I Love You Banquet

Enchilada sauce (Salsa de Chile Rojo)

1 medium onion, minced
2 tbls. Oil
3 ½ cups tomato puree
2 cloves garlic, minced or mashed
4 tbls.chili powder
½ teaspoon cumin
¼ teaspoon oregano
1 teaspoon salt

Sauté onion in oil until limp. Add tomato puree and garlic gradually stir in chili power. Add cumin, oregano and salt. Cover and simmer for at least 30 minutes, stirring often. Make 3 cups.

(Sunset Mexican Cook Book, 1975)

Refried Beans (Frijoles Refritos)

1 lb. Of beans
5 cups of water
1 or 2 onions, diced
½ to 1 cup of bacon drippings, butter, or lard
Salt to taste

Clean beans. Cover with twice as much water and soak overnight. Place beans in pan with water just covering the beans. Add onions, fat and salt. Cook until beans are tender and mash. Continue cooking until the beans are thick. Serve or reheat.

(Sunset Mexican Cook Book, 1975)

Jicama appetizer (Jicama Fresca)

1 tablespoon salt
¼ teaspoon chile powder
1 to 2 pounds jicama, peeled and sliced
1 lime, cut in wedges.

Combine salt with chili powder. Prepare Jicama. Serve with lime slices and salt mixture. Rub lime over Jicama slice and dip in salt mixture.

(Sunset Mexican Cook Book, 1975)