Good morning DFO!
Welcome, welcome.
Good to have you back after a somewhat, let’s say less than immaculate recipe last week.
This week we’ve got real goddamn recipes and a shitload of photos to guide you along.
We go back to our request line for this one, actually I think there were 2 folks that requested it.
Chili Relleno!
You long time readers know I love Mexican food and we’ve featured plenty of recipes to support that claim.
Takes deep breath.
We’ve done fish tacos,
Enchiladas!
With photographic evidence.
Carne Guisada! So fucking good!
Many, fucking, times. We made some again today in fact!
Chipotle chicken and Habanero Salsa!
Of course we’ve made carne asada!
My very first Sunday Gravy post ever featured my all time favorite condiment and constant addiction Chile tepin.
For WifeofSpam!
For BallsofSteel!
Just know that my bonafides are in place and proper.
I’ve also made more pots of pinto beans and Mexican rice than I can keep track of. Don’t worry we’re going to do a batch of vegan pinto beans again today.
When the first suggestion was made for me to attempt making chili relleno – I believe it was from Blaxabbath – I remembered back to the time when I was married to the “former missus right.” She loved chile relleno and we made them on a fairly regular basis. The requesters for today’s inspiration both said they had issues with the batter staying on the chile rellenos during the cooking process and I too remember having similar issues in the past. Today’s challenge was not only cooking chile rellenos but solving the “Mystery of the Slipping Batter.”
Without Scooby Doo.
If you look at that banner photo again you can see that I had pretty good success with the batter. I did some serious fucking research to solve this issue and it turns out that it is pretty fucking common with home cooks who attempt this dish.
I narrowed the possible solution down to two potential fixes. Not sure if it was one, the other or both in conjunction that solved the dilemma but it was solved indeed.
Got a whole lot of shit to get to today and an ass ton of photos. So let’s do this motherfucker!
Chili Relleno!
2 Anaheim or poblano chilies – fire roasted and deseeded
2 eggs separated
2 tablespoons of flour
1 teaspoon of baking powder
Monterrey jack cheese
1 cup of cooking oil
That’s it. I left the amounts a little vague since the number of rellenos you cook will depend on how many you will be feeding. The above amounts are for only 2 chili rellenos which is how many I personally made.
Get some chilies!
These are Anaheim chilies. They tend to be a bit milder than a poblano or a pasilla chili.
Please note: none of these chilies would even remotely be considered hot or spicy. They all have that nice, rich, green chili taste that we all know and dig the shit out of.
First thing we gots to do is fire roast these sumbitches. You all know the drill by now.
The fire roasting gives us a nice flavor in addition to the removal of a pretty fucking chewy skin. Another thing it does is make the surface of the chili tacky. Remember we’re fixing that “batter falling off” shit today.
These will roast for a few minutes until the surface blackens. Next place the blackened chilies in a bowl and cover with some plastic wrap to steam the chilies and help loosen the skins. Let rest for about 10 minutes.
Now the skins should be easy to remove.
Be sure to leave that stem on there for use as a little “handle.”
Once the chilies have been skinned it’s time to deseed them. Make one thin slit on the edge of the chili and carefully reach in, I found a standard spoon works well for gutting that chili. We don’t want to tear the outside of the chili so use a little caution.
Now they’re deseeded and ready to stuff.
Let’s get to work on the batter for these. You will be greatly rewarded in the preparation of these if you have a stand mixer. Just saying.
Separate your eggs, with the whites going into the working bowl of your mixer.
Standard egg separating rule of thumb is; you can get a little egg white into your yolks but do NOT get any egg yolk into your egg whites.
We are going to attach the whisk attachment to the mixer and let’s get after them whites.
These will mix on a medium-medium high speed for just a few minutes.
What are we looking for here?
Soft peaks!
Next, using a fork mix the egg yolks with the teaspoon of baking powder. Then add the yolk mix to the beaten whites and gently stir to incorporate.
Serious shit with the fold gently thing. The reason we beat the egg whites is we wanted a soft fluffy batter. Over mixing here can lead to breaking the egg mixture back down and back to that whole “batter falling off the fucking relleno” thing.
SCIENCE!
Next add the cooking oil to a fairly deep skillet and heat over a medium heat.
Let’s go ahead and stuff the prepared chilies with the cheese.
A couple of small wedges of the cheese for each chili. Don’t want to over-stuff here.
A quick note about the cheese. Monterrey jack is the standard boring Americanized/Mexican fare but it cooks well. You can vary up your cheese here. If you can find “asadero” use that. It’s a Mexican cheese similar in a lot of ways to a fresh mozzarella. I would not recommend using a flavor forward cheese like say aged cheddar. The relleno is a very subtle dish and the wrong cheese can overpower the chili flavor. I couldn’t find asadero so jack cheese it was.
Next thing we’re gonna do is coat the stuffed chili in some flour.
Grab that stem of the chili that you brilliantly left in place and gently dip that chili into our egg batter. Gentle is the key phrase here. Be sure to coat it well on all sides. Now gently place the relleno into the hot oil.
Two additional anti-stick tricks we are going to employ here; first, go ahead and spoon just a bit more batter to the top of each chili while it just starts to cook. This will ensure solid batter coverage.
The second trick, and a right proper motherfucker of a trick, is to employ the “slosh” technique.
AHA! Use a spoon or spatula to gently slosh some of the hot oil over the top of the chili while it’s cooking. If you’re like me and like a sunny side up fried egg as long as the white is cooked, this method may be familiar to you. It’s exactly how I finish cooking a fried egg. We’re doing it here to ensure the batter stays in place prior to flipping the chili over. Cook the chilies for about 5 minutes per side.
After the flip!
Nailed that fucker.
Five more minutes cooking, then gently remove to drain on a paper towel.
You, my friend, are now a goddamn chili relleno MASTER!
To summarize: the methods used to help the batter stay in place include; fire roasting and peeling the chili to get the surface tacky. Gently whipping the egg whites and mixing with the yolks to create a fluffy batter more likely to adhere to the surface. We also coated with flour prior to battering, giving the batter something additional to stick to. We also added a little extra batter to the top of the rellenos while they were cooking giving them ample batter coverage. Finally by employing the “slosh” technique of splashing oil over the top of the uncooked batter we helped it set firmly in place prior to flipping over.
Achievement. Unlocked!
Don’t worry, I ain’t gonna leave you with a plain old unadorned chili relleno. We got to dress that fucker up PROPER!
Let’s make a homemade enchilada sauce!
No more store bought shit for you!
Enchilada Sauce!
recipe via Allrecipes.com
1/4 cup of cooking oil
2 tablespoons of self rising flour
1/4 cup of chili powder, if you can find it use this shit.
That’s dried New Mexico chili powder.
Do you all have access to these little cellophane bags of cheap spices? Or is that just a Southwest US thing? These bags are dirt cheap and plentiful. All of my black peppercorns, chile tepin, cumin, garlic powder and many other spices come from these.
(1) 8 oz can of tomato sauce
1/2 teaspoon of cumin
1/2 teaspoon of garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon of onion powder
Enough water to dilute the sauce to your desired consistency. About a cup or cup and a half.
Ingredients in visual form!
Heat up the oil in a skillet over medium heat then add in the flour and the chili powder.
Lower the heat to medium-low and cook to incorporate the spices. Just a minute or 2. Next add in the rest of the ingredients but just a cup of the water to start. We can thin it a little more later.
Simmer down for 10 minutes.
Let the sauce reduce a bit and season with salt to taste.
I made this a day ahead and refrigerated it overnight.
I also made a pot of pinto beans for this meal.
One of them links up there has the recipe but it’s 1/2 pound of dried pinto beans, picked through and rinsed. Half an onion chopped. Four cloves of garlic minced. 1 teaspoon of chili powder, 1 teaspoon of cumin. Salt and pepper. It’s about 4 cups of water.
Get everything into a pot and get to a boil, reduce heat and cook for about 3 hours until beans are tender, stirring occasionally. Mash or blend about 1/2 of the beans for texture and serve.
Please note that this entire meal at this point is vegan! There was no pork added to the beans today.
This was basically to prove that I could do it and also to show that Sunday Gravy can be vegan friendly.
Look!
Some of my photo pre-screeners mentioned that this photo was slightly, shall we say “fecal” in nature.
Is it? I can’t judge because I know that this meal was fucking delicious! Slightly smoky, a green chili tang, that enchilada sauce is a real keeper with a gentle simmering heat from the chili powder. Goddamn delicious.
Not to mention an all out successful prep on the chili relleno.
Now to answer the question that’s on everyone’s minds.
No I didn’t make an entire Sunday dinner that was vegan. I’ll send you out with some additional photos.
Then.
And.
Then just get ’em crispy.
The carnitas, while delicious had one minor issue today.
What the fuck is this shit Ralph’s?
Pork for stew? And no whole pork shoulder on hand?
Motherfuckers even trimmed the excess fat!
Goddammit I’m gonna write my congressman.
How the fuck are we supposed to have savory, porky deliciousness when you trimmed the motherfucking fat off.
Goddammit this is basically a war crime!
Thanks for being here folks.
I appreciate you.
PEACE!
And another thing, the next time I go to the fucking store there better be an entire section dedicated to full-fat slabs of Boston Butt. I will not settle for this bullshit… I will come down there and….
“Against all odds”, says Julie Foudy, who clearly needs lessons from Hippo as to what ‘odds’ are and how to wager them.
no fucking shit. Murrikans are THE WORST
/except for like, the Saudis and shit
So, off to the White House?
Nailed 2 nil with the wildcard for the final game. Nice.
You enjoy that fleshlight, sir.
Chicken dinner
So based on this World Cup I would say the US is obviously #1, France/Britain 2 and 2A, Germany 4, and then the Dutch.
I have watched like 40 total minutes, so I am an expert.
Legit
I’d have France more firmly at 2, but otherwise you pretty much nailed it.
I thought France looked better against the US, barely, but England apparently beat them heads up in a pre-tournament game.
THAT US CORNER KICK I CALL IT ‘A BRIDGE TOO FAR’ BECAUSE IT WAS FULL OF PROMISE BUT WENT NOWHERE!!!
Whew. At 2-0 this late I was worried I wasn’t going to get in any Arnhem jokes.
Who gets the gently used Fleshlight? Mr. Cola?
Hai there! Anyone know how much a detailing of a gently used one costs?
Believe it or not, we found one on LA Craigslist….
Oh I believe it.
Shit you know my address too!!!!
Ha ha! Yes, I do, but I don’t think Mrs. Cola would find the humour in it…
tWBS’s favorite part coming up: where they admit they didn’t keep track of the clock correctly and try to compensate for it.
Lloyd as a substitution in the 86th minute of a 2-0 game seems excessive.
Great Scott!
I think she’s mostly Italian, ackshually.
Tobin Heath would have shot that ball against Thailand.
If they had blown chances like those when it was 0-0, I’d have lost my mind.
Right now it’s just keeping the heat (Heath?) on. I’ve only counted 3 serious dutch chances
“The US defense really has their finger in the dykes, trying to stop the Dutch attack”, is probably not something we’re going to get to hear today, and that’s really a tragedy.
When the 24 hour bar you’re at has a REALLY prominent warning about drinking while pregnant in the Ladies
Does the Netherlands goalie win the Golden Crossbar?
Deal, potentially sealed
– White House, every time they need to pump the stock market
Faster than a speeding bullet, you can’t fucking block Rapinoe!
Shhh. What’s that? I think I hear a toilet running…
Well Netherlands, what have you got.
oh fuck it, I’mma watch Madagascar
The movie? Bold choice.
they’s playin’ Run DRC, tis already 1-1
The lemurs were so funny-my favourite part. Check out the sequel as well.
Possible penalty? REFS YOU SUCK
Totally amazed that some of the US fans they pick out of the crowd have passports
Oh they’re not US passports.
Sovereign Citizen passports?
https://twitter.com/worstepisodepod/status/1032028722466054148
Whiny Murrikan commentators are whiny
Me encanta Telemundo!
to channel 803, vaminos!
espanol feed is like 10 seconds ahead of Fox, tambien
“Morgan too eager to slip in behind…”
Yeah, I wish.
Oh, what the hell… Beer me.
I have discovered ginger beer, and I am pretty sure I could live on that and coffee alone
Kreiger!
no Archer: 1999 this week was quite a disappoint
I haven’t watched the last 4 years or so, no cable no netflix
this is an immense tragedy 🙁
Took awhile to find, but this was my favourite:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZhmQ0JC7Cg
Gray Cell Green was mine. One of my favorite bridges ever.
I swear WKNC played Grey Cell Green every hour. Any hipster worth his salt bought the album within 2-3 weeks.
I’m getting a strong Jesus Jones vibe from these guys.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjUcPAmKYaE
also similar vibe/era – Happy Mondays
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CQLAhNlbfQ
When the bar toilet won’t flush and you take the back off and fix it in 30 seconds rather than leave it gross for the next person
“+5 Hustle Points awarded to Dr. Zymm.”
Was worried that the orange women would just be happy to be there. Glad that’s not the case.
Germany might be out of the tournament, but they can’t argue that Netherlands have the right Bloodworth to win.
That was very fucking entertaining. If this goes to kicks and the US loses I can’t wait for the taekery.
The Dutch don’t intimidate, and that’s 3/4 of the battle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl91DxEHMt0
Hot double concussion action!
That’s My Fetish!! – Trent Green, standing in a pool of his own urine
When I said I expected this game to be a battle of wits that wasn’t exactly what I had in mind.
Women don’t gotta protect their junk during a set kick
[redacted]
Too real dude
ah mean, have to think a football to the vajayjay would still hurt pretty good. But perhaps they just don’t have the existential fear that silly boys do.
Having spent a brief time in 2nd grade where I thought I was a tightrope walker and slipped and landed on my fork on a pole I can attest this is true, but not so much that I would devote any time or effort to protecting my region from a futball
WHAT IS A FOUL!
I love when every single player on the field stops, expecting a foul, and then the ref does a Bill Barr impression.
This shit is why I won’t bet on soccer
it’s a crisitunity! Bet on chaos, and it generally works over time.
Let’s go #TeamAtomicDustbin!!
/my 2-nil NED bet would pay off 42.75 to 1 😀
I CALL HIPPO MR. ISOSCELES BECAUSE HE’S ALWAYS GOT AN ANGLE.
“Ya know, another word for isosceles is acute. Just saying.”
-King H.
sheeeeit, not even Ukrainian bots could say that with a straight face
So is the Cheeto in charge watching this hoping Rapinoe fails or the team wins and he has his fast food buffet with those who choose to go?
No way he wants the US to win, hamberders or no
Announcer: “Third USA corner”
Collective French: “Now you’ve got my attention.”
Can they dope up female soccer players the same way they dope up male football players and Nazi submarine crews?
Eh, that’s more of an East German thing.
Man, I’d like to get some of that Sauerbraunn on my bratwurst, I tell you what.
Well, rumour has it that Sauerbraunn likes to be on top.
“Right there with you, buddy.” – Andy Reid
O’Hara doesn’t give a damn who takes the throw in.
Making that goalie earn her substandard pay! (Assuming the Dutch team is also paid shit compared to the men’s team, but maybe not)
Aren’t the Netherlands socialist enough that all they need disposable income for is tulips and Gouda?
Pronounced How-duh, How-duh.
It’s entirely possible that both teams are paid in gouda, tulips and Heiniken brewery tours
I believe they’re paid in mayo, (for dipping fries) not shit.
Not sure what it is about female goalkeepers and their huge hands. It’s a bit intimidating…
“You’re telling me…” – Handjob Bob Kraft
Nederlanders have a van de Donk on their side, what’s Hippo to do?
Buy a Rapinoe jersey and love it?
“I heard Rapinyes.”
-Donald T.
“Hey, you wanna go for a ride in my Van de Bonk?” – Rob Ryan
Dig the autosteam and the ska! Looks delish!
Also, go USA! Anyone drinking a mimosa this morning should view it as consuming the strength of the Netherlands!
I was a little disappointed last night when I proposed morning drinking and the Dr. Mrs. didn’t enthusiastically agree.
I love these grey mornings have persisted all the way into July. This has been a really nice year in LA.
It can keep this up all year with zero complaints from me.
I save a fortune in sunscreen alone.
Even Better? Sasha Grey mornings.
A Tori Black-out usually leads to one of those.
That’s what happens when you have one too many (Jenna) Jameson’s.
Do soccer players not wear shin guards anymore?
Fleshlight Finale!
found a funny:
Los Angeles: it is with a heavy heart that I announce tomorrow’s planned opening of my Etch-A-Sketch art exhibit has been postponed indefinitely
also go go Team USA!!!!!!!
I’ll predict that the American Nomen win 4-0.
I only have problems with fluffy batter after I eat too much of that Marshmallow creme stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Jz1TjCphXE
Hey, I’ve got an idea! Let’s get in a walk before the women’s final. See ya!
Does a “run” count? Not sure my pace can be considered running but it’s slightly faster than a walk
Sure does!
I tried to make this once but it didn’t work; I had relleno failure.
If you had really no problem then what was the issue?