Petra's Tortilla Soup'ay

Tortilla Soup

1-2 Chicken Breast
cooked and chunked
1 onion
4 cloves garlic
2-3 Tbsp Olive oil
2 tbsp chilli powder
2 tbsp oregano
4 cans chicken broth
1 can diced tomatoes
1 can green chillis
1 can black beans
2 ears of corn or 1 - 1 1/2 cups frozen corn
1 can black olives

cut up your onion and garlic, saute it in your olive oil. place your chicken in the onion/garlic mix continue to saute, when looks good, add your oregano and chili powder, pour in the chicken broth (the oregano burns easy so be ready to pour your broth in) let it come to a boil and simmer 10 min. then add your tomatoes, green chilis, black beans, corn and olives. allow to cook a little bit and then serve.

cook your cut up corn tortillas and lightly salt.

serve with avacodo, cheese, sour cream and cilantro

BBQ Chicken, Blackened Corn on the Cob, Crash Hot Taters..

Last night Jan and i were discussing what we should have for dinner, mother being gone, i get to be the chef. Jan gets on this woman's blog AHEM!! daily...*wink and the lady has recipes with wonderful pictures of the food its almost better than cooking light or sunset garden magazine recipes....well maybe its a lot better. anyways she found this recipe for Crash Hot Potatoes, so i read it went to the store bought my lil red taters and went home and tried it.

Crash Hot Taters
New taters or Red taters
Olive oil
Kosher Salt
Fresh Ground Pepper
Fresh Herb of any kind Crushed (I did not use any)

Boil Potatoes till soft (I microwaved them in a partial bowl of water & poked holes in them)

on a cookie sheet drizzel Olive Oil generously, sprinkle Salt on top of the oil.
Take the Taters and smash flat or till split open good.

Brush Oil on Taters. Sprinkle Crushed Herbs, Salt and Pepper on top.

Bake 450 till lightly browned. recomended time is 20 minutes.


BBQ Chicken

Chicken Breast
Olive Oil
Mcormick Montreal Chicken Seasoning
Mcormick Montreal Steak Seasoning
Salt and Pepper
Sweet Baby Rays BBQ Sauce

Take your chicken breast and slice it open 3-4 times almost clear thru.
Place on cookie sheet
Brush on olive oil
Shake both chicken and steak Montreal seasonings on fairly heavy and Salt and Pepper fairly heavy.

let it set for 10 minutes or so
on low heat, slow grill turning often and brushing bbq sauce on after every turn till nearly done, when close to done allow the sauce to slightly dry out.

Blackened Corn on the Cob

Everyone knows how to make it.

soak corn on the cob with husks still on for around 10 minutes.
turn the grill on low heat and blacken the corn turning often.
time:40 min?

Petra's Fresh Summer Salsa

6-7 Large Tomatoes Cilantro Jalapeno 1-2 cloves Fresh Garlic Dry Oregano Olive Oil Salt & Pepper
1/4 to 1/2 cup cold water Chop up your jalapeno and garlic real tiny like, place in medium size bowl (preferably a yellow bowl) place 2 table spoons of Olive oil in small non stick skillet, place tablespoon of dry oregano in hot oil, slightly brown, pour oil over the garlic-jalapeno, stir. Chop up cilantro real fine add to bowl, chop up your tomatoes, mix it all up, for added flavor you can add salt and pepper. Note: i never measure my oil or oregano so its pretty much a guess, for added heat add more jalapeno, otherwise its fairly mild.


Other items I have added to my salsa..
Small chopped celery, corn, yellow tomatoes, and colorful bell peppers

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