Saturday, November 2, 2019

Coco Dinner

We've finally done a themed dinner for Coco!  This movie is so good.  I mean it's so good that I almost don't care that I've seen it 1,200 times.  If you haven't had the opportunity to watch it, it's on Netflix and you won't be disappointed!




For dinner we had Papa Hector's Chorizo, Tamales, Frida Kahlo's Papaya, Spiced Coco, Poisoned Drink, and Ernesto De La Cruz's Guitar.  It was delicious!


Papa Hector's Chorizo
Tim cooked this up on a skillets until done




Tamales
I used this recipe and adjusted slightly.

Ingredients:

2 Tablespoons of olive oil
4 cups of salsa verde
3/4lb of chicken
16 corn husks
2.5 cups Masa Harina
2 cups of warm water
1 teaspoon of Baking powder
1/4lb of shortening 
3/4 cups of Chicken broth
1.5 teaspoons of salt 
1 teaspoon of onion powder
1 Tablespoon of garlic powder

Instructions:

1. In a crock pot, add olive oil, salsa verde, and chicken.
2. Cook on low for 6 hours. 
3. In a large bowl, combine masa, salt, baking powder, onion powder, and garlic powder
4. Add warm water
5. Knead the dough (in Kitchen aid with dough hook)
6. Add shortening and stock.  Beat dough until soft. 
7. Refrigerate for a half hour.
8. Soak the corn husks in warm water for a half hour and drain water.
9. Smear a layer of masa in each corn husk.
10. Add a tablespoon of chicken filling.
11. Fold in thirds lengthwise and fold up the bottom. 
12. Repeat for all corn husks and set aside.
13. Place the steam rack on the bottom of the Instant Pot.
14. Add 1 cup of water
15. Place all tamales on the rack standing upright.
16. Lock the lid in place and turn the valve to SEALING.
17.  Set the Instant Pot to pressure cook at high pressure 35 minutes. 
18. When completed, let steam release for several minutes.
19. Turn valve to venting and once all steam is out, remove lid very carefully.
20. Let cool for 5 minutes and enjoy!



Frida Kahlo's Papaya


Spiced Coco
I used this recipe here and it is DELICIOUS!


Poisoned Drink
Tequila- poisonous on it's own.  



Ernesto De La Cruz's Guitar

Ingredients:

White Long John Donut
1- Vanilla Wafer
Black Icing
Yellow Icing

Make it into a guitar to the best of your ability! 




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