So it's been a GREAT birthday week except for the fact Crys still won't lift my ban even for a day to wish my fellow Birfdaybro BEARMICK a happy birthday on Thursday (another lost tradition) but whatevs, I'm not gonna be a bitter beta because the foodblogging must go on...
So what are you guys making today? I'll tell you what I'M making! TORTAS
Big time torta kick lately. It's a gr8 way to get all those mexican :smoke: flavors into your mouth without the cumbersome tortillas or arguments about whether or not u should put oil in a pan to fry up tortillas because some fucktard's mexican :smoke: wife would never do such a thing.
For those who don't know, TORTAS are basically a mexican :smoke: sandwich where you put the mexican :smoke: burrito, taco, quesadilla, chimichanga, flauta or whatevs fillings in between bread. I'm actually using authentic mexican :smoke: Torta rolls I copped at Costco when I got my prime birthday ribeyes. And I got a big leftover ribeye for these bad boys.
I started making refried beans this morning. Poured 2 inches of cold water over some pintos in a pot, added a couple of shallots, cloves of garlic and sprigs of mexican oregano that didn't get frostbitten last night. Boiled dat for two hours and then drained, reserving ****** :smoke: liquid for thinning them out. Got some old bacon fat and fried up some minced onion then added the beans to that to simmer in a little bit of the bean liquid. added in some salt and pepper, a dried ancho chile and a dash of cumin. Mashing them up and adding in more liquid to get the right consistency. Remember to stir, you don't want to over refry these mexican :smoke: beans.
For the meat, I par-froze the steak so I could make thin slices, which I will pound out a little and then bread and fry in some canola oil to make some milanese style steak for the sandwich. Spritz a little lime juice on it to cut the fat a little.
Other toppings, salsa Verde, sliced avocado, thinly sliced mexican :smoke: cabbage, quick pickled red onion, mexican :smoke: queso fresco (bought it because i didn't feel like making it but it's really easy, google it) and then a nice dollup of sour cream because this mexican :smoke: salsa was pretty spicy.
Finally, I'll lightly grill the bread after getting a little schmear of butter on the rolls, because it's bread and you can add fat to it on this step unlike mexican :smoke: tortillas which have to be chucked into a dry pan because SOMEONE will condemn u to hell if you even think of putting oil or butter in that pan. (which is just a cast iron skillet, but for this dish, It's best to refer to it as a "comal")
So there you have it. Mexican :smoke: steak Tortas. Simple, yet elegant.
Go Baers!
