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Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Harvest to Heat: Tacos with Greens and Seared Onions

As you may already know, I am currently in love with the Harvest to Heat cookbook. I made the Burrata with Speck, Peas, and Mint, a Chef Nancy Silverton creation, and it tasted fantastic.

Tacos with Greens and Seared Onions is a dish by Chef Rick Bayless of Frontera Grill, Chicago. This tastes so familiar, almost like a childhood meal, yet so different at the same time. It's clean and flavorful.

Tacos with Greens and Seared Onions

I served grilled fajitas with bell peppers on the side as another taco filling option. Such a fun meal for the weekend!

Tacos with Greens and Seared Onions
Ingredients

  • 8 to 10 corn tortillas
  • coarse salt
  • 9 cups loosly packed, stemmed lamb's quarters (or 6 cups of chard leaves sliced 1/2 inch thick)
  • 1 tbsp of olive oil
  • 1/2 lb of shiitake mushrooms, sliced
  • 1 medium white onion, sliced
  • 3 cloves of garlic, chopped
  • 3/4 cup of chicken broth
  • 1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese
  • 3/4 cup Chipotle Tomatillo Verde Salsa* for serving (see below)
  • fresh cilantro sprigs
Recipe
  1. Wrap tortillas in a kitchen towel and put it in a steamer (with boiling water). Cover and steam for 1 minute. Turn off heat and let stand for about 15 minutes.
  2. Bring salted water to a boil in a large pot and add the greens to cook until barely tender (1-2 minutes for lambs' quarters and 1-2 minutes longer for chard). Drain and cool. Roughly chop and set aside.
  3. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms and cook for 5 minutes. Add onions and cook for another 5 minutes. Add garlic and fry for 1 minute. Add chopped greens, broth, and salt to taste. Cook for 3 minutes. 
  4. Serve warm tacos with cooked greens, cheese, salsa, and cilantro (and a side of fajitas if you prefer).  
*Toast 3 large cloves of unpeeled garlic in a skillet over medium heat for 10 to 15 minutes until slightly blackened. Let cool, slip off skins and chop. Turn broiler on high and broil 5 to 6 medium tomatillos about 4 inches from the broiler for about 5 minutes. Turn them over and roast the other side. Let cool. Scrape tomatillos and any juices accumulated into a food processor. Add garlic and puree mixture. Transfer to a small bowl and stir in 3 to 6 canned chipotle chiles in adobo (stemmed and finely chopped) along with 3 tbsp of water to give salsa a nice consistency. Season with 1/2 tsp of salt and 1/4 tsp of sugar.  

12 comments:

  1. oooo delicious tacos! this looks gourmet, as per all of your pictures :) corn tortillas are the way to go!

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  2. Delicious!!!!!
    These look lovely and flavorful
    What pretty picture.

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  3. That filling of greens, onion, and mushroom sounds incredible! Love the addition of feta too...what a great new taco idea!

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  4. Fantastic. I could eat these all day.

    Great job!

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  5. I've never had this kind of tacos but I'm already in love by reading it. Thanks for sharing this delicious recipe! Craving for tacos...but with lots of veggies like this!

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  6. Yum. These tacos look delicious! I am going to have to definitely try these for my next taco night!

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  7. Simple and delicious simple to made! Thanks for sharing Jessica.

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  8. I am not a fan of tacos but this one looks so yum. I am getting tempted for tacos now.

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  9. Frontera is an amazing palace. these tacos look great! I hope you're having a great weekend! cheers-Kimberly

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  10. These sound excellent! I like the addition of feta cheese!

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  11. I don't think I've had a taco with such fine garlic prep work incorporated. I'll take 3 please!

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  12. I received that book as a gift. Love it. Love your dish.
    LL

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