Thursday, May 7, 2015

cookin' at work: cinco de mayo...

...it has turned into a big selling event. Not on the scale of Valentine's or Mother's day, but a day for the retail world to advertise, promote, encourage buying. And calling in the friends and neighbors for a party.

We were making burritos at the cooking demo. booth. Remarkably easy to assemble. By the end of the day, when I prepared and served the recipe four times, I thought I was fully capable and ready to go audition for job at Moe's. I probably don't have quite the speed those guys do, but pretty sure with some more practice I could improve to match the moe's-pros.

The meat is something that is prepared, fully cooked ready to heat and serve from the meat department. But if you don't want to use beef pot roast, you could get a chicken from the deli and shred enough of that to use in for the filling. Or buy one of those little tubs of chicken that is like the bowls of ready to heat and eat bar-be-que in the meat cooler. The recipe says you get six servings, but when I was filling the flour tortillas, I got to number six and still had some left, so actually made eight. Shred the meat, mix in rice, corn, salsa, after you put a spoonful of spinach dip down the center of the tortilla. Sprinkle on some grated cheese before you start rolling it all together. Wrap in foil, to heat on the grill or in the oven.

The side dish on the recipe card is nothing special, so I won't even tell you about it. Actually sort of strange, taste-wise. Citrus with cubed cantaloupe, diced avocado and a sprinkling of fresh mint.

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