From Scratch
Published 7:00 am Thursday, February 21, 2019
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Sharon LaFleur is the force behind the website gheewhizz.com, a “Low Carb Cajun Country Keto” cooking blog. If you’ve made your way through the typical round up of “cold-weather” dishes, this recipe is a bright and flavorful way to break up the routine!
Serves 8
318 Calories per serving
Ingredients
- 2 pounds beef cuck or venison, cut into 1/3 inch dice
- 2 poblano peppers
- 2 Anaheim peppers or Hatch chiles
- 3 tomatillos
- 1 large onion chopped
- 4 tbsp lard (or ghee or coconut oil) separated
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 tbsp ground cumin
- 1 tbsp dried oregano
- 2 tsp ground coriander
- 1 tbsp chili powder
- tbsp. salt, pepper, cayenne to taste
- 1 can Rotel tomatoes
- 1 cup beef broth
- ½ cup minced cilantro
- 1 sliced jalapeno
- 2 sliced or mashed avocados
Instructions
Step 1.
Oil a baking sheet with lard or oil. Remove stems from peppers, remove ribs and seeds. Lay the peppers skin-side up on the baking sheet. Broil 5-7 minutes. Move to a Ziploc bag to steam. Chop with tomatillos.
Step 2
Add 1 tbsp of lard or oil and meat to baking sheet. Season with salt and pepper. Roast for 15 minutes at 350 and then reduce temperature to 300.
Step 3
In a Dutch oven, sauté onion. Add garlic, cumin, oregano, coriander and chili powder. Add meat and remaining ingredients. Place covered Dutch oven in the oven for 3 hours. Garnish with cilantro, jalapeno and avocado.
Perfect Desert
Strawberry Dessert Salsa
1 cup strawberries finely chopped
2 kiwis finely chopped
1 apple finely chopped
1 jalapeno finely chopped
1 tbsp lime juice
Mix together and serve with paleo sugar cookies!