Purple Tacos
Someone please tell me why blue corn is called “blue corn”. It looks purple!!
Another snapshot of spices and variety of red pepper grinded. I also included “Sula” which is a Mexican version of sour cream. It tastes more like a combination of sour cream and Mayonnaise. Saltier and creamier. I prefer regular sour cream. Also included here is some Queso Blanco, authentic “white cheese”.
Marinade for Chicken. As you can see I prefer the dark thigh meat over breast meat. It is juicier.
Some Alcohol for the chicken.
I wish you could smell this. Hopefully in the future they will have computers that spray aromas
as you view pictures. I always wished my TV had an aroma spray for FOODTV.
Yikes. Spicy hot dried peppers for a mole/warm salsa sauce. I can take alot of heat
I don’t know about you.
Decomposing.
Purple corn grinding. Oldschool style.
Purple corn powder, I worked hard!
After some warm water, and flour and purple corn maize, this is what you get.
Taco Machine, again oldschool.
Look at the little speckles that didn’t get fine enough.
Okay so salsa with jalapeno, onion, cilantro, garlic and all the fixings is great. But I also like reallly simple finely diced tomatoes with onion juice and salt. Really fresh and you taste the actual tomato.
Green tomato, the OTHER salsa. Look at the greenscale!
wooooo!
Instead of guac, I like fresh avocados with fresh cilanto laid down on the taco.
All the fixings, along with some spicy chorizo browned up. Adds a little salty bite.
Rolled up like sushi handrolls! WEIRD!!!!
The rest.
Category: Food | Tags: feature 40 comments »
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:31 pm
i’m not even going to compliment you here. it’s not necessary unless your other readers are blind. in which case they won’t see this message anyway.
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:34 pm
looks divine
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:50 pm
SHUT UP!!! did you seriously make those shells from scratch…SERIOUSLY?! your commitment to your fresh ingredients is amazing. i meant to mention that you inspired my recent dinner of miso cod and penne ala vodka last week.
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:10 pm
Egads. I am just blown away by the amazingness. I have been an avid reader/fan since Jen plugged you, but seriously this post just blows it all away! I’m really hungry now. And I really, really admire your dedication to freshness!
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:17 pm
i guess i’ll be the first Texan to comment. GOOD FREAKING JOB. no seriously, those look amazing. i will say, though, that these are probably closer to Baja Mexican or New Mexico-Mexican than Tex-Mex. Here in Texas we usually equate blue-corn with Baja (which is getting more and more popular). Also, green chiles are used much more in New Mexican cuisine than in Tex-Mex (although we do love us some tomatilla sauce…).
Anyway. Those look so good! Props on making the shells!!
March 2nd, 2009 at 9:10 pm
i’m from texas and i literally was salivating by the end. that corona is the perfect addition to the last photo!
March 2nd, 2009 at 9:20 pm
I am truly amazed by all of this! It looks amazing
March 2nd, 2009 at 9:29 pm
ive been craving tacos all day…this was amazing!
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:31 pm
I’m going to need you to make me some food one of these days.
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:31 pm
amazing. AMAZING. have you ever considered going into food styling? are you perhaps already a food stylist? anyway, wow. please feel free to keep those food posts as long and detailed as you can! I loved every second.
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:10 pm
oh man! this looks so friggin delicious and i grew up in texas.
what would it take for me to meet up with you one day and have you cook this deliciousness for me?
really.
xo
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:28 pm
Okay, I am so hungry right now after looking at all those shots!
March 3rd, 2009 at 12:09 am
oh yummmmy!!!
i love your food porn pictures
hahaha
((:
March 3rd, 2009 at 12:21 am
WOW. I can’t believe you ground your own corn and pressed your own tacos. I’m saving this for my husband to read. I’m so beyond impressed (and hungry now)…
xxx,
Tiffany
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:20 am
i’ve been a vegetable farmer for the past three years (all the fresh veggies you could imagine) i did the “localvore” challenge (only eating food grown/raised locally, for a month), and i never came up with meals that looked half this good. bravo. amazing. impressed.
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:29 am
Wow! You are SERIOUS! Those tacos look rad… can I come over for dinner sometime?
Also about purple vs. blue corn, i feel the same way about blueberries…
Tex Mex has its own name because it’s an entirely different cuisine. That orange rice? Never saw it in Mexico. We eat real Mexican food here in NY, made by real Mexican people. I know. I am Guatemalan, the country that’s right next to Mexico… Oh and I lived in San Antonio for 5 years, the mecca of Tex Mex.
Tex Mex != Mexican food. I like both.
March 3rd, 2009 at 4:24 am
oh and OF COURSE you grind the corn for the tacos your self!!! it’s just beyond words.
and A+++ on the cilantro, i can’t get enough of it.
March 3rd, 2009 at 5:20 am
WOW. Self made tacos, now that’s a real DIY.
March 3rd, 2009 at 8:47 am
Luxirare needs her own cooking show. I’m from Texas and Texans rarely make their own taco shells–great job. judy
March 3rd, 2009 at 5:33 pm
OMG! So great.
March 3rd, 2009 at 7:09 pm
these tacos look rad. i hail from texas and i would eat these in a heartbeat. thanks!
March 4th, 2009 at 12:20 am
i honestly had no desire to cook anything ever until you started posting up your food porn. i now find myself shopping for plates & cutlery instead of stripper heels. you've created a monster!!
March 4th, 2009 at 12:36 am
you are my dream cook!
March 4th, 2009 at 2:27 am
The presentation is so immaculate it’s almost too nice to eat. Like a piece of art!
March 5th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
These pictures are insane! And how delicious that must have been to eat…
xoxo
March 8th, 2009 at 12:29 am
Omigod, can I come over? These look amazing!
March 8th, 2009 at 5:13 am
mmmmmm! looks amazing! im totally craving yummy food now and its bed timee
March 8th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
You should do a video tutorial about those insane knife skills. I’m the same way about cooking everything from scratch, so it’s really great to see a blogs that doesn’t sandra lee everything
March 9th, 2009 at 3:49 am
my absolute favorite edible anything is most definitely tacos! i am in awe of your prep skills, your presentation, your choice of fresh ingredients and most of all, your insane sense of dishware style!! you’re food porn turns me on, no joke! i would like to pay you so I can watch you cook for me! and I mean that in the most hetero way! i so can’t wait for your next food post!!!!!!!!!
March 15th, 2009 at 6:19 pm
cool, i’m gonna try that
March 20th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
your friends must love you to death
August 2nd, 2009 at 6:40 am
Those are some funny tortillas. I am from México and I'm not sure you can call that tacos at all, but they look great!
September 17th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
Actually, I was born and raised in Mexico (still live here – hola!) and those are totally authentic. good job mx. luxirare. purple tortillas (we do call them purple) are more popular in certain regions of mexico, but they are totally for real. there’s green ones, too! the salsas look awesome, and im glad you used a molcajete to grind the corn (its good for making home-made curry, too)
October 1st, 2009 at 6:19 pm
You’re using Tequila Jose Cuervo!!!
You should come to México, and visit the factory its beautiful.
I’ve just found your blog, and ive seen every page and carefully read it the whole day long.
You’re a very gifted person, i’ve just subscribe a few minutes ago.
Greetings from México
Valeria
October 1st, 2009 at 6:33 pm
I forgot to say that “Texican” food its not the same thing we eat in Mexico, you should come here and meet everything about REAL mexican food, i’m shure for what I’ve seen that you’re really going to love it.
Corona its fine, but I don’t know…. here in Mexico City its more common to drink “Indio” “Leon” or any other variation of dark beers (you’re odd, you’ll like it)
I can be your tourist guide!!
XOXO
VAL
November 18th, 2009 at 10:26 am
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December 15th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
It’s not called a taco machine….
It’s for pressing totillas and tortillas are usually eaten with meals like people here use dinner rolls. We don’t eat tacos everyday…
January 8th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
you just made me want to start eating meat again hahaha! did you go to culinary and design school??? are you superhuman???
I am blown away
January 8th, 2010 at 6:28 pm
Design school!
May 4th, 2010 at 3:37 pm
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