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Choripan
Choripan
Choripan is eaten all over many South American countries. Choripan is the combination of 2 words: chorizo and pan(bread). A toasted baguette get slathered in chimichurri sauce, then an Argentinian-style chorizo is placd inside. If the sausage is split down the middle and grilled, it is called mariposa-style choripan.
Ingredients
- Argentinian chorizo pan fried or grilled
- baguette or hoagie buns
- 1 tbsp butter
- chimichurri sauce
Instructions
- Melt the butter on a griddle. Split the baguette down the middle and toast for 3-4 minutes.
- Flip over and toast for 1 more minute.
- Spread a liberal amount of chimichurri sauce inside the baguette.
- Top with a chorizo.
Chimichurri Sauce
Chimichurri is a raw sauce originating from Argentina. It is used on all types of meat, fish, vegetables, and doubles as a marinade. Chimichurri’s base ingredients are parsley, cilantro, onion, garlic, red wine vinegar, and olive oil. There are a couple ways that you can prepare chimichurri. The first way is to process all of the ingredients in a food processor. This produces a a sauce with a homogenized blend. The other way is to process the herbs, onion, and garlic. Then the rest of the ingredients are stirred in. This gives the sauce a chunkier texture. Both are great. The sauce keeps for up to 2 weeks in the refrigerator.
Equipment
- food processor
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup parsley
- 1/2 cup cilantro
- 1/2 medium white onion
- 4 garlic cloves
- 2 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp oregano
- 1/2 tsp chili flakes
- 1/3 cup olive oil
Instructions
- Chop the onions and garlic in a food processor.
- Add in the parsley and cilantro. Process until the herbs are finely chopped. Scrape into a bowl.
- Stir in the red wine vinegar, olive oil, oregano, chili flakes, and salt.
- Store in a container in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.
Iced Mocha Cola
Iced Mocha Cola
Coffee with chocolate milk and cola? Might sound like a weird combo, but it works really well. It almost reminds me of a root beer float, but with a lot of caffeine. Top it off with either whipped cream or a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup coffee chilled
- 3/4 cup cola
- 1 1/2 cups chocolate milk
- whipped cream or a scoop of vanilla ice cream
Instructions
- Pour the coffee in the bottom of a tall glass.
- Pour in the chocolate milk, then the cola.
Beef Suqaar
Beef Suqaar
Suqaar is one of the most popular dishes in Somali cuisine. It is simply beef or any other meat of your choosing simmered with carrots, potato, and green peppers. It is cooked until all of the liquid has evaporated. Suqaar has a slight Italian influence with the introduction of garlic and onions used as aromatics. It only uses salt as the seasoning, as the ingredients themselves create so much flavor. Serve suqaar with Somali spiced rice.
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 medium onion thinly sliced
- 1 medium green bell pepper diced
- 4 garlic cloves minced
- 1 serrano pepper left whole
- 1 1/2 lbs sirloin tip cut into 1” cubes
- 2 medium potatoes cut into 1” cubes
- 3 carrots peeled and sliced
- 1 cup beef broth
- salt to taste
Garnish
- cilantro chopped
Instructions
- Heat up 3 tbsp of vegetable oil in a large dutch oven over medium high heat. Sauté the onions, green peppers, garlic, and serrano pepper for 5 minutes.
- Add in the beef, carrots, and potatoes.
- Pour in the beef stock. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and simmer for 45 minutes.
- If there’s any liquid left, turn the heat to high to cook it out. Season with salt.
- Garnish with chopped cilantro.
