Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Picadillo Tacos

Picadillo Tacos

1/2 Cup Raisins
1/4 Cup Tequila
2 Tbl Sugar
1/2 Lb Bulk pork sausage
1 Tsp cinnamon, Ground
1/2 Lb beef, Ground
1/4 Tsp cumin, Ground
1 Medium Onion, chopped
1 Dash cloves, Ground
3 Cloves garlic, minced
12 7' flour tortillas
1 Can (14 1/2 oz) whole tomatoes
1/3 Cup Pecans, finely chopped
-cut up, UNDRAINED
Shredded lettuce, optional
1 Can (4 oz) green chili, Diced
In a small saucepan, combine raisins and tequila. Bring to boiling; remove from heat. Let stand for 5 minutes. For filling: In a large skillet cook sausage, beef, onion, and garlic over medium heat till meat is brown. Drain off fat. Stir in undrained raisins, undrained tomatoes, green chili peppers, sugar, cinnamon, cumin and cloves. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered for about 30 minutes or until most of the liquid is evaporated. Meanwhile, wrap tortillas in foil. Heat in a 350 oven for 10 minutes or until warm. Stir pecans into meat misture. To serve, top warm tortillas with lettuce, then filling. Fold or roll up. Makes 6 main dish servings.

I like more raisins.. tequila....jalepenos...lol... not that I eat this... anymore..but it tastes great!

2 cool peeps:

the shrewness said...

yummy!

id skip the jalapenos, but would definitely add more tequila!

l'amoureux de KT said...

Never skip the jalapenos. use less, if you're a newbie to zingy foods, but don't cut them out altogether.

They have a sweet 'green' flavor that's hard to duplicate otherwise.