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- From: arielle@taronga.com (Stephanie da Silva)
- Subject: Tacos
- Message-ID: <8MRZKI3@taronga.com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Mar 1994 23:07:22 GMT
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- >From the Sunset Mexican Cook Book
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- Tacos
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- Ground Beef Filling
- Salad oil
- 12 corn tortillas
- Garnishes
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- Prepare Ground Beef Filling and keep warm.
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- Pour oil to a depth of 1/2 inch into a wide frying pan and heat to 350F on
- a deep-frying thermometer. When oil is hot, add a tortilla and cook until
- soft (about 10 seconds). Using tongs, fold in half; hold slightly open
- and continue to cook, turning once, until crisp (about 1 more minute).
- Repeat for remaining tortillas, adding more oil sa necessary. Drain on
- paper towels.
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- Spoon 2 to 3 tablespoons of the filling into each taco shell. Offer
- garnishes to spoon on individual servings.
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- Ground Beef Filling. Crumble 1 pound lean ground beef (I use ground turkey)
- into a wide-frying pan over medium-high heat. Add 1 medium-sized onion,
- chopped, and 2 cloves (or more) of chopped garlic. Cook, stirring often,
- until meat is browned and vegetables are soft (about 10 minutes). Pour off
- fat.
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- Stir in 1 1/2 teaspoons chili powder, 1/2 teaspoon paprika, 1 teaspoon ground
- cumin, 1/2 cup Mild Chile Sauce or canned tomato sauce and 2 teaspoons
- Worcestershire. Simmer until thickened (about 5 minutes).
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- Garnishes. Choose from the following: 2 or 3 ripe tomatoes, diced, shredded
- Cheddar cheese, shredded lettuce, 1 avocado, diced, sour cream and salsa.
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- Mild Chile Sauce
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- 3 1/2 pounds tomatoes, cored adn quartered
- 2 Anaheim chiles, stemmed and seeded
- 1 large onion, quartered
- 1 clove garlic
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups cider vinegar
- 3/4 teaspoon each grund cinnamon and cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
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- In a blender or food processor, whirl tomatoes, chiles, onion and garlic
- in batches until pureed. Pour into a 4 qurt pan and stir in sugar, salt,
- vinegar, cinnamon, cloves and ginger.
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- Simmer over low heat, stirring often, until thickend and reduced to 1 quart
- (about 1 1/2 hours).
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