Menudo Crudo de Chef Merito
From merlin 14 years ago
- 7 minutes to make
- Serves 8
Menudo Crudo de Chef Merito Menudo is one of the national dishes of Mexico. It has reputed to have healthful and aphrodisiac qualities, and is considered a sure fire cure for hangover. That is why it is often cooking away on Saturdays in cocinas Mexicanas, to prepare for “the morning after”. Read more This started off as the recipe of a Mexican restaurateur I knew, but soon became a little lighter, and, I’m afraid, perhaps just a bit more French. See less
Ingredients
- 2 Pasilla peppers (large medium hot) seeded and chopped shopping list
- 2 onions coarsely chopped shopping list
- 1 Head garlic, peeled & separated shopping list
- 3 lbs honeycomb Menudo (beef tripe), carefully cleaned & chopped shopping list
- 4 beef soup bones shopping list
- 1 Package Menudo Mix, or 3Tdried oregano shopping list
- ½ bottle cream sherry shopping list
- 1 T. salt shopping list
- ¼ lb. baby carrots shopping list
- Quartered limes, chopped raw onion, chopped fresh cilantro & dried oregano for garnish. Serve with a Mexican hot sauce lot El Tapatio (the “guy from Guadalajara”) shopping list
How to make it
- To prepare Menudo, rinse and drain thoroughly. Scrape each side vigorously with a large sharp knife. Cut out bit deposits of fat or hard spots. Chop into large bite size pieces. They will shrink during cooking.
- In large pot, cover all ingredients except carrots and garnishes with water, approx. 2 gallons.
- Bring to a boil, simmer covered for at least 6 hours. You really can’t over cook this.
- Add ¼ lb carrots, 1T Oregano 30 minutes before done.
- Serve with limes, chopped cilantro, chopped raw onion & Oregano.
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Funny and clever title. Somewhat the way I make it and a super nice recipe. I love tripe.5 forks and a big thank you for posting.
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