Week 6 Rick Bayless and Enchiladas

Carl

Well this week was amazing and very green. We had green enchiladas, green rice, and gucamole. Everything was good except the almond rice cooler was OK but we didn't have cheesecloth so we had some chunks in the drink the flavor was great but the sparse cinnon and rice bit didn't go over to well. On the other hand everthing else was amazing, it had a kick but not to strong (for me) jamie (my sister) had some trouble. Can't wait for next week!(kelly, my oldest sister is coming home for winter break!)

David

Authentic Mexican by Rick Bayless



Chicken Enchiladas

Tomatillo Sauce

Chicken

Cream

Onion

Salt

Corn Tortillas

Oil

Mexican cheese

garnish



Herb-Green Rice with Peas

Onion

Celery

Cilantro

Parsley

Poblanos roasted

Garlic

Broth

Salt

Peas

Oil

Rice



I liked the rice the best. It was had a little kick to it. It was easy to make as well. All you had to do is mix the greens stuff together, and get it boiling, then saute the rice, then bring the mixture to a boil and cook for 15 minutes. Then you will add the peas and you are done.



Our family really enjoyed the tomatillo enchilada's. Carl did a great job of making this dish. He had it for left overs the next day and said he thought this was a keeper.



The rice almond drink did not go over well. It tasted great at first, but ended up tasting a little like indigestion medicine.

Week 5 Rick Bayless Time

Carl
Introducing are chief Rick Bayless is an honor. He's has won numerous awards for his cuisine like top chief masters winner on Bravo TV also Rick has his own TV show (Mexico One Plate at a Time). Amazingly enough I had an oral procedure and the dentist that did it was Rick Bayless dentist! Anyway his food is definitely matches up with his profile EXCELLENT. WE made crispy fried tacos, guacamole, tomato stained rice, and flan. Starting out my favorite was the taco there crispy outsides and fresh delicious insides are the perfect match. All with the tacos the guacamole was outstanding it watched well with the tacos. The rice was OK not great but, the flan and caramel was amazing soft and delicate the smooth custard was definitely worth the effort.

David

Wow, this was fun to cook MEXICAN today. Carl and I have been looking forward to cooking with Rick Bayless's recipes for a long time. We really admire him as a cook. We watch many of his shows.

We had two guest cooks with us today. Jamie Sladkey and Daniel Rische. Both did a terrific job. We couldn't have done it without them. Jamie made the guacamole and Daniel cut put some tomato and also did a lot of dishes. Thanks Jamie and Dan.

First of all, Carl did a great job of cooking the flan. I really thought he burned the caramel, but it was very good. Needless to say, I'm proud of him.

I was very excited about the rice dish. It was a vegetable rice dish with peas and carrots. The family thought it didn't have enough taste. I think the problem was that I didn't cook it very well.

The Taco's were out of this world. It was very interesting to me to soften the tortillas up before we put the meat mixture into them. Rick Bayless suggests a little oil in the pan and then searing them for just a few second on each side. It was really a nice way to make them not crack. Then we put some oil in the bottom of the pan and fried them for a few minutes. They came out a little like taquitos. Of course we bought the Frontera Grill "Rick Bayless" chips.
Wow was I full after that meal.