Creamy Jalapeño Dip

Austin’s Favorite Dip

For those who enjoy creamy jalapeño dip from Chuy’s, here’s an easy way to make your own batch at home. It’s creamy, fresh and has the perfect amount of “kick”. Perfect for game days or any day you want to enjoy Austin’s favorite dipping sauce!

Time To Prepare:

About 10 minutes.

Foodie Tips:

❤  You can use a blender to mix things together but I find that an immersion blender is more convenient and easier to clean. The instructions below are for using an immersion blender.

❤  If you’re going to serve this immediately after making it, try to use chilled sour cream and mayo – the dip tastes great cold!

❤  I used Trappey’s Hot Jalapeño Peppers, sliced them, and removed the seeds.

Ingredients:

½ Cup  |  Fresh Cilantro
1 Cup  |  Sour Cream
1 Cup  |  Mayonnaise
5 Tablespoons (2 1-ounce packages)  |  Hidden Valley Ranch Seasoning
½ Cup  |  Pickled Jalapeño Peppers
2 Tablespoons  |  Fresh Lime Juice
To Serve  |  Tortilla Chips, Cauliflower Florets, French Fries, a Hamburger Topping, As a Salad Dressing (the list goes on and on…)

What To Do:

1. Wash and dry the cilantro. Remove the tops of the cilantro, discarding the stems. Finger tear the cilantro and place it in a medium-sized bowl.

2. Add the remaining dip ingredients and give them a few immersion pulses until the desired consistency is reached.

3. You can serve this fresh by transferring the dip into a bowl or you can store it in the fridge for a few days until you’re ready to dive in! Serving ideas are above!

Enjoy!

~ Joe Paul Reider

Home Style Austin Founder
Austin Realtor®
Keller Williams Realty

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Avocado and Chicken Enchiladas

Avocado Creamy Good!

When our friend Penny shared this recipe we knew we had to make this dish.

Sour cream, avocado, chicken and cheese can only mean one thing – we’re having seconds.

Foodie Tips:

❤  I like the tasty heat of jalapeño combined with the creamy sour cream sauce. If you’re a little heat-shy you can omit the jalapeño.

❤  We found our Mexican cheese mixture at our neighborhood HEB which was a blend of Monterey Jack, Cheddar, Asadero and Quesadilla Cheeses. You can substitute your favorite cheese – Pepper Jack would work well.

❤  Great sidekicks for this dish can include my spicy stuffed cornbread, chicken tortilla soup or a fresh garden salad.

Ingredients: 

For The Sauce:

1 Tablespoon  |  Unsalted Butter (I suggest Falfurrias)
1  |  Jalapeño, Chopped With Or Without Seeds (optional)
1 Clove  |  Garlic, Minced
1 Tablespoon  |  Flour
1 Cup  |  Chicken Stock
2 Teaspoons  |  Cumin
¼ Teaspoon  |  Salt
½ Teaspoon  |  Fresh Cracked Black Pepper
½ Cup  |  Cilantro, Chopped
1 Cup  |  Your Favorite Salsa Verde (we used Trader Joe’s Salsa Verde)
½ Cup  |  Sour Cream

For The Enchiladas:

4 Cups  |  Rotisserie Chicken Breast, Shredded
4 Cups  |  Mexican Blend Cheese, Shredded And Divided Into Two 2-Cup Piles
3  |  Avocados, Peeled And Chopped
8  |  Flour Tortillas

Directions:

1. Make The Sauce: In a medium sauce pan over medium-high heat sauté the garlic and jalapeño in butter for about 1 minute. Stir in the flour and cook for two minutes. Add the stock, cumin, salt, pepper and stir until everything comes to a boil. Remove the sauce from the heat and add the sour cream and cilantro; combine well and set aside.

2.  Prep Your Baking Dish: Coat the bottom of a 9″ x 13″ baking dish with nonstick spray. Pour ½ cup of your sour cream sauce and spread it to evenly coat the bottom of the dish. Preheat oven to 375°F.

3. Make Your Enchiladas: [Note: For this step only work from 2 cups of cheese for your enchilada filling so you will have 2 cups to sprinkle on top.] Top a tortilla with the chicken, cheese, avocado and a spoonful of the sour cream sauce. Roll up the enchilada and place it seam side down in your baking dish. Repeat this process until all your enchiladas are made. If you have any extra chicken or avocado no worries – you can sprinkle this on top of your enchiladas. Pour the remaining sauce on top of the enchiladas, cover with the last 2 cups of the Mexican cheese mixture.

4. Bake Away: Place in your preheated oven and bake for 20-25 minutes until the cheese is bubbly-gooey. Remove from oven and let rest a few minutes. You can garnish with a little more chopped cilantro or chopped avocado.

Hope you enjoy this dish!

 

~ Joe Paul Reider

Home Style Austin Founder
Austin Realtor®
Keller Williams Realty, Inc.

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Shamrock Turnovers

Mushroom Magic

This recipe comes to Home Style Austin from our Brand Director, Patrick (it was his Mom’s recipe). This evolved from a Mushroom Turnover recipe into something we transformed into an annual treat for St. Patrick’s Day by stamping the turnovers into little shamrocks.

Foodie Tips:

• Use fresh mushrooms for a flavor explosion. Try a little more salt and some pepper if your tongue doesn’t tingle on your first “go” of it.
• Can’t find three 3-ounce packages of cream cheese? You’re not alone. It seems our modern day bellies are bigger than the “small packs” so you’ll most likely have to buy multiple 8-ounce blocks or containers of the good stuff and trim ‘em down.
• Don’t have a 2¾” cookie cutter? I found a small juice glass in my kitchen that measured-up quite fine.
• While the original recipe calls for an ungreased cookie sheet, I think I went a little liberal with the egg brushing. I found some PAM Baking Spray helped a lot.
• Why not create a mushroom masterpiece of your own? I used a clover-shaped cookie cutter and made my own version of this tasty treat… debuting this St. Paddy’s Day 2012.
• This recipe yields enough for a party. If you don’t want to prepare 50 turnovers, half the recipe!

Ingredients: 

9 Ounces  |  Cream Cheese, Softened
½ Cup  |  Butter, Softened (use Falfurrias brand butter)
1½ Cups  |  Sifted Flour
½ Pound  |  Mushrooms, Minced
1 Large  |  White Onion, Minced
3 Tablespoons  |  More Butter, Softened
1 Teaspoon  |  Salt
¼ Teaspoon  |  Fresh Thyme Leaves, Minced
2 Tablespoons  |  Flour
¼ Cup  |  Sour Cream
1  |  Cage Free Egg, Beaten

What To Do:

1. Early in the day or 2 hours before serving, place in a large bowl the cream cheese, butter and flour. Beat with an electric mixer at medium speed until soft dough forms.

2. Wrap dough in waxed paper and refrigerate at least one hour.

3. In a medium-sized skillet over medium heat, cook the mushrooms and onion in 3 tablespoons butter until tender, about 5 minutes.

4. Stir in salt, thyme and 2 tablespoons flour until blended and then stir in the sour cream (yes!).

5. On a floured board, thinly roll-out one half of the dough and cut into about 12 circles using a 2¾” cookie cutter. Roll dough scraps into ball and refrigerate.

6. On one ½ of each circle, place a teaspoon of the mushroom mixture. Bush the edges with egg and fold the edges over the filling to meet the bottom edge.

7. With a fork, press edges together and prick tops in three places to let the steam out. If you want to enjoy your turnovers for St. Paddy’s Day you can stamp them with a clover-shaped cookie cutter at this step – note: there will be spoilage!

8. Place turnover on an ungreased cookie sheet. Repeat with remaining dough and mushroom filling until you’re all done.

9. Preheat oven to 450°F.

10. Brush the turnovers with egg.

11. Bake 12-15 minutes or until golden brown.

Makes about 50 turnovers. Serve warm.

Enjoy!

~ Joe Paul Reider

Home Style Austin Founder
Austin Realtor®
Keller Williams Realty, Inc.

Does St. Patrick’s Day Have You Doin’ The Jig? Check out our “Holidazed” Pinterest Board for some SPD inspiration that will have you seeing the green!

Avocado and Bacon Potato Salad Recipe

When I stumbled across this unique potato salad recipe that packs a lotta punch compliments of avocado and sour cream instead of hard boiled eggs and mayo, I knew I had to give it a whirl. It hails from the cookbook of my marketing director’s Mom and it has a taste as big as Texas.

This potato salad made its debut in my cucina on the 4th of July in 2011 and it has since visited many, many times. Your foodie friends will ask you to make it again and again so it makes any day a special day.

Food Tips: 

  The original recipe called for “regular ol’ parsley” for decoration but I prefer Italian Flat leaf as it’s less tickley on the tongue and can boast more flavor.

  You can cube (vs. slice) the tomatoes and avocados for the final garnish but either makes a dy-no-mite presentation. Remember that even with a lemon juice coating the avocado can brown after it has been sitting awhile … so dress the salad near the time you are going to present and consume it. Go fresh.

Ingredients:

3 Cups  |  Potatoes, Cooked Then Cubed
1 Cup  |  Sour Cream
½ Teaspoon  |  Salt
½ Teaspoon  |  Seasoned Pepper (a.k.a. Lawry’s Seasoned Salt with Black Pepper)
½ Teaspoon  |  Caraway Seed
1 Tablespoon + Some Extra  |  Lemon Juice
¼ Cup  |  Italian Flat Leaf Parsley Sprigs (chopped)
3  | Avocados (ripe, not hard)
¼ Cup  |  Chopped Onions
8 Slices  |  Hickory-Smoked Bacon (crisped and crumbled)
1  |  Large Tomato (diced)

What To Do:

1. Scrub then boil the potatoes in a medium-sized pot. Boil until tender, but not “mushy.” Set aside to cool.

2. Blend the sour cream with the salt, pepper, caraway seed and 1 tablespoon of the lemon juice. Set aside to marry.

3. Chop the parsley to yield ¼ cup; set aside.

4. Cut 2 of the avocados lengthwise into halves, removing the seed and skin.

5. Cube the avocado and gently combine it in a medium-sized salad bowl with the chopped parsley, potatoes, chopped onion, the sour cream mixture and ½ of the bacon.

6. Arrange additional chopped parsley sprigs on the top of the salad, cover and chill.

7. To serve, prepare the remaining avocado by slicing lengthwise into halves. Remove the seed and skin and cut into slices. Slice the tomato.

8. Alternate the avocado and tomato slices on top of the potato salad and sprinkle with lemon juice and the remaining bacon.

Serves: One to Few. It’s that good. 

~ Joe Paul Reider

Home Style Austin Founder
Austin Realtor®
Keller Williams Realty, Inc.

Hamburger Casserole Recipe

Cheers To Mom!

Don’t Moms make the best meals?!

This recipe comes from my Mom’s kitchen in East Texas near Tyler.

This savory dish packs the perfect blend of Frito crunch plus a little bit of Texas kick, compliments of our friend – the jalapeño. Great on game days, chilly days or any day you want a one dish casserole that’s sure to please.

Ingredients:

1 Pound  |  Hamburger Meat
1  |  Onion
1 Can  |  Cream of Chicken Soup
1 Can  |  Cream of Mushroom Soup
½ Soup Can  |  Water
To Taste (2-3)  |  Fresh Jalapeño Peppers, Sliced With Seeds
1 Bag  |  Fritos
To Top  |  Velveeta

What To Do: 

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.

2. Brown meat and onion together in a medium pan.

3. Add the soups and a ½ can of water and the jalapeño pepper. Bring to a simmer then remove from heat.

4. Layer into a ungreased 1.5 quart casserole dish: fritos, meat mixture cheese. Then repeat fritos, meat mixture and cheese on top.

5. Bake 5-10 minutes or until cheese melts. Serve warm.

Yield: 6 – 9 Servings

Food Tips: 

  You can surely use pickled vs. fresh jalapeños if you prefer.

  Enjoy with a side salad and some fresh brewed tea for the home style touch.

  Top with a dollop of sour cream if you want to take down the spicy kick a bit.

Enjoy!

~ Joe Paul Reider

Home Style Austin Founder
Austin Realtor®
Keller Williams Realty, Inc.