Opened the fridge this a.m. and realized that I've been on a cooking spree. The oldest thing is the tail end of a charcroute garni - sour kraut with potatoes, pork chops and sausage. Then there is beef barley soup and finally, yesterday, I did carnitas. Lots of leftovers!
Don't know how Mexican's do carnitas but mine is from a comment left on Epicurious. The writer was chastising the writer of a recipe and I liked what he said so tried it. I take a big piece of pork shoulder, cut it up roughly and brown it a bit. Then add a can of Rotel, a can of chicken broth, a diced onion, several cloves of garlic and seasonings: ground cumin, chili powder, oregano and curry powder. I let it cook for a couple hours then remove the meat and shred it, then put it back in the pot. About this time I tasted it and added a teaspoon of salt and one of red pepper flakes. Another 10 minutes or so and we had dinner. You are supposed to dry it out by frying it then eat it in a tortilla. We just eat it with spoons from a bowl.
The beef barley soup came about because the store had a special on a large package of sirloin. We had steak on the barbie one night then had about a pound that we hadn't cooked. Hmmmm. Diced it, browned it and cooked it in some beef broth and red wine. Added some barley and a big bunch of diced vegies. Yum!
Hmmm, think I'll go have some soup for breakfast! Have a good one.
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