Friday, January 11, 2008

Three sauces spice rubbed chicken burrito



I've been really into experimenting with - Latin/Mexican/Southwest/Indian with a bit of French thrown in - cooking lately. I love spicey foods with bold flavors. I used to look down on Latin Food until my eyes were opened at a certain Mexican Restaurant in Las Vegas. I talked with our waiter about it for 30 minutes after our meal, because after Bobby Flay's Mesa Grill, Malto Mario's B&B, (both overrated) this place just floored me. Now on to my creation.

The Three Sauces: You can make all three in advance, and store in squeeze bottles.
1. Cilantro and Tomatillo Sauce
2. Roasted Sweet Peppers and Honey Sauce (in burrito)
3. Pasilla and New Mexican Pepper and Mango Chutney Reduction (bottom)

OK. Now we have the sauces down. I saved a lot of the spice for the chicken. I use boneless, skinless chicken thighs...because of flavor. You can use breasts I guess if you're that boring.

For the stuffing you'll need:
- 3 chicken thighs
- 1/2 large yellow onion, cut in thin slices (shoelaces)
- 6 crimini mushrooms
- 3 slices of a good smoked bacon (cubed)
- 3 tbsp of sweet yellow corn

Spice Rub:
1 tbsp ancho chili powder
1 tbsp "straight up" chili powder
1 tbsp brown sugar
1 teas cumin
1 teas oregano
1 teas garlic powder
1/2 teas cloves
1/2 teas allspice
1/2 teas cinnamon
1 teas salt

Mix the rub and use half on the chicken to litely coat it (sauce will be added later). Roast the chicken in the oven for 20 min, then pull apart in strips. And set aside. Add the bacon to a hot pan and cook until crisp. Add the onions and mushrooms to the bacon and it's yummy fat. Stir until caramelized and yummy. Add salt. (don't want to add salt on mushrooms as soon as they go in or they will give up their water too soon). Now add the other half of the spice rub. It should be smelling good by now. In a separate oan add the chicken, corn, and stir in the roasted sweet pepper sauce. Cook on high heat for about about 2 minutes. Just enough to coat the chicken and reduce the sauce a bit.

Additional stuff: 6 tortillas, uncooked from costco. Cook them and cut two of the edges to make it sort of a square.

Stuff the burrito. Lay the tortilla down and on one end add the mushroom mixture, and then add the chicken and corn mixture. On your first roll make sure it is tight. This will kind of be like rolling Sushi. Roll the rest of the wat and start on the other ones.

Once done lay the pepper and mango sauce down on the plate, add two burritos, and squeeze the cilantro sauce on with some lines, and serve.

2 comments:

sarah said...

Holy crap. You don't mess around.

saint-erin said...

I really need to come over more often :)