Mexican Style Pot Roast With Raisins And Almonds Recipes

MEXICAN POT ROAST

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Season beef chuck roast with salt and pepper. Cook roast in hot oil until browned entirely, 2 to 3 minutes per side; transfer browned roast to a slow cooker.
• Sprinkle onion, chile pepper, hot sauce, taco seasoning, chili powder, cayenne pepper, and garlic powder over the roast.
• Cook on Low until meat is fall-apart tender, 8 to 10 hours.

MEXICAN-STYLE POT ROAST WITH RAISINS AND ALMONDS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees and season the meat with salt and pepper. In a large, heavy pot or Dutch oven with a tight lid, heat the oil over high heat and brown the meat on all sides.
• Add the garlic, beer, broth, chilies, cinnamon sticks, oregano and bay leaves to the pot and bring to a boil. Cover the pot and transfer to the oven. Cook for 1 hour. Add the raisins and almonds and cook for another hour, or until the meat is very tender.
• Transfer the meat to a serving platter. Remove and discard the cinnamon sticks and bay leaves. Transfer the sauce to a blender and puree until smooth. (You may need to do this in two batches.)
• Return the sauce to the pot, season with chipotle and salt to taste and reheat if necessary. Pour sauce over meat and garnish with cilantro and toasted almonds. Serve immediately.

MEXICAN POT ROAST

Steps:

• Trim the beef chuck and place in a container just large enough to hold it. Pour the Beer Marinade over and refrigerate several hours or overnight.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lift the meat from the marinade and pat dry. Reserve the marinade. Over a medium high heat, in a heavy Dutch oven, heat the lard. Brown the steak on both sides. Add the onions and cook for 3 minutes. Add the garlic, cook for 2 minutes and then add tomatoes, salt, pepper, bay leaves, beer, water, and the reserved marinade.
• Cover and bake about 45 minutes. Add the carrots and potatoes. Cover and cook an additional 45 minutes or until the meat is very tender.
• To prepare the marinade, whisk together the oil, beer, and lemon juice. Add the garlic, salt, pepper, bay leaves, mustard, basil, oregano, and thyme. Mix well.

RICE WITH ALMONDS AND RAISINS

Steps:

• Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Saute onion, stirring, until tender. Stir in the rice, raisins, broth, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer 15 to 20 minutes, or until rice is cooked and liquid is absorbed. Stir in almonds before serving.

MEXICAN POT ROAST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325*. In a large Dutch oven, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Brown the meat on all sides and remove.
• Add the onion to the pot and cook until light golden in colour.
• Add the garlic, green pepper, jalapeno, chili powder and cumin seed. Stir constantly and cook for one minute.
• Add the oregano, beef broth, beer, worcestershire sauce and tomato paste. Stir until combined.
• Return the beef back to the pan. Cover and bake @ 325* for three hours, turning the beef three times.
• When the beef is very tender, remove to a plate and tent with foil.
• Reduce the liquid on top of the stove by 1/3. Season with more chili powder, (to your taste) if desired.
• Stir in cilantro and lime juice.
• Carve the beef, placing on a shallow platter. Pour sauce over and serve.

PULLED PORK WITH MEXICAN ALMOND MOLE SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a casserole dish. Brown the pork for about 10 mins until golden all over, stir in the tomato purée and cook for 1 min. Pour over the chicken stock, then add the strips of orange zest and juice, cinnamon and thyme. Bring to the boil, reduce the heat, then cover and simmer for 1½ hrs.
• Meanwhile, make the sauce. Heat a non-stick frying pan and dry-fry the onions and whole garlic cloves for about 5 mins, turning often until softened and lightly charred all over. Tip into a blender. Add the tomatoes to the pan. Cook for 3 mins until starting to blister and char, then tip into the blender. Add 1 tbsp oil to the pan. Fry 1 of the tortillas for 1 min on each side until golden. Tear into pieces and tip into the blender. Adding more oil if you need, fry the almonds for 3 mins until golden. Add to the blender. Finally add the raisins, coriander and cumin to the pan and cook for 1-2 mins until the raisins are plump. Add these to the blender along with the chipotle paste and finely chopped chocolate. Whizz together until a rough paste forms.
• Using a slotted spoon, remove the meat from the pan to a board, leave to cool a little, then use forks or your fingers to tear into shreds. Remove the cinnamon, orange zest and thyme sprigs from the pan and discard. Pour a little of the cooking liquid into the blender, then carefully whizz together with the mole sauce. Tip sauce into the pan with the rest of the pork cooking juices. Simmer on the hob for 10-15 mins, then return the shredded pork to the pan and cook for 20 mins more. Season to taste. Can be made up to this point up to 2 days in advance and stored in the fridge or frozen for up to 3 months.
• Just before serving, microwave the tortillas for 1 min to warm them. Toss together all the salsa ingredients and season well. Set everything out on the table. To serve, spoon some of the pork mole onto a tortilla, top with some salsa, then roll up and eat.

SLOW-COOKER MEXICAN POT ROAST

Steps:

• Spray 5-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. Arrange onion and potatoes in slow cooker. Place beef over vegetables. Sprinkle with taco seasoning mix, cumin, red pepper, salt and pepper. Pour tomatoes over beef and vegetables.
• Cover; cook on Low heat setting 8 to 9 hours or until beef is tender. Serve beef and vegetables with sauce.