One of the things I miss about L.A. is Tito’s Tacos on Sepulveda and Washington. Their chili con carne was just meat and sauce, and their meat burritos was the chili con carne wrapped in a tortilla.
Does anyone know how to make it? It’s just chunks of beef in a red sauce.
Ummmmm…soak some dried ancho chiles in hot water, whirl them up in a blender, brown some beef chunks in a little fat, simmer them for a couple of hours in the liquidified chiles?
(There’s gotta be garlic in there somewhere, at least.)
Google for “carne con chile colorado.” Here’s one web site. It’s traditionally made with pork, but you can make it with beef as well.
Sounds easy enough. Thanks!
Sorry to tell you Johnny, but I had Tito’s for lunch on Friday and
it was awesome.
I’m getting hungry again just thinking about it! Tough call whether to go to Tito’s or Jonnie’s Pastrami, though. Hmmmm.
I throw the garlic in the blender with the anchos. When I’m feeling like a good girl, I saute it first. When I’m feeling especially nasty, I throw 'em in raw.
Sure. Kick a guy when he’s down. 
Just a little good natured ribbing! On the other hand, you can be happy to be avoiding the local roads down here – the rains shut down almost every road over the hill except the 405. The ripple effects have gridlocked the entire west side. It has been brutal. Things are supposed to begin to go back to normal this week.
Heh. You guys think YOU have it bad. I live in a town with no Mexican restaurants.
Let me repeat that.
I live in a town with no Mexican restaurants.
Don’t ask me, I can’t quite remember why I live here right now, either.
I knew that. I’ve just been having a rough month and a half.
I do miss their tacos and refried beans.
Athena: That is bad. There are ‘okay’ Mexican restaurants up here. I’ve heard there’s a truck in downtown Bellingham that’s especially good, but I haven’t found it.
Correction: you live in a region with no Mexican restaurants. There’s, what, Ferdinand’s in Eskie and that burrito joint in Marquette, right? There used to be a pretty good one by Gwinn (which was a really good place, btw), but that closed down after the base went bye-bye…