Kentucky Bourbon Pecan Chocolate Pie

Yum!
1 premade pie shell
1.5 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
1 stick of butter room temperature
3/4 cup of brown sugar
1/4 cup of regular sugar
1/4 cup bourbon
4 eggs
5 tablespoons of flour
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup of chopped pecans

Mix together all your ingredients except pecans and chocolate chips. Once the soft ingredients are mixed, add the nuts and chocolate.

Bake at 350 for 50 minutes to 1 and a half hours. Make sure the middle has set and I'd the edges start to look brown just put foil over the pie until its ready to come out.

Serve warm with ice cream or chilled!

Enjoy!

Chicken Tinga Gorditas and Tacos

Tinga tacos are probably my favorite taco of all time. That says a lot considering I love tacos.

Here is a recipe I have pieced together for a delish Tinga.

1 Onion
1 Can adobo sauce
1 can plum tomatoes
2 cans chicken broth
1 TBS of cumin seeds
1 TBS of Mexican oregano
2 TBS fresh garlic
2 packages of chicken breasts

Start by cooking the onions in a large pan until semi translucent. Next add all the rest of the ingredients and bring to a boil. Once boiled quickly turn to low heat and slow cook for 2 hours or until chicken is super tender. You could do this in a crock pot too. Take out all the chicken and put on the side to cool. Bring the pot back up to a higher heat and let it reduce by at least half or to a consistency that you think would make a good sauce. Once you have reached this state you can purée all the ingredients with a hand blender or in a cuisinart. shred chicken and put back in the sauce for about 15 minutes.

Serve in tacos, gorditas, tosdas, or anything you want.

Ps-- I know gorditas are to be cut in half and filled, but I'm abnormal and like them this way!

Enjoy!

Mulligatawny Soup

I have been wanting to make this dish for a while now. I combined parts of a few different recipes I found and this is what came out. I'd give it an A for sure!

1 cup red Daal (masoor)
1 cup celery chopped
1 onion chopped
1 tomato chopped
2 carrots peeled and chopped
1 tablespoon fresh chopped garlic
1 teaspoon of cumin
1 teaspoon of turmeric
1 teaspoon of curry powder
1/2 teaspoon of dried coriander
1/2 teaspoon of garam masala
1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon fresh chopped ginger
2 cloves
2 bay leaves
2 pods of cardamom
6 cups chicken stock
Sea salt to taste

Sautée onion, celery, for a few minutes in oil until slightly soft. Next add tomato, garlic and ginger-- cook for a few minutes. Add Daal and all the spices, Sautée for a minute then add chicken stock. Bring to a boil then reduce and simmer for 40 minutes. Once lentils are soft, take out bay leaves, cardamom, cloves and blend in a blender or with a hand blender until smooth. Add 1 cup of coconut milk and mix until its to temperature. Serve with basmati rice and garnish with cilantro and green onion.

Cuban Chicken

He's eating this shit at 11pm-- and I'm watching! fML!

Tres Leches Cake

I have not found a great recipe for one of these babies, but I can tell you -- order one at Chuy's!

Fried Eggs over White Wine Mushrooms

Who doesn't love eggs? I do, I do! Here is a quick easy recipe that will add some flavor to your breakfast. Sautée baby Bella mushrooms in butter and olive oil. Once they have softened up add 1/2 cup of your favorite whit wine. Cooke out all the wine then add sea salt, pepper, a pat of butter and on clove of garlic crushed. Cook for a few more minutes and put over buttered toast or am English muffin. Top with an over easy egg, chive and a little cheese. Delish!

Lobster Roll

I have never had a lobster roll before, but I can tell you that I dream of eating them. The look so, so-- so freaking good. Since there none around me, I had to make one. I checked a few recipes and realized the bread was of utmost importance. There is a special bread roll, but I could not find one here so I settled on a homemade hotdog bun for my grocer. My grocery also steamed and cracked a fresh lobster for me. I then split the rolls, buttered them and turned them butter side down in a pan until they were crispy. I took the freshly steamed lobster, chopped it, added a bit of melted butter and let it sit for a minute. Then I added mayo, salt and pepper. I let chill for a minute, then stuffed the rolls and garnished with green onion. So good!