Gordon Ramsay's Mexican Inspired Recipes

[Music] chilis are a fabulous ingredient and one of my absolute favorites is the chipotle chipotles begin life as a green jalapeno pepper the process of drying and smoking lends an intense smoky flavor to balance their spicy heat dried chipotles can be brought as a paste powder or whole which is how i'll be using them in my big bold lunch chilis come in all shapes and sizes and heats and are used throughout the world but if there's one cuisine that has really turned cooking them into an art form it's mexican they're experts at building layer upon layer flavoured with delicious chilies and spices so for my ultimate big and bold lunch spicy mexican soup it's hearty delicious robust but served with some tortillas and a wonderful salsa it's almost like a complete meal in one starting with some finely chopped red onions for my soup let's get some heat going early these are chipotle so they're smoky rich they don't come with any warning signal and these are seriously hot so be adventurous but beware a nice teaspoon of toasted cumin oregano dried now start frying off spices the heat you'll see the chilies start swelling up delicious garlic be quite generous on the oil because that helps to blow out the chili right now those onions and garlic are on fire we're going to balance the sort of heat from the chipotle with sugar turn up the heat and really start caramelizing that sugar and the chili gives off the most amazing aroma next fry up a tablespoon of tomato puree add a can of chopped tomatoes cooked kidney beans and vegetable or chicken stock to cover there's something quite exciting about big and bold flavors because in the restaurants you have to be somewhat controlled you can't go crazy so cooking these kind of dishes at home gives me that kind of release chilies particularly when they're dried continue to swell and release their heat as they're cooked so the longer you cook your dish the hotter it will be [Music] but it's not as powerful it needs to be yet and every five six seven eight minutes that's gonna get stronger hotter and more delicious bring that up to the ball and cook that out for 15 minutes whilst i allow the chilli heat to infuse i'm going to crack on with quick crunchy tortilla chips and a fabulously fresh and spicy tomato salsa known in mexico as pico de gallo start by finely dicing three ripe tomatoes one or two deceeded fresh jalapeno peppers and half a red onion then chop a good handful of fresh coriander add the juice from two limes salt and pepper and a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil for the tortilla chips rub a little olive oil onto six large shop bought wheat wraps sprinkle with smoked paprika and gently massage in cut each wrap into triangles and spread them onto a baking tray bake for three to four minutes in a preheated oven 180 degrees until golden brown and leave to cool to complete my mexican lunch i need to finish my deliciously fragrant spicy soup the spice is there it is absolutely spot on now for the cooling down process the mexicans are brilliant at building layer upon layer of flavor with delicious chilies and spices but they're also experts at tempering their dishes with cooling ingredients like avocado sour cream and cheese that's why you can take that amount of chilli you've got a spoon of richness spice and all of a sudden avocados almost like a little fire blanket over those chilies to further counter the chilli heat mexicans use a rich tangy crumbly cheese but i'm sprinkling on lancashire which is a great british substitute and last but not least cooling fresh coriander one delicious spicy mexican soup serve that with your tortilla chips and your pico de gallo salsa a phenomenal blend of textures and layers and spice and creaminess big bold and delicious spicy mexican eggs this is a very classic mexican style brunch dish bold kick-ass flavors slice the chili seeds in garlic sliced nice and thinly a tablespoon of olive oil i'm a big fan of brunches and if you get it right a great brunch can see you right through to dinner now to start the sort of spicy fragrant tomato sauce get your cumin in there garlic chili roasted cumin red onions already sounds mexican once that starts getting really nice and crispy in with your tomatoes never embarrassed using good canned tomatoes i do all the time cooking at home now by reducing that you sort of come down to a delicious paste leave that to simmer next canned beans called black beans these are authentically mexican but cannellini beans or chickpeas will work just fine just rinse them a little bit of water that is beautiful turn off the gas and just let it absorb leaving the dense beans to luxuriate in the spicy tomato sauce will allow them to soften and soak up all the flavor next oil and season an oven-proof dish from my spicy egg brunch to baking i'll just get some of that oil round the outside take your corn tortillas slice them in half and then just stick them to the side these are a staple in mexico take one and place that in the center get your mix and place that on top of the tortilla spread that out nice and smoothly lift up those little flaps i want that crisp shell on the outside now your eggs and cheese get the base of the egg and just make a little hole in there and then crack the egg into there again use a little point put your egg in there one two three four five and one in the middle gently crack and get the egg to sit inside almost like it's a little dug out and then one for the center get a really nice rich delicious strong montgomery cheddar i want to grate the tortilla shell as well so get generous with it on the top i'm gonna season that with these little babies little chili flakes they're my little secret weapon and they're going to spice up that egg just salt a touch of pepper sip that in the oven to bake for eight to ten minutes and 180. [Music] [Applause] that smells incredible it's a little bit of coriander to finish it off and that for me is what brunch is all about let's go a fantastic fiery brunch to get your party started spicy mexican eggs and a crispy tortilla shell

Channel: Gordon Ramsay

Views: 628,676

Rating: 4.950583 out of 5

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Id: Nr1eQdvcWKc

Length: 8min 28sec (508 seconds)

Published: Sun Mar 21 2021