Quick Cooking Ideas: Mexican Meat Mix

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Mexican Meat Mix

One of my personal favorite mixes!!!

5 lbs. beef roast or combination of beef and pork roasts
3 Tbsp. vegetable shortening
3 onions, chopped
1 (4-oz) can chopped green chilis
2 7-oz) cans green chili salsa
1/4 tsp. garlic powder
4 Tbsp. flour
4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. ground cumin
Juices from roasts

Preheat oven to 200 degrees. Place roasts in a large roasting pan or Dutch Oven. Do not add salt or water. Cover with a tight lid and raost about 12 hours, until well done. OR cook roasts with 1 cup water in pressure cooker 35-40 minutes. Drain meat, reserving juices. Cool meat, then remove bones. Shred meat, and set aside. Melt shortening in a large skillet. Add onions and green chilis. Saute 1 minute. Add green chili salsa, garlic powder, flour, salt and cumin. Cook 1 minutes over medium-low heat. Stir in reserved meat juices and shredded meat. Cook 5 minutes until thick. Cool. Put about 3 cups mix each into three 1-quart freezer containers, leaving 1/2 inch space at top. Seal and label containers. Freeze. Use within 6 months. Makes about 9 cups of MEXICAN MEAT MIX.

Use in:
burritos
chalupas
chimichangas
enchiladas
supreme tacos

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Cooking Terms

Bake - cook in an oven
Baste - add moisture throughout the cooking process.
Blacken - cook meat in which you coat it generously with pepper and other spices. Then the meat is seared to lock in the flavor a produce a meat that is crisp on the outside, but moist and tender on the inside.
Blanch - plunging a food into boiling water for a few seconds and then rinsing it under cold water to stop the cooking process.
Boil - cook a food submerged in boiling water.
Brasie (stew) - cook a food in a small amount of liquid so the flavor of the food can absorb into the liquid. Common method: crock pot
Broil - use a heat source (flame or coil) positioned above teh food to cook your dish.
Chop - cut a food into irregular pieces.
Deep fry - cooking a food completely submerged in hot oil.
Dice - cut a food into small cubes
Dredge (bread) - coat meat with breadcrumbs, flour or cornmeal before cooking. Common method: Shake 'n Bake
Fold - extremely gentle process to gradually and slowly incorporate ingredients together. Best if done by hand.
Fry - cooking food in hot oil or fat.
Grill - use a heat source that is directly below the food.
Marinate - soak a food in some kind of liquid or spice mixture for an extended period of time so the food absorbs a certain flavor.
Mince - cut food into extremely fine pieces.
Mix - combine ingrediets together by hand or by mixer.
Pan fry - use a small bit of oil or fat to cook foods in a pan, turning the item only a few times.
Parboil - cooking a food that is partially submerged in boiling water.
Poach - cooking a food submerged in water that is just under teh boiling point, or simmering.
Puree - cut up a food into such small bits that it becomes a liquid. Common method: blender
Roast - cooking something in an oven @ a higher temp to create a crust on the food while it cooks.
Saute - similar to pan frying, except that it involves cooking foods in a pan over very high heat and tossing the food often.
Sear - brown the outside surface of a piece of meat by subjecting it to intense heat for just a few seconds.
Shred - cut a food into small strips.
Slice - cut a food into a thin flat piece.
Steam - use water to indirectly cook food. Suspend the food over boiling water in a covered container, trapping the hot steam so that it cooks the food.
Sweat - cover the food and cook at a low temperature until they release their flavor and moisture.
Whipping (beating, whisking) - vigorously mix ingrediets together in a way that brings air into the mixture and makes it smooth and creamy.