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Skriven 2009-01-08 23:56:00 av JIM WELLER (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av JANIS KRACHT
Ärende: Re: Eggs, chickens, etc.
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-=> Quoting Janis Kracht to Stephen Haffly <=-

 JK> we haven't bought
 JK> chicken at the supermarket in over a year..
                
Neither have I.

 JK> The difference is that
 JK> noticeable. It's NOT cheap either.. but what stock it makes..

I am amazed at the price differential between Canada and the US.
Your battery chickens can be 49, 69, 89 cents a pound and yet your
humanely raised, organic, free range birds can be $4 and $8 per
pound.

The cheapest semi-battery chicken (Canada does have higher minimum
standards in place) I can buy is $1.69 per pound, much more than you
and yet the wonderful Mennonite farm chickens are just $2.50, not a
huge premium to pay and so much cheaper than where you are.


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     Title: Chicken Taco Tuesday Part 1
Categories: Tex-Mex, Tortillas, Chicken
  Servings: 3

      4    chicken thighs
      1 lg onion
      3 cl garlic
           olive oil
           red salsa:
     28 oz can of peeled tomatoes
      6    dried Guajillo chiles,
           stemmed and soaked for
     30    minutes in hot water
      1 bn cilantro, washed and
           chopped
      1    Onion, chopped
      3 cl garlic
           Juice of 2 limes
      2    Jalapenos chopped rough
           Salt
      6    tortillas:
      1 c  Masa (limed corn flour, I
           used Maseca)
    3/4 c  water
      1 lg pinch of salt
           olive oil or lard
           creme fraiche

Taco Tuesday, My Bishes Ms. Talitha brought me back a heavy, huge,
tinned cast iron tortilla press from her trip to Mexico City this
fall. That seems like a really nice thing to do, no? So did I... for
about 15 seconds until she made it clear that she expected a GG post
and a name check out of it. Sheesh. People will do anything to get
up on this bitch!

Whatever, the truth is that this tortilla press has lead me to come
up with one of the most singularly delicious recipes I have ever
posted. On the screen the words Chicken Tacos seem like the might as
well say Missionary Position or maybe Toyota Camry. On thing is for
sure, it doesn't say Holy Shit! Which, in this case, it freakin'
should.

The best part is that the recipe is retardedly simple: Thighs!

You'll need:

First get yourself some chicken thighs. Four chicken thighs or 12
depending on how many people you plan to put in the amorous sleeper
hold of pure Mexican bliss.

Now dice a large onion or two and some chop 3 or 4 cloves of garlic
and heat in a pan on medium heat with some olive oil.

Now heat a skillet on medium and saute with some olive oil.

Once the onions and garlic are softish you can crank the heat and
push the onions and such off to the sides.

Plop the chicken thighs, skin side down, into the middle and leave
them there until they get nice and brown.

Meanwhile you'll need to find your pre-made container of the world's
best red salsa:

1-28 oz. can of peeled tomatoes 5-6 dried Guajillo chiles, destemmed
and soaked for 30 minutes in hot water 1 bunch cilantro, washed and
chopped 1 Onion, chopped 3 cloves garlic Juice of 2 limes 1-2
Jalapenos chopped rough Salt

Combine all this shit and hit it with an immersion blender until
it's good and chunkless. That's it.

Now pour a good amount of the salsa over the now brown chicken
thighs and pile with the cooked onions, turn down the heat to low
and put a lid on the skillet. Take a nap. Return those porno movies.
Watch a couple of episodes of SVU (the A-trains favored way to pass
cooking time). Whatever you do let those things go for about 1 hour
to an hour and a half. Now what you want to do is strip the meat off
the bone with a couple of forks or some tongs or something to keep
from burning yourself. Now stir the juices up in the meat and put
the lid back on while you make your unbelievably delicious tortilla
makings:


  From: The Grocery Guy                 
 
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Cheers

YK Jim


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