Oct 20, 2008

Never Run Out of Tacos


Okay, so my sister is always complaining that I never have any food in the house when she comes over. Really she's saying that she never has any food in the house when I come over. This recipe costs almost nothing and it's easy to always have ingredients on hand.

Ingredients (even a few of the following fillings make a good meal):

Pinto Beans
Pepper Jack or other spicy cheese
Potatoes
Corn Tortillas (They are sold even at the stores where all their flour tortillas are gross. They are also inexpensive, come in bulk, and last a long time)
Tapatio, Crystal or other hot sauce
Chopped Onion
Fried plantains (optional)
Red Cabbage (also lasts practically forever!)
Salt

Directions:

Wash and cut up the potatoes, and make enough for leftovers. Put them in the microwave for 4 minutes and heat up canola or other light vegetable oil on a skillet. After the potatoes have been cooked in the microwave, fry them in oil until crispy. (Optional: add vinegar and sugar). Add salt.

Put a can or two of pinto beans in a pot and heat on medium. Add some olive oil and Tapatio and mash them up so they are still kind of whole but more liquid.

Fry up the tortillas until bubbling and a little crispy.

Put cheese on open tortilla, then put beans and potatoes inside, being careful not to overfill. Slide a fresh tortilla underneath and let it heat up so it's steamy and soft. Add cabbage and onions and fold into a taco. Drizzle hot sauce on each bite.

One makes a light meal, two makes a hearty meal.

Presidential Mission Statement

As President, I would provide the citizens of the USA with an approach and a model for everyday eating that will allow our country's national cuisine to evolve beyond junk food, take-out and pre-packaged food without going too far and becoming heartlessly, standoffishly gourmet.

Since I'm not currently president, I've compiled my favorite recipes on this site so I can access them remotely and keep track of them over the years.