Today since kitchen responsibilities at Castle Black fell on to me tonight, I decided that if you're in the NightWatch you can deal with a bit of hotness and spice added to your life, so I went for a Mexican style dish, obviously I took my liberties.
Anyway, the basics are for this dish are, some pork meat, I used some lean steaks that I cut into small slices, garlic, red onions, mexican kidney beans, a fajita spice mix plus come added cumin and coriander, red peppers and some yellow ones to add some color and vitamins, plus some soft taco shells and some hot salsa for final garnish.
First of all I cut the meat into very small slices, chopped the onions, sliced a couple of pieces of garlic, put the meat in a bowl and then added the seasonings.
Above is the pork with all the seasoning, kept it for a good couple of hours in the fridge so the spices would get through the meat and really leave a taste behind (which they did).
After seasoning the meat, I proceeded on chopping the extra onions, garlic and red and yellow peppers.
Afterwards I put the meat with some pre-heated butter in a deep pan
I let the pork release its water and cook for a bit before adding the peppers.
Here is the pork with the addition of peppers and Mexican chili beans, I have to admit that the beans came from a can, I washed them off as I feel the sauce in the can would have ruined my home made one.
Here's a photo of the other things needed, the hot sauce to add last and the soft tacos for serving.
Then after a few hours of slow cooking it's just a matter of your choice of drink, mainstream stout or Italian microbrewery Amber Ale (my choice).
Here's my choice:
Now a photo of the final result, the soft tacos, heated in the oven for a while, with all the fillings inside. It was hot, it was good, but most of all it wasn't boring.
So that's it, easy to make dish, very good, good with beer.
Till next time...
Anyway, the basics are for this dish are, some pork meat, I used some lean steaks that I cut into small slices, garlic, red onions, mexican kidney beans, a fajita spice mix plus come added cumin and coriander, red peppers and some yellow ones to add some color and vitamins, plus some soft taco shells and some hot salsa for final garnish.
First of all I cut the meat into very small slices, chopped the onions, sliced a couple of pieces of garlic, put the meat in a bowl and then added the seasonings.
Above is the pork with all the seasoning, kept it for a good couple of hours in the fridge so the spices would get through the meat and really leave a taste behind (which they did).
After seasoning the meat, I proceeded on chopping the extra onions, garlic and red and yellow peppers.
Afterwards I put the meat with some pre-heated butter in a deep pan
I let the pork release its water and cook for a bit before adding the peppers.
Here is the pork with the addition of peppers and Mexican chili beans, I have to admit that the beans came from a can, I washed them off as I feel the sauce in the can would have ruined my home made one.
Here's a photo of the other things needed, the hot sauce to add last and the soft tacos for serving.
Then after a few hours of slow cooking it's just a matter of your choice of drink, mainstream stout or Italian microbrewery Amber Ale (my choice).
Here's my choice:
Now a photo of the final result, the soft tacos, heated in the oven for a while, with all the fillings inside. It was hot, it was good, but most of all it wasn't boring.
So that's it, easy to make dish, very good, good with beer.
Till next time...
