Epic Portions

Category: My Recipes

  • What John Wants To Eat Today

    Huevos Rancheros.

    If you are unfamiliar with huevos rancheros, you are seriously missing out.  Huevos rancheros is a traditional Mexican dish that is usually eaten as breakfast, but can be eaten for any meal.  The basic components of the dish consists of a tortillas, fried eggs, with a tomato-chili sauce on top.  The great thing about this dish is you can add pretty much anything you like.  Here’s my version:

    1. Cook up some chorizo or regular breakfast sausage.  Chorizo is a smokier sausage that typically has red pepper added to it.
    2. Coat the bottom of a large pan LIGHTLY with oil.  Drop a tortilla in flat and let it sit until slightly crisp.  I’m talking SLIGHTLY browned.
    3. Fry two eggs.  I usually cook them over easy, but it’s up to you.
    4. Put tortilla on a plate, add chorizo on top of tortilla, and eggs on top of the chorizo.
    5. Add as much tomato-chili sauce as you want.  Canned enchilada sauce works great for this.
    6. Sprinkle cheese on top of that.
    7. I always put the dish in my toaster oven for a minute or so just to melt the cheese on top.

    There you have it.  You can serve this with beans and rice, or just eat it by itself.

  • What John Wants To Eat Today

    Nachos.

    Here’s how I do my nachos.

    I like to use about 1-2lbs of ground chicken.  Why?  I think I can flavor ground chicken a lot better than ground beef, like that taste better, and I hear it’s good for you as well.  I’m not down with the whole ground turkey thing because I just can’t eat turkey on anything but a sandwich or for a holiday that involves pilgrims.

    Ingredients

    • 1-2lbs of ground chicken, depending on if you want regular or monster nachos.
    • 1 tbsp. chili powder
    • 2 tsp. cumin
    • Salt/Pepper
    • 2 tsp. cayenne pepper — Add more if you like the heat
    • 2 tsp garlic powder
    • 1/2 half onion
    • 1 can Rotel or 1 large diced tomato
    • 1 small can re-fried beans
    • 10-12oz bag tortilla chips
    • Monterey Jack cheese — As much as you like
    • Sour cream

    I like the onions and tomatoes cooked with the chicken but feel free to just add them on top.  Season the chicken and cook until done.   Add it on top of your tortilla chips, followed by the rest of the ingredients.  I like to throw it in the toaster or conventional oven to melt the cheese before serving.

  • Southwest Eggroll Burritos

    I thought I would throw a recipe up here for a change.  These are basically southwest eggrolls in burrito form.  Delicious.

    Ingredients

    • 10 chicken tenderloins (or 2-3 chicken breasts)
    • 4 tablespoons minced red bell peppers
    • 1 small onion
    • 1-2 cloves garlic
    • 2/3 cup frozen corn
    • 1 can black bean, rinsed and drained
    • 4 tablespoons spinach (I used spinach in half the batches)
    • 2 tablespoons diced canned jalapeno peppers (I’ve used up to 4)
    • 1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley
    • 1 teaspoon cumin
    • 1 teaspoon chili powder
    • 1/2 teaspoon salt
    • 1 cayenne pepper (or a dash or to of the powdered stuff)
    • 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
    • 9 flour tortillas

    Directions

    Cook the chicken in olive oil in a pan.  Once cooked shred the chicken.  Add everything else (except the cheese) to the pan and cook until it’s all cooked and warm.  Remove and add cheese mixing until incorporated.  Add to the tortillas, roll up and eat or freeze.  I recommend nuking the tortillas so they fold easier and don’t rip.  When reheating the frozen burritos I usually microwave for 3 minutes.