Showing posts with label mexican. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mexican. Show all posts

Monday, 15 June 2009

Mexican Tuna

I went on a little picnic to Regent's Park the other day and took some home-made Mexican tuna sandwiches. They were a bit of a hit and I've been asked for the recipe, so here it is...

Ingredients

This recipe makes quite a lot - probably enough for about 6 rounds of sandwiches so scale it down if you want less.

Also, I like it quite spicy so put less chilli and cayenne pepper in if you prefer a milder taste.

Things you'll need are:
  • 2 tbsp olive oil

  • 1 clove of garlic, chopped

  • 1 red chilli, chopped

  • 1 small onion, finely diced

  • 1/2 a red bell pepper, finely diced

  • 1/2 a green bell pepper, finely diced


  • 2 small tins of tuna in oil

  • 1 small tin of red kidney beans, washed

  • A few large dollops of mayonnaise

  • 2 tsp chilli powder

  • 2 tsp cayenne pepper

  • 2 tsp dark soy sauce

  • salt and ground black pepper

Recipe

  • Heat the olive oil in a frying pan on a medium-high heat, add the chopped garlic and chilli for 30 seconds, then add the diced onion. Once the onion starts to soften add the diced red and green bell peppers, stir-fry for a couple more minutes then remove from the heat before the onion starts to brown. Allow to cool.


  • Drain the tins of tuna and empty them into a bowl. Add the onion and pepper mix and all the remaining ingredients (kidney beans, mayonnaise, chilli powder, caynenne pepper and dark soy sauce). Mix together and season to taste.

If you've done it right it should look something like this:


Serving

My favourite way to serve is on fresh sliced bread with salad leaves and cucumber.

Monday, 29 October 2007

Mexican Stand-Off, Part 2

Oh, I forgot to mention. I won the Mexican Stand-Off last weekend and I'm now the proud owner of the Silver Sombrero. Yay me!

To be fair, it's just a silver-painted tequila bottle top, but I won it fair and square.

Actually, that might not be strictly true. There was some confusion over the vote counting so I may have inadvertently Florida-ed my way to victory but, well, a win's a win.

We're already planning the next one. The theme's going to be Italian. I'm thinking home-made pasta and a super-tasty carbonara...

Tuesday, 9 October 2007

Mexican Stand-Off, Part 1

So I'm hosting a dinner party next Saturday. Strictly speaking it's more of a cook-off - a friend will also be cooking at the same party and we'll be in direct competition for our guests' votes for favourite dishes.

The last time we did this it was a Chinese wok-off about a year ago and I lost. The competition itself is all very friendly, and it's only for bragging rights but that's the reason why I *must* win this year, otherwise he'll be the holder of the Golden Chopsticks *and* the Golden PiƱta and I'll never hear the end of it.

I'll have the advantage of home turf as it's at my house this year, but I can't afford to rest on my laurels. I've got one killer dish up my sleeve - Mexican pork with rice, but we've got to do two dishes each and I'm kind of stuck on the other one.

I mean, fajitas are all well and good, but I'm not going to get any points for culinary innovation. Unless I can somehow find the most amazing fajita recipe known to man (or woman)...

In fact, here's a challenge: Does anyone have any good Mexican recipes that will assure my victory next Saturday? I'll try and cook any suggestions between now and the 20th and let you know if any look like good candidates. And if I win you'll have the knowledge that it was you who propelled me to success :-)