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So last week's dinner was indeed successful. The chile rellenos were particularly good... I have to confess, I couldn't improve much on Dinner at Christina's version, so I just multiplied it by 1.5 and used Monterey Jack. 8 chiles took a medium-sized rectangular casserole, so keep that in mind when choosing your pan size.
I topped that with a tomato sauce that tasted very, very close to the enchilada sauce I've had in restaurants; I used glutinous rice flour to thicken it instead of making a roux, which made it much easier to reheat. Recipe below.
The pinto beans were kind of seat-of-the-pants, just 1.5 cups soaked, drained, and cooked up with 1/4 onion, 5 cloves of garlic, oregano, black pepper, and salt. It made a massive amount (I thought beans were supposed to double, not triple?) so I still have enough in the freezer for a second round. Good, though don't skimp on the garlic, oregano, and pepper; it could have used more than it had.
I made up about 3 cups of rice with a teaspoon of cumin seed to fill things out. The flan came out well, though I managed to burn the caramel a little (the dark flavor complemented the orange, so that was okay). Recipe also below.
( Tasty! )
I topped that with a tomato sauce that tasted very, very close to the enchilada sauce I've had in restaurants; I used glutinous rice flour to thicken it instead of making a roux, which made it much easier to reheat. Recipe below.
The pinto beans were kind of seat-of-the-pants, just 1.5 cups soaked, drained, and cooked up with 1/4 onion, 5 cloves of garlic, oregano, black pepper, and salt. It made a massive amount (I thought beans were supposed to double, not triple?) so I still have enough in the freezer for a second round. Good, though don't skimp on the garlic, oregano, and pepper; it could have used more than it had.
I made up about 3 cups of rice with a teaspoon of cumin seed to fill things out. The flan came out well, though I managed to burn the caramel a little (the dark flavor complemented the orange, so that was okay). Recipe also below.
( Tasty! )
