all sorts of tasty bits on the inside,
and a side of beans and rice?
neighbors-
i was up early, and i was busy busy from before dawn.
i couldn't sleep well.
maybe that's because i fall asleep way too early,
because it's SO freaking dark all the damned time.
probably.
ANYway, i was up and at 'em,
making homemade seitan in a big ol' pot.
and,
i was deep into some expert enchilada sauce, too.
slow simmered prior to pureeing.
yeah.
i did something especially awesome,
in honor of the day being eleven eleven.
y'feel me?
look:
so much homemade hottness.
it's been a looong time since i wasted that much time making one meal.
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now, lemme just say this:
too much is the right amount.
also,
MORE sprankles is way better.
and there's a whole lotta those, bros.
i'm sayin', just on top, there's:
red onion.
cilantro.
sweet baby tomatoes.
black olives.
pickled jalapenos.
thin-sliced radishes.
and AVO-F*ING-CADO.
that's pretty much a meal in itself.
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the interior excellence was no joke, either.
refried beans-
with red sweet pepper, jalapenos, white onion, nootch, ho'sauce, and GPOP,
plus mashed up pink beans....
and
cashew chee'-
1 cup raw cashews;
salt;
1 cup boiling water;
1 T lemon juice;
1 T nootch;
3 T tapioca starch;
1 tsp ea Garlic Powder and Onion Powder
cooked up in a small pot until it thickened up...
and
poblano pepper strips
and
diced white onion
and
cilantro
and
minced daiya mozarella.
(rules is rules)
and simmered homemade seitan.
the seitan recipe is here.
the oregano, smoked paprika, cumin, black pepper, and GPOP stirred up with it,
and a dash of lime juice, to fully-flavorize.
that's a ton of tastiness,
and all of it is wrapped in tortillas.
...
and then there's the gravy.
if you ain't using gravy on your enchiladas?
you are weak and sad and i feel pity for your face.
word.
the gravy is GOOOOOOOD.
and all it is is 3 T flour;
3 T vegan butter, toasted to a nutty scent and a golden color....
plus 1 cup seitan broth,
1/2 cup water;
1 T nootch;
1/2 tsp ea GPOP.
that's that good-good, guys.
poured into each gap between the arranged wraps?
perfection.
duders, the oven's gotta be 350℉.
and these tubes of tightness need to be laid over a greased 9" x 11" pan,
and then covered in enchilada SAUUUUUCE!!!!!!
mmhmm.
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SAUCE!
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in a 1 quart sauce pot, melt 1 T vegan butter,
and saute:
1/3 cup sweet onion;
1/3 cup minced sweet pepper;
1 minced jalapeno;
1/2 chopped poblano pepper;
2 cloves garlic;
2 bay leaves;
1/4 cup minced cilantro stems;
cooked until the onions are translucent,
then combined with:
1 tsp oregano;
1 tsp cumin;
1 tsp ground coriander seed;
1 tsp hot smoked paprika;
1/2 tsp black pepper;
1 tsp ea GPOP;
salt;
2 T fire-roasted tomato flakes;
2 T tomato paste;
1/3 cup sliced small baby grape tomatoes;
1 1/2 cups vegan broth;
simmered and simmered and simmered on low-low,
just to make sure it's fully cooked up-
now, after an hour or more,
add all that and 2 T flour, to a food processor or ninja blender or whatever,
and pulse it into a thiccc boi.
now, simmer it up for another 'nother thirty-forty minutes, man.
DAAAAAAAAAAAAMN.
it's too freakin' good.
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and then there's yellow rice.
that's 1/2 cup jasmine rice,
and 1/2 tsp turmeric,
and 2 tsp enchilada sauce,
and 1 T lime juice with 1 1/4 cups of water....
and then, in the last five minutes of the simmerin',
i added:
scallions, cilantro, tomato, red bell pepper, jalapeno, black pepper,
black beans, poblano pepper, and white onion all together,
to heat it up and make it rainbow magical.
that's a lot of F*ing food.
but that's what happens when the day is over before it starts and the weather is
a heap of crap,
and it's cold as heck and mexican monday and veterans' day
and eleven eleven.
tight.
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i should've gotten a snowblower.
i should've had a walk-in pickup-trucker in boots
who needed a half sleeve of silhouetted trees with a deer in it,
but instead, i just had enchiladas,
and sometimes, that's all you get.
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i also have a hole in my leg, and it looks like a small-arms gunshot wound.
i have NOT been fired upon to my knowledge,
so that's troublesome.
imagine if i lost a leg to some mystery overnight injury?
that's be some kind of weak sauce for sure.
unlike my enchilada sauce, which is perfect;
never quiet, never soft.....
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