Southwest Tortilla Rolls Food

54TH STREET SOUTHWEST TORTILLA WRAPS

Steps:

• Drain all liquid from a jar of jalapeños into a medium bowl. Marinate bacon in the jalapeño juice for 30 minutes. Refill jalapeño jar with water.
• Remove 1/3 to 1/2 of chipotle chiles in adobo sauce and place on cutting board. Dice into fine pieces. Mix diced chiles and sauce with ranch dressing in a medium bowl. Taste. If more spiciness is desired, dice more chiles and add to dressing. Set aside.
• Remove bacon from jalapeño juice and discard juice. Cook bacon in large skillet until crispy enough to crumble. Do not burn! Remove bacon from skillet and place on paper towels to collect excess grease. Let cool, then crumble into bacon bit size pieces. Set aside.
• Cook cubed chicken breast in skillet with bacon grease until done. Discard grease. Set chicken aside.
• Wash romaine lettuce heads and chop until lettuce pieces are no larger than approximately one square inch.
• In large bowl, toss chopped romaine lettuce, parmesan cheese, cheddar cheese, bacon, chicken, and tortilla strips. Add as much chipotle ranch dressing as desired to salad mixture and toss until evenly coated.
• Place salad mixture onto tortillas and roll into wraps. If desired, use two toothpicks to hold wraps together and use a knife to slice wraps diagonally. Serve!

SOUTHWESTERN EGG ROLLS

Steps:

• For the sauce: Combine the mayonnaise, sour cream, vinegar, granulated garlic, onion powder, avocado, 2 tablespoons water, a large pinch of salt and a few grinds of pepper in a blender. Blend until completely smooth. Transfer to a medium bowl and stir in the dill and parsley. Season with additional salt and pepper if needed. The texture should be similar to ranch salad dressing. (If the sauce is very thick, thin it out with 1 to 2 tablespoons of additional water.) Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready to serve.
• For the egg rolls: Preheat a grill pan over medium-high heat for 5 minutes. Rub the chicken breasts with 1 tablespoon oil and sprinkle generously with salt and pepper. Cook the chicken until deep grill marks appear, about 8 minutes. Flip and continue cooking until deep grill marks appear and the internal temperature on an instant-read thermometer in the thickest part of the breast registers 165 degrees F, about 8 minutes more. Remove to a cutting board, allow to cool slightly and cut into small pieces.
• Heat the remaining tablespoon oil in a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add the bell pepper, a pinch of salt and a few grinds of pepper and cook, stirring, until crisp-tender, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in the beans, corn, spinach, cumin, chipotle powder, cayenne, 3/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Cook, stirring, until the vegetables and beans are coated in the spices and warmed through, about 2 minutes. Transfer to a large bowl and fold in the chicken, pickled jalapenos, parsley and scallions. Taste and season with additional salt and pepper if needed. Allow the mixture to cool completely.
• Stack the tortillas on a large microwave-safe plate and cover with a damp paper towel. Microwave until just warmed though. (This will make the tortillas easier to roll.) Put a warm tortilla on a clean, flat surface (keep the remaining tortillas covered with the damp paper towels) and put 1/2 cup of the filling in the center. Spread the filling out into a 4 1/2-inch long log. Tightly fold the bottom of the tortilla (the part that is closest to you) over the filling, fold both ends over then roll the tortilla so that the filling is completely enclosed. Seal the seam of the tortilla with 3 toothpicks. Transfer to a baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining tortillas, filling and toothpicks.
• Meanwhile, attach a deep-fat fry thermometer to the side of a large Dutch oven or pot, fill halfway with oil and heat over medium-high heat to 350 degrees F.
• Fry the egg rolls in 2 batches until golden brown all over, about 5 minutes per batch. Remove the toothpicks from the egg rolls, cut on an extreme bias and transfer to a large platter. Serve with the avocado dipping sauce.

SOUTHWEST TORTILLA ROLLS

Steps:

• For cheese spread, process cream cheese, peppers, lemon zest and cilantro in food processor until smooth.
• Peel and pit avocado. Place in a small bowl and mash coarsely with a fork.
• Stir in lime juice and salt.
• Tortilla prep:.
• Working with 1 tortilla at a time, place on stove fire (gas) for a couple mins on low each side to get that grilled taste. Let it puff up and quickly turn to the other side. These are served cold so a fast warm on the tortilla is nice. Spread about 3 tablespoons cheese spread on tortilla.
• Partially cover lower third of tortilla with 1/3 of salmon.
• Using 1/5 of avocado mixture, make a band across center of tortilla. Sprinkle with scallions. Roll up.
• Repeat with 2 more tortillas and remaining salmon. Repeat with remaining tortillas and turkey, placing turkey over two-thirds of each tortilla. Wrap each roll in plastic wrap.
• Refrigerate 2 hours to create firm cheese spread or up to 8 hours. To serve, trim 1/2 inch from each end; discard. Cut each roll into 8 slices.

SOUTHWEST ROLL-UPS

Steps:

• In a food processor; combine the first eight ingredients and 1/2 cup cheese; cover and process until smooth. Spread evenly over tortillas. Roll up and place seam side down in a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. , Cover and bake at 350° for 20 minutes or until heated through. Sprinkle with remaining cheese; let stand until cheese melts. Serve with sour cream and salsa if desired.

SOUTHWESTERN EGG ROLLS

Steps:

• Rub 1 tablespoon vegetable oil over chicken breast. In a medium saucepan over medium heat, cook chicken approximately 5 minutes per side, until meat is no longer pink and juices run clear. Remove from heat and set aside.
• Heat remaining 1 tablespoon vegetable oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir in green onion and red pepper. Cook and stir 5 minutes, until tender.
• Dice chicken and mix into the pan with onion and red pepper. Mix in corn, black beans, spinach, jalapeno peppers, parsley, cumin, chili powder, salt and cayenne pepper. Cook and stir 5 minutes, until well blended and tender. Remove from heat and stir in Monterey Jack cheese so that it melts.
• Wrap tortillas with a clean, lightly moist cloth. Microwave on high approximately 1 minute, or until hot and pliable.
• Spoon even amounts of the mixture into each tortilla. Fold ends of tortillas, then roll tightly around mixture. Secure with toothpicks. Arrange in a medium dish, cover with plastic, and place in the freezer. Freeze at least 4 hours.
• In a large, deep skillet, heat oil for deep frying to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Deep fry frozen, stuffed tortillas 10 minutes each, or until dark golden brown. Drain on paper towels before serving.

SOUTHWEST TORTILLA SCRAMBLE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, whisk egg whites, eggs and pepper. Stir in tortillas, spinach and cheese., Heat a large skillet coated with cooking spray over medium heat. Pour in egg mixture; cook and stir until eggs are thickened and no liquid egg remains. Top with salsa.

TORTILLA ROLLS

Steps:

• Have tortillas at room temperature.
• Place the remaining ingredients in a bowl and, with an electric mixer, combine all until well distributed.
• Spread mixture fairly thinly and evenly on tortillas to within 1/8 inch of edge.
• Roll up jelly-roll fashion and wrap each tortilla in plastic film.
• Refrigerate overnight.
• When ready to serve, slice in 3/4 inch rounds and arrange on serving plate.
• Serve with salsa.
• Note: tortillas will tend to dry out if rolls are unwrapped and sliced too early.
• Cook time is chilling time.

SOUTHWEST ROLL-UPS

Steps:

• Place the first 8 ingredients and 1/2 cup cheese in a food processor; blend until smooth.
• spread evenly over tortillas.
• roll up and place seam side down in a greased 13-in.
• x 9-in.
• x 2-in.
• baking dish.
• cover and bake at 350 for 20 minutes or until heated through.
• sprinkle with remaining cheese; let stand until cheese is melted.
• serve with sour cream and salsa if desired.

SOUTHWESTERN SPRING ROLLS

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients except oil, tortillas, sour cream & salsa, mix well.
• Put approx 2 tbs of mixture on each tortilla, roll tortilla into a thin taquito.
• Heat frying pan to med/high heat (I use an electric range and set it to 7).
• Using 1 tbs cooking oil per 2-3 taquito's, shallow fry in saute pan.
• Garnish with salsa and sour cream.