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The Breakfast Taco Project

The Cen-Tex Smoker
The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,179
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Next door neighbor eggs, home cured bacon from one of our pigs, homemade hash browns, homemade roasted tomatillo salsa, homemade tortillas, store bought cheddar (still working on that), breakfast beer. Delicious. 

2 hours start to finish lol


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  • Photo Egg
    Photo Egg Posts: 12,137
    Excellent as always
    Beer always goes with tacos!
    Thank you,
    Darian

    Galveston Texas
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,783
    Great breakfast banquet.  Two hours for breakfast is far more patience than I could handle.  But that looks quite tasty.  Congrats.  Home-made beer next??
    Beer and store-bought chocolate chip cookies can get me going in no time B)
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,179
    lousubcap said:
    Great breakfast banquet.  Two hours for breakfast is far more patience than I could handle.  But that looks quite tasty.  Congrats.  Home-made beer next??
    Beer and store-bought chocolate chip cookies can get me going in no time B)
    I only have a few beers a year so I’m going to leave that to the pros. 
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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 10,227
    That looks awesome.  My son just asked me if your taco is as good as one from Bill Miller's.   (That was for @20stone)

    XXL BGE, Karebecue, Klose BYC, Chargiller Akorn Kamado, Weber Smokey Mountain, Grand Turbo gasser, Weber Smoky Joe, and the wheelbarrow that my grandfather used to cook steaks from his cattle

    San Antonio, TX

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  • shtgunal3
    shtgunal3 Posts: 6,134
    I’d hit it.

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     LBGE,SBGE, and a Mini makes three......Sweet home Alabama........ Stay thirsty my friends .

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  • SciAggie
    SciAggie Posts: 6,481
    Looks like you nailed it. I need to work on my flour tortillas.
    And two hours isn’t bad for all that. 
    Coleman, Texas
    Large BGE & Mini Max for the wok. A few old camp Dutch ovens and a wood fired oven. LSG 24” cabinet offset smoker. There are a few paella pans and a Patagonia cross in the barn. A curing chamber for bacterial transformation of meats...
    "Bourbon slushies. Sure you can cook on the BGE without them, but why would you?"
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,179
    Foghorn said:
    That looks awesome.  My son just asked me if your taco is as good as one from Bill Miller's.   (That was for @20stone)
    Tell Jason that even in this time of social distancing, I will hunt him down. I have nothing but time and a liquor cabinet full of future bad decisions. 
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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 8,930
    Tortilla looks perfect well done
    South of Columbus, Ohio.


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  • NDG
    NDG Posts: 2,435
    Breakfast Tacos - soooooo good but something the Midwest (where I live) does not do well.  Yours looks great !  I had best breakfast taco & Horchata in Austin during my last visit . . Small hole in the wall spot.
    Columbus, OH

    “There are only two ways to live your life.  One is as though nothing is a miracle.  The other is as if everything is” 
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 19,780
    I need to sit down for a spell, to fully appreciate this. 

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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  • loco_engr
    loco_engr Posts: 5,818
    breakfast beer . . . totally new concept!  :o
    aka marysvilleksegghead
    Lrg 2008
    mini 2009

    Henny Youngman:
    I said to my wife, 'Where do you want to go for our anniversary?' She said, 'I want to go somewhere I've never been before.' I said, 'Try the kitchen.'
    Bob Hope: When I wake up in the morning, I don’t feel anything until noon, and then it’s time for my nap
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,179
    loco_engr said:
    breakfast beer . . . totally new concept!  :o
    For who? Lol
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,179
    NDG said:
    Breakfast Tacos - soooooo good but something the Midwest (where I live) does not do well.  Yours looks great !  I had best breakfast taco & Horchata in Austin during my last visit . . Small hole in the wall spot.
    You are soooo right. I moved to WI for 7 years and the only breakfast “taco” in sight was Mickey D’s. I’ve been making BT’s since I was in high school so I’ve dialed it in pretty well. I got really good at it up there. It’s also where I learned to cook bbq too. When Famous Dave’s is your best option, you need to roll up your sleeves and figure it out. 
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  • marcdc
    marcdc Posts: 126
    Looks awesome. Care to share the tomatillo salsa recipe?

    just got a vitamix and I’m ready to try some savory things out... although last night’s strawberry mango rum daiquiris were fantastic lol
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  • pgprescott
    pgprescott Posts: 14,544
    Bravo!
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  • saluki2007
    saluki2007 Posts: 6,354
    edited April 2020
    marcdc said:
    Looks awesome. Care to share the tomatillo salsa recipe?

    just got a vitamix and I’m ready to try some savory things out... although last night’s strawberry mango rum daiquiris were fantastic lol
    Another +1 for the tomatillo recipe. 
    Large and Small BGE
    Central, IL

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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,179
    Salsa-

    Roasted Tomatillo Habanero Salsa:

    2lbs tomatillos
    2 cloves garlic
    1.5 habanero peppers 
    Juice of 1-1.5 lime (to your liking)
    Big pinch 50/50 salt and pepper
    Tsp cumin 

    In this batch I used jalapeno Because I had them. If you use jalapeno roast 3-5 of them (depending on how hot you like it) with everything else. 

    Directions:

    Husk Tomatillos and remove stems from tomatillos and peppers. 

    Place tomatillos, garlic and peppers on a foil lined sheet pan under broiler on high. After 5 min or so (when getting very blistered and dark, turn peppers and tomatillos to blister the other side. If garlic has started to soften, remove at this time. 

    Once peppers and tomatillos have blistered and softened, put all ingredients in blender (make sure you get any liquid that has run out onto the foil

    blend on low 30-60 seconds until there are no chunks. 

    This recipe Makes exactly 2 pint jars full. Scale up or down to your liking. 

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  • thetrim
    thetrim Posts: 11,387
    Really like that!  I'll have to give the salsa a try.  The fire roasted salsa is excellent.  The habanero salsa thread burned me up too much, but the flavor was most excellent. 

    On a side note, the next time I actually get a brisket that I don't scorch, I'll try a RDH mock up.
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  • thetrim
    thetrim Posts: 11,387
    And I'd love to hear more about those tortillas.  That's our gaping hole in this cook over here.
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,179
    thetrim said:
    And I'd love to hear more about those tortillas.  That's our gaping hole in this cook over here.
    I use this recipe when I make them. H-E-B has amazing homemade tortillas so I use those 90% of the time. These are right in there though. Very good. Lard is the key and I have great lard from our pigs. 

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    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,179
    thetrim said:
    And I'd love to hear more about those tortillas.  That's our gaping hole in this cook over here.
    I would gladly send you a couple of packs of the H-E-B tortillas when I can find them. They freeze well and you can just throw them in a skillet to puff them up. They are seriously as good as any I make. 

    These are really good too and I think they ship them. If not I’ll send you some if you want (they are refrigerated though). They are uncooked disks of dough that you cook up in a skillet. They are right in there too as far as really good tortillas go. It’s honestly not worth making them when I can get these or still hot tortillas from H-E-B bakery any time I want. It’s fun to do sometimes though. 

    Either one of these will up your tortilla game immensely over regular store bought tortillas. 


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  • RockyTopDW
    RockyTopDW Posts: 338
    Looks fantastic.  I never met a breakfast burrito I didn’t love. 
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,179
    Forgot to post a pic of the salsa. I think I’ll start a salsa thread. We have 5-6 in the rotation and we’ve gotten pretty good at those. 


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  • thetrim
    thetrim Posts: 11,387
    Thanks @The Cen-Tex Smoker. I really appreciate the offer, but I’ll hit up my family members in the area.  

    If that doesn’t work, I’ll hit you up.   As a result, I’ll update my beneficiary information on my life insurance, investments, etc to make sure you’re properly rewarded. 

    I’d really just like to meet up again at Valentina’s sometime in the not to distant future.   
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    XL 6/06, Mini 6/12, L 10/12, Mini #2 12/14 MiniMax 3/16 Large #2 11/20 Legacy from my FIL - RIP PitBoss Navigator 850G 11/25
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,783
    Give HEB on-line a look.  I buy from them whenever I can especially given what the company returns to the community.  (Look at their hurricane Harvey response.)
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,179
    thetrim said:
    Thanks @The Cen-Tex Smoker. I really appreciate the offer, but I’ll hit up my family members in the area.  

    If that doesn’t work, I’ll hit you up.   As a result, I’ll update my beneficiary information on my life insurance, investments, etc to make sure you’re properly rewarded. 

    I’d really just like to meet up again at Valentina’s sometime in the not to distant future.   
    That’s right- forgot you had family here. I’ll tell you exactly what to get if you want them to send you a care package. 
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  • saluki2007
    saluki2007 Posts: 6,354
    I know there has been salsa threads on here before, but I would love to see your rotation.
    Large and Small BGE
    Central, IL

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  • lkapigian
    lkapigian Posts: 11,549
    Looks Amazing!
    Visalia, Ca @lkapigian
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,179
    saluki2007 said:
    I know there has been salsa threads on here before, but I would love to see your rotation.
    Im going to do a few this weekend. I’ll either add to what’s out there or start a new one if they aren't active. 
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,783
    The Cen-Tex Smoker said:
    saluki2007 said:
    I know there has been salsa threads on here before, but I would love to see your rotation.
    Im going to do a few this weekend. I’ll either add to what’s out there or start a new one if they aren't active. 
    I know the high heater 24 habanero and roasted garlic salsa thread is not getting any posts right now but I can verify that the salsa is quite active.  I believe it has yet undocumented medicinal and healing powers.  But can also mess with your toilet paper consumption rate.   B)
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
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