Wednesday, December 8

Chocolate Meat

Okay-
A few years ago, right before Josh and I got married I was living with my sister- and that's when it happened. I came home form work and Laura said- Try this. It looked harmless. It was a buiscut. Sort of. Inside of it was meat and chocolate.
Yes, Meat and Chocolate.
Well needless to say- it was also AWFUL. poor Laura was only trying to mix her two favorite things to eat. This has always stuck with me. How to mix chocolate and meat.
Well recently I mentioned this to some people in one of my classes and the next time we came to class there was my friend Tonya with two recipes. I have included them below.

Quick Mexican Mole
1/2 C. Chopped onion.
1 clove garlic, minced.
1 lb. boneless skinless Chicken Breast- cut in chunks.
1/2 c. barbeque sauce
1 square unsweetened bakers chocolate. Finely chopped.
1/2 tsp. red pepper flakes.
Cook and stir onion and garlic in 1 tbsp oil at med. heat until tender. Add Chicken, cook and stir on high heat for 5 min. or until golden brown on all sides.
Add 1/2 c. water and the remaining ingredients; bring to a boil, cover; reduce heat and simmer for 10 min. or until the chicken is cooked through.
Serve with 2 c. prepared rice.
Makes 4 servings.

Secret Chili Recipe
1 lb lean ground beef
3 cans (15 oz.) chili style diced tomatoess undrained.
2 cans (15 oz) black beans, drained and rinsed
1 square Bakers unsweetened baking chocolate
2 c. shredded chedder cheese
Cook meat in lg saucepan on MH heat until cooked thoroughly, stirr occasionally.
Add tomatoes, beans, chocolate; mix well. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low; simmer 10 mins, stirring occasionally.
Top with cheese.




3 comments:

Laura said...

OOOH! I'm going to try the first one this weekend when John comes! (John, by the way, was the only one to eat an entire chocolate meat biscuit). I also want to make the sausage with chocolate gravy, but i haven't a recipe. Tell your friend i'm very very grateful for the recipes!

Laura said...

okay...

so i made the chocolate chicken mole, and used a little more sweetened chocolate than it called for. surprisingly enough, John didn't like it, but Rachel did! I just thought it was okay. Go figure.

Michele G said...

Hmm. So I take it I probably shouldn't top my spaghetti with my favorite flavor of ice cream. Too much of a good thing(s) is just bad. Glad to hear things are going well, and I'll see you and Josh tonight!!