Tonight’s dish is a request/challenge from a friend of mine. He told me this recipe for Chili Verde from Chef John is the best he ever tried and he thought I could ‘massage’ the recipe so it could be made for one. Well, I did some additional research and came up with the tweaked recipe below. Normally, chili verde is made with pork, but tonight I was feeling like chicken so that is what I used. Of course, you could substitute pork into this recipe and it would be great. Next time I will make this recipe with pork, maybe adjusted for sous vide to up the challenge. And since it is National Margarita Day, I paired this meal with a Mexican Mule…
Yeah… I could have made these from scratch, but when you have Jiffy Cornbread Muffin Mix in the pantry, why not use it! I make these muffins per the box instructions, except I add honey and jalapeno Tabasco sauce. Here is the scoop on these slightly sweet with slight heat cornbread mini-muffins. Honey and Jalapeno Cornbread Mini-Muffins Ingredients: 1 box Jiffy cornbread muffin mix 1 egg 1/3 cup milk 2 tsp honey 2 tsp jalepeno Tabasco sauce (the Green one) Preparation: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Prepare the muffin tin with grease, non-stick spray, or use paper cups. In a large bowl, whisk the ingredients together making sure to not over-mix. Some lumps are fine. Let stand for 3 – 4…