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Conchitas

This recipe makes an authentic mexican goulash pairing ground beef with pasta. It is called Conchitas due to the shape of the pasta.

This is a recipe for the stuff that they sell out in the parking lot of the pipe yard during lunch to the workers. One of the mexican guys wife will have a side hustle selling lunches out of the car and this side they used to put in there is my Fave! Here is the recipe!

Ingredients:
  • 1 1/2 lbs ground beef
  • Garlic, chopped or minced or whatever kind of garlic - to taste
  • Black pepper - to taste
  • Sazon Perfecta seasoning - to taste
  • 2 cups medium sized pasta shells
  • 1/4 cup oil
  • 4 cups water
  • 1/2 Tablespoon of granulated knorr chicken bouillon
  • 1 Tablespoon of granulated knorr tomato bouillon
  • 3 Cerrano chiles, diced
  • 1/2 onion, chopped
  • 1 can rotel
  • Handful of Cilantro, chopped
  • Onion powder - to taste
  • Garlic powder - to taste
  • 1 packet Red Sazon
  • One bay leaf
  • Large Skillet or Wok
  • Deep skillet for browning pasta
Directions:
  • Brown the ground beef with chopped garlic, black pepper, and sazon perfecta seasoning
  • While the meats is cooking, in a deep skillet brown 2 cups of medium size pasta shells in 1/4 cup of oil - just as you would brown rice a roni
  • Drain the grease from your ground beef and add the meat to the pasta shells
  • Add the 4 cups of water and all the other ingredients to the mixture and stir in
  • Heat on medium high heat until pasta shells are cooked al-dente
Enjoy!

Note:

  • Add some lime zest for acidity
  • Add some goat cheese on top for a bit of sour
Source:

Authentic Cajun Recipes and Southern Recipes also lagniappe



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Buddy of mine made this Conchitas from the recipe and said it was the Bomb! He says that adding some lime zest gives more acidity and some goat cheese crumble on top for some sour. It looks like he used a different pasta as well, which is totally acceptable and encouraged! Make this recipe your own! There are tons of customizations possible with this.

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