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jennythereader) wrote2011-11-14 08:35 pm
jennythereader) wrote2011-11-14 08:35 pm
New Dish!
I tried a new dish for dinner tonight: Beef and Cabbage Wraps. I'll put the recipe behind a cut at the end of the post.
They were good, but not perfect. Definitely in need of tweaking. Tom & I both agree they need a little more seasoning, but we can't decide what, beyond some garlic. Maybe curry, maybe pepper, maybe just a more spicy barbecue sauce.
We also coined a new phrase. An Alton Brown step is one that improves what ever you're working on by 5%, but requires 10% more effort on your part. For example, warming tortillas in the oven when they are already adequately soft.
Adapted from Biggest Book of 30-Minute Meals
flour tortillas
12 oz ground beef
1/2 cup chopped onion
2 cloves of garlic, minced*
2 cups shredded cabbage with carrot (coleslaw mix)
1 cup frozen corn
1 TBSP curry*
1/4 cup bottled barbecue or hoisin sauce
1 tsp toasted sesame oil
barbecue or hoisin sauce
Brown beef, onion, and garlic. Drain.
Stir in cabbage and corn. Cover and cook until vegetables are tender, about 4 minutes.
Stir in curry, sauce, and sesame oil. Cook until heated through.
Serve wrapped in tortillas, with additional sauce if desired.
*One of the things I'm going to try next time, but that is not in the original recipe, and that I did not do tonight.
They were good, but not perfect. Definitely in need of tweaking. Tom & I both agree they need a little more seasoning, but we can't decide what, beyond some garlic. Maybe curry, maybe pepper, maybe just a more spicy barbecue sauce.
We also coined a new phrase. An Alton Brown step is one that improves what ever you're working on by 5%, but requires 10% more effort on your part. For example, warming tortillas in the oven when they are already adequately soft.
Adapted from Biggest Book of 30-Minute Meals
flour tortillas
12 oz ground beef
1/2 cup chopped onion
2 cloves of garlic, minced*
2 cups shredded cabbage with carrot (coleslaw mix)
1 cup frozen corn
1 TBSP curry*
1/4 cup bottled barbecue or hoisin sauce
1 tsp toasted sesame oil
barbecue or hoisin sauce
Brown beef, onion, and garlic. Drain.
Stir in cabbage and corn. Cover and cook until vegetables are tender, about 4 minutes.
Stir in curry, sauce, and sesame oil. Cook until heated through.
Serve wrapped in tortillas, with additional sauce if desired.
*One of the things I'm going to try next time, but that is not in the original recipe, and that I did not do tonight.
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If I don't think ahead? They get microwaved. Because it will do. :)
That said, I've seen Alton advocate tossing kosher salt into a food processer to grind it finer to make it easier to dissolve in water.
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