Chile Colorado Sauce (Restaurant Style)

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This sauce is a staple in my house,When this sauce is in the fridge, there are so many wonderful recipes that can be made, it will turn your breakfast into one you will think you were sitting on the beach in Puerta Vallarta, Enjoy!



Yield: 3-cups
   Mexican

    Ingredients:
4 Ancho chile's wiped clean, Seeded, and stemmed
4 Pasilla chile's wiped clean, Seeded, and stemmed
2 cups good beef or chicken stock
6 cloves garlic roasted
1 White onion grilled or blackened, chopped (optional)
1 tablespoon Oregano
1 tablespoon Cumin
salt and pepper to taste

Instructions:

On a comal,or in a skillet,or on your Cuisinart Griddler grill, and over a medium high heat, toast the chile's until fragrant, about 30 to 60 seconds don't burn them they will be bitter. Place in a bowl and Cover with the chicken stock and allow to soften, about 20 minutes. In a blender, place the chile's and stock. Blend until chopped. Add the garlic,onions, oregano, cumin, vinegar, and salt and pepper. Blend until very smooth. you may want to run it through a sieve, to get the seeds out, At this point you may fry the sauce in 2 tablespoons of oil or lard, but this step is optional if so,cook 10 min in the oil,otherwise just heat in pan for 10min. NOTE ;you may want to make a roux with some flour and oil to thicken. Yield: about 3 cups

Grilled Ham Cheese and Pickles on the Cuisinart Griddler Grill

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When I'm totally in the mood for a grilled Sammy, this is my favorite one to make. Turn on your Griddler, heat to med heat, grab some honey ham, or any ham you have, spray Griddler with Pam, lay down a few pieces of ham in little pile, then add some cheese on top of the ham (any kind you like) then some pickles, then some more ham on top and lay 2 of your favorite pieces of bread on the griddler with a Lil Pam or butter, (butter tastes better) grill top and bottom till browned,  turn off your griddler, remove the bread, and add some of your favorite mustard, and some lettuce and avocado, place the ham on the bread and Walla, a yummy sandwich right from your own kitchen, now wasn't that easy, this one is a keeper you'll see!

Just add your mouth and you got a great lunch!



Lite Chicken Taquito's with Gaucamole Sauce



 Chicken Taquitos:  This Recipe

Is really easy if you have a Cuisinart Griddler.  All you do is take some cooked shredded chicken, sprinkle it with some garlic powder, salt and pepper to taste, set aside. Heat up your Grill to med to high heat, lay your corn tortillas on the grill they can be overlapping if need be, when there warm and pliable, sprinkle some of your favorite cheese on each tortilla, then some chicken, roll them up tight, seam side down, when your finished making them all, I make 3-6 at a time but you can make as many as you want that will fit on the grill, drizzle a little olive oil on the grill, then place all the taquitos down, and close the top so it cooks on the top and bottom, turn once after they start to get crunchy about 3-4 min, you want all sides crunchy.  When there done, remove them and sprinkle them with Parmesan cheese, and Serve them with Guacamole sauce.



*Note: if you want to take these up a notch in flavor, grill your chicken first in a skillet with some garlic and onions chopped, and a Little olive oil, cook on one side and press with a spatchla till crunchy on the bottom of the chicken, then remove the meat and then make your Taquito's as listed above. Enjoy! (Recipe below)

Guacamole Sauce

1 avocado

1 jalapeno

1/2 cup water

2 tbsp cilantro

salt

pepper

To Make:

Excellent!

mix all ingredients together in your magic bullet or small blender or food processor

mix until creamy and totally blended, add more salt n pepper to taste if needed.

may want to use only half of the jalapeno, it may be to spicy. Serve with your Chicken Taquito's.







watch out because these babies are addicting, oh and the reason i call them lite is because they are not fried.
they are grilled, and if you do not have a Cuisinart grill, just heat up a skillet, and warm your tortillas in it, do as instructed above, and to cook them, lay a skillet on top of them that you greased with Pam and cook them that way.





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