Mexican Food for Cinco de Mayo
Here is a good recipe for a Cinco De Mayo Meal
Tostados de Tinga - This is traditional street food from Puebla
2 pounds pork, butt or shoulder
2 whole cloves garlic
3 or 4 Bay Leaves
1 pound Mexican chorizo
1 medium onion, chopped
3 or 4 cloves garlic, finely minced
3 or 4 chipotle peppers (in adobo sauce), finely chopped
3 to 5 tablespoons of the adobo sauce from the chipotles
1 can petite diced tomatoes.
1 teaspoon dried Mexican oregano
1 teaspoon dried marjoram
1 teaspoon thyme
salt and pepper to taste
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1 dozen tostados (warmed in oven) or whole corn tortillas, fried crisp
1/2 small head of lettuce shredded
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
2 small avocados, cut in thin slices
lime wedges
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Cover the pork with water and cook with the garlic and 2 bay leaves until the meat is very tender about 35 minutes. Set aside to cool. When the meat has cooled, remove from liquid and shred. Reserve the meat liquid.
Remove chorizo from casing and cook in skillet until lightly browned. Drain chorizo on paper towels. Pour off all fat except about 2 tablespoons.
Add the chopped onion and minced garlic to the skillet and cook about 3 minutes. Then add the tomatoes, oregano, marjoram and thyme. Simmer on low about 5 minutes until the juice has cooked out of the tomatoes. Add the chopped chipoltes and the adobo sauce and mix well. Add the shredded pork and drained chorizo. Add about 1 cup of the meat cooking liquid and bring to a boil. Turn down heat and let simmer about 15 minutes, adding liquid as needed. Then let most of liquid cook away. Season to taste with salt.
To serve. Place about 3 tablespoons of the Tinga on a crisp corn tortilla. Cover with shredded lettuce, top with avocado slices and sprinkle at little of the chopped cilantro on top. Serve with lime wedges.
Note: This can served more stew-like by increasing the liquid slightly. If served this way, it is usually eaten, rolled in warm flour tortillas. When served this way, it is called Tingo Poblana
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Serve with a variety of Jarritos, the Mexican soft drinks made fruit juices. They are colorful so get a variety: orange, pineapple, tamarind, tropical punch, mango, just to name a few, they are sold at Mexican super markets.
Put all the food and the soft drinks on the table and let everyone make their own tostados and choose a drink - makes for a festive meal.
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