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Monday, February 22, 2010
Yummy White Bean Chili at Barb's!! Salad was great as well as the ice cream cinnamon sugar fried tortilla's!!! The recipes are listed in the comments !
Here's the recipes (chili, salad & corn bread): White Chili Barbra - Feb 2010
1 medium onion - chopped 2 # ground turkey 1 cup celery - chopped 2 cup frozen corn 1-4 oz can canned green chilies - chopped 1 medium red bell pepper - chopped 1 medium yellow bell pepper - chopped 4 fresh jalapeno peppers – minced (leave seeds & veins in for more heat) ¼ cup all-purpose flour 2 TAB butter (margarine) 1 TAB ground cumin 1 TAB dried oregano 1 tea ground cinnamon to taste ground cayenne pepper or red pepper flakes, ground pepper & salt 3-15 oz can white kidney beans (light red kidney beans) 2 cup Monterey Jack cheese – shredded 5 cup chicken broth
Sauté in a large pot over medium heat (10 min) or until browned: onion ground turkey Add & sauté for 5 min.: chili peppers spices In a separate saucepan (make a roux): butter (margarine) - melted flour Whisk in & cook until thick: Chicken broth Stir mixture into turkey & vegetables. Purée: 1 can beans - drained & rinsed Add to pot & simmer ½ hour: puréed beans cheese Stir in & simmer 15 minutes (until cooked & heated through): 2 cans beans - drained & rinsed
Garnish ideas: cheese sour cream thin sliced green onions cilantro
May substitute favorite beans
May add 2 cups cooked wild rice ************************************************* Mexican Frito Salad Barbra - Feb 2010
1-2 head romaine lettuce – cut in small pieces 1 can black olives – drained & sliced 4 green onions – chopped 1 medium avocado – sliced 1 medium green pepper – diced 1 medium tomato – diced 1 cup cheddar cheese – grated 2 cup Fritos – lightly crushed to taste Catalina salad dressing
Variations: ½ # ground beef – sautéed & drained 1 can kidney beans – drained & rinsed
Salad can be made ahead of time, except don’t add Fritos & dressing until just before serving. ************************************************* Corn Bread Marge - Feb 2010
1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour ¾ cup enriched corn meal (Quaker or Aunt Jemima) ¼ cup sugar 2 tea baking powder ½ tea salt (optional) 1 cup skim milk ¼ cup vegetable oil 2 egg whites or (1 egg) – beaten
Heat oven – 4000 Grease - 8” or 9” pan Combine: dry ingredients Stir & mix just until dry ingredients are moistened: milk, oil, egg Pour batter into greased pan Bake: 20 – 25 min. or until light golden brown & toothpick come out clean Serve warm – 9 servings
Yes, Loved the White Bean Chili!
ReplyDeleteHere's the recipes (chili, salad & corn bread):
ReplyDeleteWhite Chili
Barbra - Feb 2010
1 medium onion - chopped
2 # ground turkey
1 cup celery - chopped
2 cup frozen corn
1-4 oz can canned green chilies - chopped
1 medium red bell pepper - chopped
1 medium yellow bell pepper - chopped
4 fresh jalapeno peppers – minced (leave seeds & veins in for more heat)
¼ cup all-purpose flour
2 TAB butter (margarine)
1 TAB ground cumin
1 TAB dried oregano
1 tea ground cinnamon
to taste ground cayenne pepper or red pepper flakes, ground pepper & salt
3-15 oz can white kidney beans (light red kidney beans)
2 cup Monterey Jack cheese – shredded
5 cup chicken broth
Sauté in a large pot over medium heat (10 min) or until browned:
onion
ground turkey
Add & sauté for 5 min.:
chili peppers
spices
In a separate saucepan (make a roux):
butter (margarine) - melted
flour
Whisk in & cook until thick:
Chicken broth
Stir mixture into turkey & vegetables.
Purée:
1 can beans - drained & rinsed
Add to pot & simmer ½ hour:
puréed beans
cheese
Stir in & simmer 15 minutes (until cooked & heated through):
2 cans beans - drained & rinsed
Garnish ideas:
cheese
sour cream
thin sliced green onions
cilantro
May substitute favorite beans
May add 2 cups cooked wild rice
*************************************************
Mexican Frito Salad
Barbra - Feb 2010
1-2 head romaine lettuce – cut in small pieces
1 can black olives – drained & sliced
4 green onions – chopped
1 medium avocado – sliced
1 medium green pepper – diced
1 medium tomato – diced
1 cup cheddar cheese – grated
2 cup Fritos – lightly crushed
to taste Catalina salad dressing
Variations:
½ # ground beef – sautéed & drained
1 can kidney beans – drained & rinsed
Salad can be made ahead of time,
except don’t add Fritos & dressing until just before serving.
*************************************************
Corn Bread
Marge - Feb 2010
1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour
¾ cup enriched corn meal (Quaker or Aunt Jemima)
¼ cup sugar
2 tea baking powder
½ tea salt (optional)
1 cup skim milk
¼ cup vegetable oil
2 egg whites or (1 egg) – beaten
Heat oven – 4000
Grease - 8” or 9” pan
Combine: dry ingredients
Stir & mix just until dry ingredients are moistened: milk, oil, egg
Pour batter into greased pan
Bake: 20 – 25 min. or until light golden brown & toothpick come out clean
Serve warm – 9 servings