I like to look in my fridge, see what ingredients I have and just throw a few things together and see how it comes out. lol That's how I come up with some real winners and this was definitely a winner.
You will need:
5 TBSP Mexican Chorizo *about 3 inches of a sausage*
2 cups diced pork
2 diced potatoes into 1" cubes
1 can of Hominy
3 TBSP oil
Queso Fresco cheese
Salt to taste
What to do:
Add diced potatoes to frying pan with oil and fry until almost done. Add chorizo to pan and fry on low heat until it breaks down and is like a loose meat sauce. Add diced pork and fry over medium heat until meat is cooked through. Add hominy and stir until heated through. Add salt if you desire. Serve dish topped with cheese crumbles.
The Mexican market carries the diced pork already diced so I didn't have to cut it up. The Queso Fresco cheese is something new to me and reminded me of a Mozzarella cheese that crumbles. And hominy is great for dishes like this because hominy will soak up whatever spices and flavors that it's in and it worked really well for this dish. Plus, I love hominy. If you've never had Chorizo...trust me. Eat it first and then read the label.
How do you come up with new recipes? Do you go off a recipe or just wing it like I do at times?
I often wing it. Hominy is new to me though (I have heard of it, but never seen it). And the Queso Fresco cheese is also alien.
ReplyDeleteBoth are really good.
DeleteEat it before reading the label? Geez, that's asking a lot lol
ReplyDeletelol I know but it's made with parts of the animal that most people won't eat.
Deletelove these kinds of recipes Mary thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteYou're very welcome.
DeleteI usually just modify recipes I find online to suit our tastes and diet. I have never had hominy.
ReplyDeleteI do that a lot too. Hominy is good. It takes on whatever flavor you put it in.
DeleteI look at a recipe and then i do my own thing. But I could never think of something new. I need some sort of base
ReplyDeleteTry throwing a few foods together and see what you come up with. This ended up being a good one.
DeleteLooks nice
ReplyDeleteThanks.
DeleteWe eat a lot of chorizo in France but maybe because spain is not that far and as I'm in the south it's at 2 hours by car
ReplyDeleteOh that's interesting. I didn't realize that.
DeleteYou are scaring me with the eat it first, then read the label. It sounds like Spam...lol
ReplyDeleteTrust me. lol It's just because of the parts of the animal that are used.
DeleteThat sounds pretty good! The Dad starts with a basic recipe and then does his own thing.
ReplyDeleteI do that too.
DeleteI just looked up hominy because we don't have it in the UK. Not sure I'd want to eat something that's been soaked in lye!!
ReplyDeletelol I know. It sounds horrible but I've been eating it for years and I'm still alive.
DeleteThis sounds so good! I love hominy.
ReplyDeleteThanks. Me too.
DeleteLooks pretty easy to make.
ReplyDeleteIt really was.
DeleteThis looks like a recipe my hubs would love! Maybe we'll have to try it for Cinco de Mayo next year.
ReplyDeleteI hope you like it.
DeleteI've only had hominy with grits, but I'm game to try this particularly with sausage, taters, and cheese. I've not really been that adventuresome, but on a few rare occasions, I have come up with something to eat from the contents of the fridge, freezer, and pantry. Sometimes it even works. LOL
ReplyDeleteI like grits too. My cousin made some with cheese and it was so good.
DeleteSounds yummy. I need to get better at finding new ways to make food. I get so bored with the meals I fix now.
ReplyDeleteMelanie @ Hot Listens & Books of My Heart
Go to a Mexican market. They have so many different products in their stores that it makes it easy to come up with something new.
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