Tag: garlic

Red Tomato and Chipotle Salsa | Salsa Roja con Chipotle

Red Tomato and Chipotle Salsa | Salsa Roja con Chipotle

by Rodrigo Mendoza (my cousin) Ingredients: 3 large tomatoes 1 7-ounce (small) can chipotles peppers in adobo sauce ¼ large onion 10 cloves garlic 1 teaspoon salt (or to taste) Preparation: Boil tomatoes, chili, onion, and garlic until tomato becomes soft. Remove from heat, transfer 

Garlic Spaghetti | Pasta al Ajillo

Garlic Spaghetti | Pasta al Ajillo

by Elise Wiarco (my younger sister) Ingredients: 1 1-pound pack spaghetti noodles 1 tablespoon oil 1 tablespoon salt 1 bunch fresh flat leaf parsley minced 10 garlic cloves sliced ¾ cup olive oil Garlic salt (to taste) Preparation: Cook spaghetti noodles with 1 tablespoon oil 

Pork Carnitas | Carnitas

Pork Carnitas | Carnitas

by Vanessa Wiarco (my older sister)

Ingredients:
5 pound pork butt roast
15 garlic cloves peeled and slightly smashed
1 orange freshly squeezed
Salt (to taste)
Pepper (to taste)

Preparation:

  1. Preheat oven to 250 degrees Fahrenheit and place roast in large baking dish, with fatty side facing up.
  2. Pierce roast with a sharp knife in various areas, then insert whole garlic cloves into holes.
  3. Pour freshly squeezed orange juice over entire roast and season with salt and pepper.
  4. Cover with aluminum foil and slow cook for 5 to 7 hours. Every hour, baste with juices that are released during cooking. Cook uncovered for last hour.
  5. Once roast is ready, remove from oven and rough chop into cubes or shred into small pieces. It should be soft enough to shred with ease.
  6. Serve over warm corn tortilla and top with cilantro and onion with a side of Red Spanish Rice.
Garlic Shrimp with Chile Negro | Camarón al Mojo de Ajo con Chile Negro

Garlic Shrimp with Chile Negro | Camarón al Mojo de Ajo con Chile Negro

by Vanessa Wiarco (my older sister) Ingredients: ¾ cup olive oil 30 raw shrimp in shell (jumbo shrimp works best) 3 tablespoons butter 6 dry chile negro peppers, stems removed and broken into 2-inch pieces 12 cloves garlic peeled and slightly crushed Garlic salt with