Thug Kitchen 101 Fast food



I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate." Julia Child

Flautas

1 t. olive oil
1 C. chopped onion
1 T. milk chili powder
1 t. ground cumin
3 cloves garlic, chopped
3 C. cooked pinto black white or kidney beans
1 can 4 oz. green chilis or 1/2 c. leftover enchilada sauce
juice of 1/2 lime
2 c. cooked chopped veggies, sweet potatoes, corn, bell peppers, steamed winter squash, zucchini, mushrooms or roasted potatoes
1/2 t salt
12 flour tortillas

400 coat a large cooking sheet with a little cooking spray or oil.  Heat oil in a large saute pan over med heat and throw in the onion.  cook until it starts to brown about 5 min.  Add chili powder, cumin, salt, and garlic and Cook for another 30 seconds and then off the heat.  Dump the beans, chiles or sauce and lime juice together in a large bowl.  mash them up until paste forms.  fold in the sauteed onion and whatever cooked veggies your using.  Warm up tortillas take 4 T. of filling spread into a line toward the edge of the left side of a tortilla from top to bottom.  roll up the tortilla nice and tight from left to right. you could put a small smear of filling toward the right edge of the tortilla to help the rolled tortilla stay shut.  place the flautas seam side down on the baking sheet about an inch or two away from each other.  continue until you run out of filling or tortillas obviously.  lightly coat them all with cooking spray or oil and bake for 10 min.  the bottoms should be golden. Flip them over and bake for another 5 to 7 minutes until they are crispy on both sides. serve warm with favorite topping.  

MAPLE ROASTED SWEET POTATOES
 2 large sweet potatoes, skin on, cut into 1/4" thick rounds
3 T. oil
3 T. maple syrup
1/4 t. chili powder
1/4 t. smoked paprika
1/4 t. salt
1 T. lemon juice

450.  grab 9x13 baking dish add sweet potatoes, oil, maple syrup, chili powder, smoked paprika and salt then toss until everything is coated.  spread out in pan.  put in the oven and roast until the potatoes are tender and kind of burned in some spots.  about 25 min.  stirring halfway.  pour over the lemon juice and serve warm or at room temp.  

Add coconut lime rice, black beans and some avocado and you've got a bowl.



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