Tag: Em’s Favorite

Quick Pickled Vegetables

Quick Pickled Vegetables

10 minutes || My rating: 5/5 || Difficulty: Easy I don’t know about you, but I love pickled vegetables! They are super versatile and can be used on pretty much anything. The best part? They last a long time, so you can make a bunch 

Chicken Tortilla Soup

Chicken Tortilla Soup

15 minutes || My rating: 10/10 || Difficulty rating: Easy Directions: Take 2 chicken breasts and season with southwest seasoning. Grill until fully cooked through,165 degrees. Dice 1 medium onion and 1 clove of garlic. In a medium size pot, on medium heat, add 1 

Chorizo and Mexican rice stuffed Poblano Peppers

Chorizo and Mexican rice stuffed Poblano Peppers

1 hour 20 minutes || My Rating: 10/10 || Difficulty rating: Intermediate

Poblanos are my favorite pepper!! They have amazing flavor without being too spicy.

Directions:

  1. Cook Mexican rice
    1. In a skillet, add some olive oil to coat the bottom of the pan, be liberal. Add ¾ cups of rice and heat in the oil until the rice turns golden brown.
    2. Add 1 cup chicken stock and 1 cup spicy bloody mary mix (I use Mr & Mrs Ts Bold & Spicy) to the rice. Stir so the liquids are mixed evenly.Cover and simmer on medium low. DO NOT stir, open the lid, or even look at it!! Just let it do its thing. 
    3. When liquid is absorbed, turn off the heat and take a fork and fluff the rice (just gently mix).
  2. Brown ½ pound of chorizo
  3. Clean the poblanos (remove the seeds and guts), so you can stuff them. Pro-tip: cut a V shaped opening on the top of the pepper, so you don’t waste any of the pepper. This also allows you to have “mini” stuffed peppers on the side as well. See picture. 🙂
  4. Fill your peppers ½ way with the rice first and then fill the other half with the chorizo. 
  5. Top with shredded cheddar or Mexican cheese. Place them on a sheet pan and cover with foil.
  6. Bake for 50-60 minutes at 350 degrees.

Eat up! I served mine with some avocado, but you could do Greek yogurt or sour cream or just as it is!

Hash brown bake

Hash brown bake

60 minutes || My Rating: 10/10 || Difficulty rating: Easy I live for hot breakfast. This is my personal favorite; cheesy and delicious! Directions: Brown 1 pound of bulk breakfast sausage. I love my grocery’s deli country sausage, but Jimmy Dean’s or whatever will be