Sent my Lang 84D smoker out for a facelift yesterday. Getting some metal work done on the deflector plate and an overall blast and paint. Figured the cold snap would be a good time to send it out snd do some indoor cooking. Was feeling tacos today but the weather screams soup too. What to do? Rich creamy taco soup and air fryer flautas. The soup starts out with 8 cups of Minors beef broth, 2 1/2 blocks of cream cheese and 2 1/2 cups of heavy cream.
Simmer in the pan until the cream cheese is almost dissolved and hit with the immersion blender.
While the broth was simmering I prepped 4 green peppers and some misc mini sweets and 5 small onions. Cooked them with two packs Sazon Goya.
In another pan I fired up 5 lbs of 80/20 ground beef , crumbled and drained it.
Added into the broth 5 cans of diced tomatoes and 15-20 T taco seasoning. I used a homemade seasoning blend from @tx smoker recipe. The amount to use in the soup often depends on the freshness / strength of the spices. I also added 2 T Chile Morita paste. Also added in the veggies and ground beef. Time to simmer awhile.
While the soup simmered I broke out my air fryer for the first time in over a year. First for the flautas I cooked some chorizo.
I pressed a lot of grease out of the chorizo and mixed 2 small drained cans of mild diced green chiles into the chorizo.
Sprayed one side of each tortilla with olive oil ,put some of the chorizo pepper mix and shredded cheese in them. Rolled up nice and tight and used toothpicks to hold them.
Into the air fryer @ 375 for 7 minutes each.
All done but the plating and I’ve worked up a hunger lol.
Well that’s a wrap. Wife went skiing today so a bowl of this will do her good! Thanks for looking!
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