Jalapeño Cheeseburgers

Here's all the ingredients you'll need to make one of the best burgers you've ever had:

Season the burgers and grill them on a cast iron griddle for maximum flavor

While the burgers are cooking mix together your cheese, chopped jalapeños, and a healthy dollop of sour cream:

Flip the burgers and crown them with the cheese spread:

Then cover them with a lid or a sauce pan with a little water (the steam will melt the cheese)

Once the cheese is melted and the burgers are cooked to your taste load them onto your bun and enjoy!

Creamy Lime Chicken Tacos

These tacos changed me. It's all about the layers of flavoring in the meat.

Here's what you'll need for the meat:

2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (good for two, maybe three people depending on how hungry you are)
About 1/8 to 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1 or 2 limes
3 or 4 chopped green onions (start at the white end and chop the onion up until about halfway)
3 or 4 cloves of garlic (finely chopped)
1/4 to 1/2 cup sour cream
Salt
Pepper
Paprika (optional)
Sugar

Chop up the chicken raw. Don't cube it (cubing it just seems unnatural and it doesn't allow the chicken to absorb the flavors as much), longer, less uniform strips of chicken are best.

Layer 1:

Sautee the chicken in a little olive or vegetable oil with salt, pepper and paprika. Just until browned.

Layer 2:

Squeeze in half a lime, add red wine vinegar, and add the onions, garlic, and maybe a teaspoon or two of sugar. Let simmer until the vinegar is almost completely cooked down.

Layer 3:

Add sour cream and let simmer until it becomes thick and sticky.

Chicken is done

Now you need salsa:

1 tomato about the size of your fist
Half of a yellow onion about the size of your fist
Cilantro
1 Jalapeño
Half a lime
Salt and pepper

Chop everything up to your desired size and mix it all together. Let it sit for a while (best if you start with the salsa and then make everything else so it gets a chance to come together).

Heat up your tortillas
Add the chicken and squeeze some lime
Then top it all with shredded lettuce, grated colby jack cheese and plenty of salsa

ENJOY!!!

Cilantro-Lime Shrimp and Lobster Sandwich

Happy 4th of July everybody! I wanted to kick things off right and I figured it would be cliche to do steaks or brats so I went with something a little different. I've been putting this recipe together in my head for some time now and finally decided to give it a go. I am glad I did, I seriously had to stop half way through this sandwich and take a breath. It is, possibly, the best recipe I've come up with. Give it a go, you won't be disappointed.

Here's what you'll need:

These measurements are per sandwich:

2 small lobster tails (if you can't get your hands on some lobster tails just add more shrimp)
about 1/3rd pound of shrimp (peeled)
Cilantro
A couple limes
Mayo
Tabasco Sauce
Garlic Salt
Onion Salt
Fresh rolls

Start off by marinating the shrimp in lemon juice, garlic salt, onion salt, and tabasco sauce. No need for precise measurements, just mix it to suit your taste. You can marinate for 15 minutes or a couple hours, whatever you have time for.



Next cut your lobster tails down the center and squeeze some lime and sprinkle some garlic salt.



Now it's time for the grill. Throw the lobsters on first for a minute of two and then the shrimp. It will actually be easier if you skewer the shrimp first. Cook them for 4 or 5 minutes and make sure to watch them like a hawk, they can burn really easily.



Once the shrimp and lobster are done cooking take them off the grill and let them chill in the freezer for a little while (not long enough to freeze them, just long enough to bring them down to refrigerator temps)

Once cooled off chop the shrimp in half and the lobster into chunks.



Time for the sauce:

Take a couple big spoonfuls of mayo, some cilantro (chopped fine), tabasco, garlic salt, and lime. Again, no need for measurements, just mix to your taste.





Start adding it to the shrimp and lobster one spoon at a time, mix until evenly coated.





Start stuffing your bread. I used a pretty crusty sandwich roll that turned out to be really good, sourdough might also be a good choice.

Garnish with a little cilantro and serve it with an icy cold coke for maximum pleasure



That's all there is to it. Just go for it, this is seriously the best sandwich I've ever had.