Aunt Mary Helen's Chicken and Mole
- Chicken - whole or rotisserie
- Vegetable oil - 2 teaspoons
- Finely chopped onion - 1/4 cup
- Mexican chocolate - shaved 4-5 tablespoons
- Can of tomatoes - blended (or can of tomatoe soup)
- Ground cumin - 1 teaspoon
- Dried cilantro - 1 teaspoon
- Dried mine garlic - 1/8 teaspoon
- 1 (4 once) can of diced green chile peppers
Chicken preparation:
- Boil chicken
- Take skin off
- Shred chicken
Mole sauce preparation:
- Heat the oil in a medium pan sauce over medium heat
- Cook the onion until tender
- Mix in Mexican chocolate, cumin, cilantro and garlic
- Stir in tomato and green chile peppers
- Bring to boil, reduce heat to low, add chicken, cover and simmer for 10 minutes
Grandma Garcia's Sopa
- Plain white rice - 2 cups
- Vegetable oil - enough to coat bottom of pan
- Yellow or white onion - 4 pieces
- Salt
- Chicken flavoring
- Fry rice in oil (not too dark), drain and return to pan
- Add tomato sauce, onion, salt, chicken flavoring to taste
- Add 2 cups of water and reduce to low heat
- Keep lip on until rice is tender
- Add more water if needed
Grandma Garcia's Fideo
- Vermicelli - 1 small package
- Vegetable oil - enough to coat bottom of pan
- Yellow or white onion - 4 pieces
- Salt
- Chicken flavoring
- Fry vermicelli in oil (not too dark), drain oil and return to pan
- Add 2-3 cups of water
- Simmer on low heat
- Needs to be soup-like in consistency
Grandpa Garcia's Famous Pork Chile
- Pork shoulder
- Rotel
- Diced tomatoes
- Garlic
- Onion
- Salt
- Boil pork shoulder, drain and remove fat
- Cut into chunks then add rotel and diced tomatoes
- Add garlic, onion and salt
- To maker spicier add peppers if desired