Tacos. Almost every week since college I have eaten tacos on Thursday night. At one time it was much simpler. Taco kit, jar of salsa, bag of cheese, some pre washed/cut lettuce, and call it a day. As the years went by, we swapped out the pre made ingredients one by one to get where we are today. Trade a jar of salsa to bought fresh salsa to actually making salsa. Go from the taco seasoning packet, to half the packet and some of your own spices, to fully using your own blend. This obviously is a very American version of tacos, tune in Monday and I will post a more authentic Mexican version of tacos we actually made last night!
The Thursday night tradition may have started in college
when we used to go to an all you can eat taco bar at Iguana Cantina in
Salsa and Guacamole ingredients laid out. Chopping is like therapy for Mandi. It is how she winds down after work on a Thursday night.
This was actually the first time I used my camera so I was taking artistic shots. I'm going to be making some of these into wallpapers to be posted sometime next week.
We sweat down some onions and chiles to cook with the beef.
Our friends are getting hungry
The way we cut the lettuce is important. Shredded.
We like to use a can of chipotles in adobo, but if I can't find them that day, we have this in the cabinet in case. It is pretty good.
Everything laid out and ready. Oh yea - that jar of salsa is for our friend who doesn't like fresh salsa. He also doesn't like cheese.... And thats his orange juice, yes plain OJ with Tacos
Mandi makes a crazy double cheesy crunchy.
Next we wrap it in a
I go the more traditional route.
Salsa
10 Tomatoes diced
2 Jalapeños seeded and diced
One onion diced
Cilantro chopped
Half a lime
Salt and pepper
Peel and dice them, then smash them up. Add a squeeze of lime and a few spoons of the
salsa.
Half an onion, maybe more. diced
1 jalapeño diced.
Can of Chipotles in adobo
Beer or tequila (optional)
Spices-
Cumin
Mexican chile powder
Paprika
Oregano
Salt and pepper
there are no words to describe by delight in this post.
just kidding, i've got a few: guacamole rules. homemade tacos are best. the spicier, the better.
thanks for the awesome eye-candy. :)
Oh man that puts free taco night to shame...good eats!
^For real B
It makes me sad thinking how we use a Taco Kit, Jar Salsa, Store-bought packaged ingredients for everything...
I can't wait to have home-made fresh ones...
and I make a killer Double-Decker - way more cray cray than Mandi's!!!
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