Jim Koepke
10-11-2011, 3:58 PM
Sometimes I enjoy what can be done with leftovers more than I enjoyed the original preparation.
I do like a good roast beef dinner, but a good beef stew in the next few days is something that has my mouth watering before the roast is out of the oven.
I also like making beef burritos with left over roast beef. It depends on what Candy would like. She is not fond of beef stew.
Corned beef is another. I always have Candy make an extra. Corned beef sandwiches is something we both enjoy and one of my favorites is to chop up the leftovers, add some potatoes and onions and make some darned good corned beef hash for breakfast. Candy enjoys this enough that she will sometimes buy 3 corned beefs when we want to have some.
One day's dinner, the next day's lunch and the third day's breakfast, Heaven on earth.
Turkey is great for sandwiches, but I love to make turkey soup.
With pork we used to make burritos much like we would with beef. Typical red sauce with what ever we have to add in. Sometimes we would add rice, sometimes corn, sometimes neither. Some times we would use pinto beans or variations, other times we would use black beans or maybe refried beans.
Many ways to do the same thing.
Lately with left over chicken or pork I have been making chilli verde burritos. This is a milder green sauce.
First start some rice cooking. This is so it will be done by the time the rest of this is finished. I usually put one chicken bullion cube in for each cup of water used. This is something a friend let me in on when I raved about how good her rice tasted. I have since shared this with people including one of my daughters when she and her kids were all amazed at the special rice grandpa made. She thought it was the brand of rice.
I also heat up some refried beans to serve with this. I use Pace medium on my beans, your choice may vary.
Start by chopping up some onion and start it cooking in a pan. Then pour in a small can of diced green chilies. For chicken one of the left over breasts or a leg and thigh is chopped up and placed in the pan, use more if you like. Then add a 16 oz. jar of salsa verde (green sauce, La Victoria is Okay, but I prefer Herdez when available). I also like to chop up some jalapeno peppers in the mix. I have been using the Mezzeta brand sliced. Either the hot or the tamed version are fine.
The tortilla is rubbed on both sides with wet hands. This gets the tortilla damp but not soaking. Then the tortilla is heated in a microwave for about 30 seconds. This is how to get the effect of a steamed burrito shell at home. If you have added cheese to melt, set the microwave to 40-50 seconds. A scoop or so of the chili verde sauce is put in the shell and rolled up. A little more sauce on top makes it irresistible to those with a fork.
I also like this sauce by itself on rice.
My making it tends to have the meat a little sparse. This is so most of the meat can be put into the burrito shells and the sauce without meat can be put on top of the burrito and rice.
There are no set rules, so make it your way.
yummy
So, anyone else have creative ways to use their leftovers?
jtk
I do like a good roast beef dinner, but a good beef stew in the next few days is something that has my mouth watering before the roast is out of the oven.
I also like making beef burritos with left over roast beef. It depends on what Candy would like. She is not fond of beef stew.
Corned beef is another. I always have Candy make an extra. Corned beef sandwiches is something we both enjoy and one of my favorites is to chop up the leftovers, add some potatoes and onions and make some darned good corned beef hash for breakfast. Candy enjoys this enough that she will sometimes buy 3 corned beefs when we want to have some.
One day's dinner, the next day's lunch and the third day's breakfast, Heaven on earth.
Turkey is great for sandwiches, but I love to make turkey soup.
With pork we used to make burritos much like we would with beef. Typical red sauce with what ever we have to add in. Sometimes we would add rice, sometimes corn, sometimes neither. Some times we would use pinto beans or variations, other times we would use black beans or maybe refried beans.
Many ways to do the same thing.
Lately with left over chicken or pork I have been making chilli verde burritos. This is a milder green sauce.
First start some rice cooking. This is so it will be done by the time the rest of this is finished. I usually put one chicken bullion cube in for each cup of water used. This is something a friend let me in on when I raved about how good her rice tasted. I have since shared this with people including one of my daughters when she and her kids were all amazed at the special rice grandpa made. She thought it was the brand of rice.
I also heat up some refried beans to serve with this. I use Pace medium on my beans, your choice may vary.
Start by chopping up some onion and start it cooking in a pan. Then pour in a small can of diced green chilies. For chicken one of the left over breasts or a leg and thigh is chopped up and placed in the pan, use more if you like. Then add a 16 oz. jar of salsa verde (green sauce, La Victoria is Okay, but I prefer Herdez when available). I also like to chop up some jalapeno peppers in the mix. I have been using the Mezzeta brand sliced. Either the hot or the tamed version are fine.
The tortilla is rubbed on both sides with wet hands. This gets the tortilla damp but not soaking. Then the tortilla is heated in a microwave for about 30 seconds. This is how to get the effect of a steamed burrito shell at home. If you have added cheese to melt, set the microwave to 40-50 seconds. A scoop or so of the chili verde sauce is put in the shell and rolled up. A little more sauce on top makes it irresistible to those with a fork.
I also like this sauce by itself on rice.
My making it tends to have the meat a little sparse. This is so most of the meat can be put into the burrito shells and the sauce without meat can be put on top of the burrito and rice.
There are no set rules, so make it your way.
yummy
So, anyone else have creative ways to use their leftovers?
jtk