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    • Coyote Texas Tacos

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    INGREDIENTS

    1/4 lb Ground sirloin
    2 Red jalapenos+ ( serranos if you don't; minced like jalapenos)
    1/4 Onion minced
    3 Cloves garlic minced; (3 to 4)
    1 ds Jalapeno salt
    1 ds Garlic season-all
    Corn tortillas

    INSTRUCTIONS

    Recipe By: Crazy Coyote Howlin' for Habaneros via Chile-heads
Throw all of the ingredients (except the tortillas) in a stir-fry pan/ wok.
As you cook the food over medium-high heat continue to stir until the meat
crumbles. Remove from heat, cook your tortillas. Fill your Tacos and top
with one or more of the following Gaucamole shredded cheese Pico de Gallo /
slasa cruda / hot sauce sour cream minced tomatoes It takes about 10
minutes to cook up this meal. Crazy Coyote Howlin' for Habaneros
NOTES : This is one of my favorite was to use ripe red jalapenos. This is a
variant on my Coyote Yucatan Tacos. Posted to CHILE-HEADS DIGEST V3 #089
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 22:56:42 -0400
From: kmeade@ids2.idsonline.com (The Meades)
CHILE-HEADS DIGEST V3 #089
From the Chile-Heads recipe list.  Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe
Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.

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