The Gab Housewife Chronicles: Black Beans and Chilorio Tacos

I was planning on baking a turkey and tortilla chips casserole for tonight, but I went to run some errands and it was already late when I was going to start. So I thought of cooking it next day. So I was looking for something quick'n'easy to eat and I remembered I had chilorio, and as I always have, black beans.

Ok, so I cheated a little bit here and went to Wikipedia to find the exact definition of chilorio, because I know it is pork in a chili sauce, but I still want to share with you the definition. So, according to Wikipedia, chilorio is a Mexican pork dish from the state of Sinaloa (North Mexico). "It is generally madre from pork fried in chile sauce. In making chilorio, pork is slow-simmered for hours until it falls apart. It is then broken into bite size pieces, fried in lard, and cooked in a chile sauce madre from re-hydrated dried chiles. The sauce is usually flavored with onions, cumin and garlic".

Now, I usually buy a pack (or a can) of chilorio, I don't actually cook it, but I'm writing this on my to-do list. Cook chilorio from scratch.

So, as this was supposed to be a quick'n'easy meal, let's go down to business and see how I prepared it.

I used some salsas (sauces) at the end, so you can do too if you like them spicy. Or sour cream.

For the recipe I used:

2 tbsp vegetable oil
1 pack or can of refried black beans
3 tbsp tomato puree (not in the picture, I always forget something when taking the picture)
1 pack or can of chilorio, I love CHATA brand, it's the more natural flavored
1 tsp regular Maggi seasoning sauce
pepper
Season All seasoned salt
1/4 cup of water

Heat 1.5 tbsp of vegetable oil and add the beans and the tomato puree. Stir.

When it is well blended, add the water, seasoned salts, a dash of Maggi and pepper to taste. You don't want to make them too seasoned, as the chilorio is already a spicy and seasoned dish. Stir until the beans absorb the water. You don't want the water to just evaporate. I add water because I want them spreadable.

Look at Princesa's face.. she wants some tacos haha...

As you can see, the beans are done. I like Isadora brand because they have full beans and crushed beans. You can taste the natural bean, not just artificial flavor.

Now, in a deep skillet add the 1/2 tbsp vegetable oil and the chilorio. You don't need to add any salt, pepper or anything at all. It is already prepared and seasoned. Even pre-cooked. You just need to heat it. I add a little oil so it will fry.