a simmer.
Top with cheesethen bake for 15 minutes just to melt the cheese.
Remove from ovenand start the agonising process of deciding how to serve it!
Also thispureed tomato salsawould be great.
Rice in bowls then smother with the Mexican beef and beans.
And….. eeer… Im stuck.
