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Offline 68ROX

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I didn'd know tortillas could be so important of a food to some people
« Reply #15 on: July 18, 2007, 07:13:28 AM »
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True, and you ditch the wheat flour for the extra thin ones....

Most people don't like to make the very thin ones at home (cooking them in quantity tends to take a toll on the fingers), but you are indeed correct, (my bad for grabbing the wrong one in a hurry)!

I humbly stand correctred!

Many AUTHENTIC Mexican restaraunts in the US do not offer Chicken Mole on the menu yet, as it has yet to get a following here....except for the oil, this is a VERY healthy, low-fat meal.

So...as my Pentance:

CHICKEN MOLE

       8    Chicken breasts (skinned & de-fatted)
     1/4 c  Olive oil
       1 cn Chopped green chiles (small)
       1    Onion; chopped
       1    Clove garlic; minced (Personally I use 2)
       8 oz Tomato sauce
       1 c  Chicken broth
       2 ts Chile powder  (I use 3)
       1 ts Salt
       2 tb Sugar (Brown has a better flavor)
     1/4 ts Tabasco
       2    Whole cloves  (remember to remove before serving)
       1 oz Unsweetened baking chocolate
       2 tb Creamy peanut butter
       Rice; cooked, hot
 
   Brown chicken in oil and remove. Saute onion and garlic and Add green
   chiles. Add remaining ingredients. Stir until chocolate is melted.  Shred
   the cooked chicken.  Replace chicken and cook over low heat for 30
   minutes. Serve over cooked rice with tortillas.

   Optional:  Serve garnished with 1 very finely diced (seeded) jalepeno
   with sour cream on the side.



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I didn'd know tortillas could be so important of a food to some people
« Reply #16 on: July 18, 2007, 08:16:53 AM »
Two words-------> tortilla press. :)
Makes life a lot simpler.
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I didn'd know tortillas could be so important of a food to some people
« Reply #17 on: July 18, 2007, 10:08:39 AM »
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Originally posted by Jackal1
Two words-------> tortilla press. :)
Makes life a lot simpler.


Heathen! Pestilence and pox on you!!!!:mad:  Tortillas, REAL ones are made by hand, stretched on the forearms of the cook to get the right size and thickness then gentlyplaced on the griddle and quickly flipped to get the other side cooked. Once done they are absolutely the best with a little butter spread on them, rolled and eaten still warm. OH MY!!!! I am SO hungry for a good tortilla now..... :cry I am so glad we are headed to San Antonio this weekend so I can get a couple dozen. There aren't any tortillarias in Louisiana. :mad


Rox,

No problem at all, there are different kinds of tortillas. I got a real shock when in Panama I asked for tortillas and was given a corn meal cake about a half inch thick and about 4 inches across. :confused:

I just grew up with the traditional Sonoran style harina tortillas and saw them made many many times both at home and at the relatives house. If there were tortillas being made I was close by with the butter and a knife.:D
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