Chile Salad Sonora Recipes

CHILE SALAD SONORA

Steps:

• In a small saucepan of boiling water, blanch the garlic for 3 minutes. Drain and, when cool, cut into slivers. In a small bowl, whisk together the vinegar, salt, pepper, cumin, and cayenne and add the olive oil in a thin stream, whisking all the time until emulsified. Stir in the shallots and green onions.
• Toss the tomatoes, blanched garlic, chiles, and peppers together on an oval or round ceramic platter. Drizzle the dressing over, toss again, and scatter on the crumbled cheese.

SONORAN SALAD

Steps:

• 1. Combine dressing ingredients in a jar and shake.
• 2. Place romaine on the bottom of an oval or rectangular bowl.
• 3. Chop all vegetables in uniform size.
• 4. Arrange each vegetable in a colorful row on top of the lettuce to make a "composed" salad.
• 5. Add the dressing just before serving and toss

CHILE CON CARNE ROJO, SONORAN STYLE

Steps:

• Put the cut-up beef in a dutch oven or similar large kettle, cover with water and boil with salt, pepper, garlic, onion, and 3-4 bay leaves. Boil until meat is tender.
• Remove bay leaves and throw them away. Remove the meat.
• Pour the liquid into another container. (I use a good-sized plastic pitcher.).
• Stir the chili paste into the liquid. ( Or use 8 ounces of the paste and 8 ounces of made-from-scratch chile sauce. Or if you have an asbestos tongue, skip the commercial stuff entirely!).
• Melt shortening in the bottom of the kettle. Add flour and cook until brown, stirring almost constantly.
• Add 10 cups or so of the beef stock/chile mixture gradually, while stirring. (It's like making gravy.).
• Reduce heat and add oregano, cumin, more garlic, and salt to taste.
• Stir in the meat.
• DO NOT add tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, stewed tomatoes, or any other tomato product!
• Serve with flour tortillas and refried beans. Or make your own burros and serve it that way. Left overs (if any) freeze well.

SONORAN SALAD & DRESSING

Steps:

• Mix romaine, tomato, onion, avocado, cheese and bacon in salad bowl.
• Mix together the olive oil, vinegar, garlic, salt, sugar and pepper. Pour over salad and mix well.

SONORAN CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• Whisk dressing ingredients together and let stand for at least 1 hour, allowing flavors to blend. Combine all other ingredients, except lettuce, and gently mix in dressing and let chill. Serve on a bed of romaine lettuce.