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Southwest Christmas &  other Southwest  Recipes

 

Bizchochitos (Bees-ko-chee-toes)
A Southwest holiday tradition, especially in New Mexico. They were traditionally served
following midnight church services and the lighting of luminarias or farolitas.

1 cup shortening
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
3 cups flour , 1/2 teaspoon salt and 2 teaspoons baking powder mixed together in separate bowl
1 tablespoon anise seed
1 teaspoon orange peel
2 tablespoons brandy
1/4 cup sugar and 1 tablespoon cinnamon mixed together

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix shortening and sugar in a large mixing bowl until creamy and smooth.
Add eggs and beat until fluffy
Add flour, baking powder and salt, add to creamed mixture
Stir in brandy, anise seed, orange peel, and 1 tablespoon water
Roll dough on floured board to 1/4 inch thickness, cut into 2" or 3" squares, pinch each corner
to make fleur-de-lis design
Sprinkle cinnamon and sugar on each cookie
Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes or until light brown
Enjoy!

                  

 

 Indian Tacos

 

 

Flour tortillas

Cooking oil

Hb meat, crumbled, browned, drained ( even better with leftover roast beef finely shredded instead of the hb)

½ Package taco seasoning mix

1 can chopped tomatoes

taco sauce

cheddar shredded

lettuce finely chopped

Onion finely chopped

Sour cream (optional)

 

Mix seasoning and tomatoes with meat in skillet set aside.

Heat oil in large skillet , make sure it is very hot

With tongs dip tortilla in hot oil , it will cook very quickly and get puffy, turn over and cook other side  don’t overdo this..

Place on paper towels to drain and repeat until you get desired quantity( I  pat them well with paper towels to remove as much oil as possible)

 

 Serve flat , fill each tortilla, with meat mixture, top with onion, lettuce, taco sauce and sour cream

 

 

Enchilada Casserole

This is really good!

 

1 bag Tortilla chips  (sometimes I use the nacho ones for added flavor)

1 onion finely chopped

1 can diced or chopped chillis

1 can red enchilada sauce

1 can green enchilada sauce

block of cheddar shredded

1 can cream of mushroom soup

 1 small can condensed milk (Pet or Carnation) do not get the sweetened one

HB meat crumbled browned and drained  

 or  1 ½-2  cups chopped chicken or turkey  cooked

Sour cream (optional)

 

 

cook onion and chillis in pan with water until tender, add milk , mushroom soup, both cans sauce, stir well and mix in meat

In large casserole dish, fill with tortilla chips, pour ½  mixture over , sprinkle with cheddar, stir and  add chips as needed to make desired consistentsy,  pour remaining mixture over top  and sprinkle remaining cheddar

Microwave 4 minutes, cool and serve with sour cream if desired

 

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