Fall off the bone tender and juicy, best roast chicken I’ve ever tasted.
Then we had churros for dessert. The sauce was dark espresso chocolate and so very rich.
Mandaloun Restaurant is in Redwood City, CA and I’ll be making many more visits.
Category: Food
Breakfast quickie – tortilla, egg, cheese salsa
This quick dish has become our go-to hot breakfast since we almost always have the ingredients on hand. We can’t even decide on a name for it. Sometimes I call it an “egg-tortilla”, sometimes “breakfast quesadilla.”
Easy to take “to-go” if needed it cooks up in about 5 minutes.
Just take a 12 inch non-stick pan and warm it up with a little butter. Scramble two eggs in a separate bowl and pour into the pan.
Once the egg has cooked on the bottom but is still wet on top, slap a medium sized flour tortilla on top and pat it down. Slide your spatula under the whole thing and flip it over.
Sprinkle some shredded cheese on top and a bit of salsa. When the cheese has started to melt, fold over the tortilla and you’re done!
You can use whatever cheeses and salsa you like or have on hand. This is usually what we have:
Cheese: Cheddar and/or Jack -sometimes we have the pre-mixed shredded, sometimes slices. Both work great. If you like spicy – throw on some pepper jack.
Salsa – Lately I’ve been buying Trader Joe’s Roasted Tomato Salsa, but I’ve also used Newman’s Own. Something chunky is usually best to add texture and flavor.
Tortillas – I usually have the 10inch flour in the fridge.
I imagine this would be good with bacon, sausage, etc. But that adds more time and this is supposed to be a quickie breakfast.
If you decide to try it, I’d love to hear how it comes out.
Enjoy!
On hot days Grandma always made tostadas
It must be Fall. It’s hot. Above 90 Degrees hot. Whenever we had these heat waves and it was a weekend trip for dinner at Grandma’s, she would often serve tostadas. All the prep could be done in the early morning before the house got too hot. And Grandma would get up at 5 am to crisp up the shells from fresh tortillas and cook the chicken.
I’m not going to lie. I did not get up early to make any of this. It’s the easy (cheater’s) way to make tostadas and you don’t even have to heat up the oven at all.
I used purchased tostadas that are available in my local supermarket.
They are very crispy and easily crushed so make sure you examine the package carefully or you might end up with broken ones.
I used purchased cooked chicken and doctored it up a bit. Added a sliced onion and tossed a bit of cumin and oregano. Then I added some chicken stock to keep it moist and warmed it up in the microwave.
I also opened a can of beans and warmed them up as well.
It is important to have the beans a little warm so they spread easily on the tostadas.
Just layered chicken, shredded cheese, lettuce, and some salsa and served them up.
What are your go to hot weather meals?