Escabeche De Mexicana Recipes

ESCABECHE RECIPE (MEXICAN PICKLED VEGETABLES)

Steps:

• Cut the vegetables and place them in a pint sized mason jar (or two). Use more or less of any vegetable as desired.
• If using whole seeds, toast them in a small pot over medium heat until fragrant, approximately 2 minutes.
• Add the vinegar, water, sugar, and salt to the pot (and add the ground spices here if using ground instead) and bring to a boil.
• Remove the pot from the heat and pour the vinegar mixture into the jars over the vegetables. Let cool and refrigerate at least 30 minutes.

ESCABECHE (MEXICAN PICKLED VEGETABLES)

Steps:

• In a large skillet or dutch oven heat the oil to medium heat. Add the garlic and the carrots and sauté for 2 minutes.
• Add the jalapeños, onions, and mushrooms. Sauté for another 3 minutes.
• Add the herbs and the salt and pepper. Stir well.
• Add the vinegar and the water. Bring the mixture to a boil. Lower to. simmer and cover the escabeche. Allow the vegetables to simmer for 10 minutes.
• Remove the escabeche from the heat and allow it to sit covered for 15 minutes.
• Allow the vegetables to marinate for at least 12 hours before serving.

ESCABECHE

Steps:

• Place chicken gizzards in a large saucepan and pour in enough water to cover. Simmer over low heat until tender, approximately 30 minutes.
• While gizzards are simmering, mix together onion, bell pepper, garlic, vinegar, oil, bay leaves, olives, and peppercorns in a large bowl. When ready, drain gizzards and mix into bowl. Season with salt to taste and marinate at least an hour in refrigerator.

ESCABECHE

Steps:

• Season fish with salt and pepper, and dust with flour. Heat a skillet and add canola oil to it. Saute the fish until brown on both sides. Remove from the pan and place in a deep pan.
• Remove some of the canola oil from the saute pan, and lower the heat to low, add all the vegetables and cook until soft and translucent. Add the ketchup and cook 1 more minute.
• Remove from the heat and add all other ingredients, except the avocado. Cover the fish with all ingredients and allow to cool to room temperature. Cover and place in refrigerator for 2 days. Serve with avocado slices.

SNAPPER ESCABèCHE

Steps:

• Preheat a grill to medium high. Heat 2 tablespoons vegetable oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the garlic and ginger and cook, stirring, until softened, about 2 minutes. Whisk in the vinegar, pineapple juice, fish sauce, brown sugar and ketchup. Bring to a steady simmer and cook until reduced by almost half, about 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine the scallions and bell peppers in a medium bowl with the remaining 1 tablespoon vegetable oil. Season with salt and pepper and toss. Grill until well marked and tender, about 2 minutes per side for the scallions and 3 minutes per side for the peppers.
• Score the skin side of the snapper fillets, making a few small slashes. Pat dry. Brush both sides of the fillets with vegetable oil and season with salt and pepper. Lightly oil the grill grates. Grill the fish skin-side down, covered, until it's cooked around the edges, 3 to 4 minutes. Flip and cook through, 3 to 4 more minutes.
• Cut the scallions into 3-inch pieces and cut the peppers into 1/4-inch strips. Divide the vegetables and fish among plates. Pour some of the sauce on top and serve the rest on the side. Serve with the rice.

MEXICAN PORK WITH ESCABECHE SPICE RUB

Steps:

• Make the Escabeche Sauce by mixing the all the ingredients.
• Spread evenly over the pork Tenderloins.
• (at this point you make cover and refrigerate until the next day this will enhance the flavor but is not necessary to do).
• Place Tenderloins on a rack in a 9x 13 pan (or BBQ them).
• Roast in a 450F degrees oven.
• Internal temperature should read 155f, Check after 15 minutes and then every 5 minutes.
• Do not over cook or it will be dry.
• Slice thinly across the grain, arrange on a platter and place orange sliced all around the meat.

FILIPINO FISH ESCABECHE

Steps:

• Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Pat tilapia dry with a paper towel. Cut 2 to 3 slits on either side of the fish. Sprinkle salt on top. Fry in the hot oil until browned, about 2 minutes per side.
• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Saute onion and garlic until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Add red bell pepper and ginger; saute until fragrant, about 2 minutes.
• Mix water, vinegar, and sugar together in a bowl. Pour into the onion mixture in the skillet. Cover and bring to a boil. Cook until slightly reduced, about 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Add cornstarch. Boil, stirring often, until sauce is thickened, about 5 minutes. Pour sauce over the fish.

ESCABECHE

Steps:

• Escabeche vegetables for turkey
• In a nonreactive container, combine 2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper, 1 teaspoon kosher salt, 2 1/2 teaspoons toasted and ground dried Mexican oregano (page 161), 3 stemmed and thinly sliced güero chiles, 4 stemmed and thinly sliced Fresno chiles, 1 thinly sliced white onion, 3 bay leaves, 2 sticks of canela, 1 tablespoon toasted and ground coriander seed (page 164), 1 medium sweet red bell pepper (cored, seeded, and cut into very thin strips), 3 ounces drained pickled jalapeño slices, 1/2 cup liquid from the can of pickled jalapeños, 1/2 teaspoon toasted and ground fennel seed, 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice, 2 tablespoons sugar, 1 cup unseasoned rice wine vinegar, 1 cup water, 1 tablespoon olive oil, 1 small julienned carrot, 1/2 cup very thinly sliced fennel, and 2 tablespoons lemon-infused olive oil (page 162). Refrigerate until ready to use in Escabeche Turkey with Pickled Vegetables (page 50).

ESCABECHE DE MEXICANA

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium high heat. Add the onion and saute for three minutes, then add the garlic. Continue cooking until the onions are soft, 1-2 minutes more.
• Add the water and bring to a boil. Add the jalapenos and carrots and cook for 5 minutes, until slightly softened. Add the cider vinegar, 1 tbsp pickling salt, oregano and bay leaves and simmer for 1 minute. Remove from heat and allow to cool completely.
• Transfer the jalapenos, carrots and onions with slotted spoon or tongs into sterilized glass quart-sized jars. Throw away the bay leaves.
• Cover the vegetables with the cooking liquid until the jars are three-quarters full. Add 1 tbsp pickling salt to each jar and fill to the top with white vinegar.
• Cap each jar tightly and store in the refrigerator for up to several months. The pickled vegetables can be used starting one week later.