Thursday January 21 2010
We had about five minutes of rain this morning, not enough to get things wet. Then the rest of the day was hot and sunny.
I have been looking for a restaurant that makes Chiles Rellenos ever since we arrived here. Mario says there is a place by the airport but it was closed when we found it. We have a book called The Peoples Guide to Mexico that has a recipe for them with step by step directions, so I cooked some.
It’s a lot of work. You have to make a tomato sauce, blacken the chiles over a fire, so you can remove the skins, stuff the chilies, coat them with an egg batter, deep fry in oil then put in the tomato sauce and let cook for at least 30 minutes.
The book calls for cheese that is called Panela, it also named two other kinds that could be used if you can’t find it. We went to two stores before we found the cheese. It is a very moist cheese; I had to pour liquid out of the bag. We bought about 16oz for 15 pesos.
Then we had to get 2 pounds of tomatoes and 2 onions, we paid 23 pesos for them.
We also bought a long fork, like what you use when you BBQ, for 25 pesos, toothpicks for 5 pesos and an egg for 2 pesos. That is what we spent for the chilies rellenos. It won’t cost as much next time as we won’t need to buy another fork.
Larry did buy a fish for 17 pesos a bottle of pina juice for 8 pesos and pastry for 3. I bought some tequila for 30 which made our total spending for the day 128 pesos or about $10.00 US.
The chilies were very good, I am planning on making more tomorrow as we still have a lot of sauce. Larry wants me to use hamburger with the cheese for the stuffing.
We had about five minutes of rain this morning, not enough to get things wet. Then the rest of the day was hot and sunny.
I have been looking for a restaurant that makes Chiles Rellenos ever since we arrived here. Mario says there is a place by the airport but it was closed when we found it. We have a book called The Peoples Guide to Mexico that has a recipe for them with step by step directions, so I cooked some.
It’s a lot of work. You have to make a tomato sauce, blacken the chiles over a fire, so you can remove the skins, stuff the chilies, coat them with an egg batter, deep fry in oil then put in the tomato sauce and let cook for at least 30 minutes.
The book calls for cheese that is called Panela, it also named two other kinds that could be used if you can’t find it. We went to two stores before we found the cheese. It is a very moist cheese; I had to pour liquid out of the bag. We bought about 16oz for 15 pesos.
Then we had to get 2 pounds of tomatoes and 2 onions, we paid 23 pesos for them.
We also bought a long fork, like what you use when you BBQ, for 25 pesos, toothpicks for 5 pesos and an egg for 2 pesos. That is what we spent for the chilies rellenos. It won’t cost as much next time as we won’t need to buy another fork.
Larry did buy a fish for 17 pesos a bottle of pina juice for 8 pesos and pastry for 3. I bought some tequila for 30 which made our total spending for the day 128 pesos or about $10.00 US.
The chilies were very good, I am planning on making more tomorrow as we still have a lot of sauce. Larry wants me to use hamburger with the cheese for the stuffing.
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