Sunday, September 25, 2011

Egg White Tortillas

Ingredients
  • ~1 egg white per tortilla (this depends on your pour)
  • Fat of choice (I usually use lard)
Directions
Heat pan to medium/medium-high. Add spoonful of FOC to pan. Pour thin layer of egg whites into pan. Move pan in circular motion to get a nice even coating. Once you start to see bubbles, use a spatula to loosen the edges of the tortilla and flip once the bottom feels solid enough. Let the second side cook for another minute. Flip back to the first side if you'd like it fried more. Remove from pan. Repeat until you have enough tortillas.

Beef Tacos

Ingredients
  • 3 lbs ground meat
  • 4 peppers, chopped
  • 1 med onion, chopped (Do more, if you like onions. We only like onions in this recipe.)
  • Taco seasoning to taste
Taco Seasoning:
  • 1 tablespoon chili powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
  • 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1/2 teaspoon paprika
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper
We make an enormous batch of the taco seasoning at a time (about 10x of the above) and just keep it in an airtight container.

Directions
Brown the meat on medium high for 5-7 min, stirring frequently. Drain meat; add taco seasoning. Stir for a few more minutes. Add peppers and onion, stir in with meat. Cover pan and reduce heat to medium-low; simmer for 10-15 min. Serve and enjoy. Try to save some for leftovers.

You can eat the meat by itself (we do when we're starving or lazy or out of time). You can also try making egg white tortillas.

Baked Chicken Wings


Ingredients

  • As many chicken wings as you need to eat (we usually make around 30-40); we prefer either drummettes only or buffalo style wings
  • Salt & Pepper
Cashew Butter Sauce - made to taste and desired consistency (aka, Jon doesn't measure things)
  • ~1/2 c cashew butter
  • ~1/3 c coconut aminos
  • ~1/3 c water
  • Tabasco to taste
Buffalo Sauce
I'll update the amounts if he ever decides to actually measure them.

Directions
Preheat oven to 375. Add salt and pepper on both sides of the wings and place in a foil-lined pan (pans, for us). If you have a convection oven, use it; it seems to help the wings get a little crispier. Bake wings for 20 min. If you're making plain wings, flip them and bake for another 20 min. If using a sauce, take the pan(s) out of the oven and baste the wings with sauce on the top side. Put back in oven for 10 min. Remove the wings and flip; baste the other side and put back in the oven for 10 min. Voila!