Mexican Recipes

[christy]

Tortilla Soup

I've posted this in the SC & soups recipes, but it should be here as well

6 cups chicken stock
1 tin diced tomatos
2 cloves garlic crushed
2 tsp cumin seeds crushed
1 tbsp coriander
1/2 tsp chilli powder (or to taste, sometimes I forget & add dashes of tobasco)
500 gm chicken meat cooked (I use a small roast chook which I pull off all the meat of & save 1 leg for the soup pot for flavour )
1/2 cup frozen corn OR 1 sml can creamed corn
2 avocados
4 corn tortillas

I put everything bar avocado's & corn tortillas in the SC or soup pot. Leave for 2 hours on high in SC, or 30 minutes on low in the soup pot. Add salt & pepper if you need too, taste along the way.

To make crispy corn tortillas, slice lengthwise thinly and shallow fry until crispy, draining on kitchen paper.

To Serve:

Cut avocado 1/4 avocado per bowl. I cut into chunck personally.... then ladel soup on top of that, Top with a handful of crispy tortillas.

YUM!!

[Phteven]

Food Safari is going Mexican this week. Wednesday night at 7.30 SBS (in Sydney - check your local guide)
SBS Food Safari

[Lulu]

I can't find decent corn totillas anywhere!!!!

[Pandora]

lulu have you tried USA foods?

[christy]

I get mine at Coles or Woolworths, or I make them :P

Sometimes they are in the bread isle instead of where the mexican food is. OR in gluten free areas...
Its one of the only thing I get from the big shops.

[pash]

Hey Christie, thanks for posting the recipes. I'm thrilled that I make exactly the same guacamole and it's been spot on every time (even though I'm a pretty rubbish cook), so I can't wait to try out your other recipes.

I bought a thick book of Mexican recipies after travelling around Mexico, but then left that in Australia when I moved to London, and I miss it a lot now. The guacamole is the only thing I can remember (cos I make it so often and it's so easy).

Anyway, I have a question.

How/where do you find the right chillies in Australia? And any ideas how/where I can find them in London? And also tomatillos?

This is my fave Mexican restaurant and where I go to get my fix: Mestizo

I'm more excited than a rational person should be

[pash]

Oh, and I saw Masa Harina in a shop somewhere and bought it. Only I have no idea how to make tortillas... If you get a chance, some clues on how to make them would be great.