Everybody Plays the Fool, Sometimes

Castro's Chilaquiles and breakfast tacos

There should be a name for this.  When you go to a restaurant with someone, you both order, the plates get set down and one person scored and the other one got sacked.  Thus was the case this morning at Castro's Mexican Restaurant in Clinton Hill.  Three breakfast tacos yes, but absolutely no sides or condiments accompanied these lonely bare tacos.  I felt terrible for my mate.  You must include some green on the plate, always.   Whereas my plate was beyond appetizing.  I had two eggs over easy, crema, red onions and chicken over these delicious cheesy sauce drenched chips. 

Everybody Plays the Fool Sometimes

Made fresh tomatillo sauce in celebration of PathMark finally carrying them again. I made some homemade chicken stock and in the process poached my chicken thighs for shredded chicken. I wanted to make chicken chilaquiles verde. Chicken, check. Tomatilla salsa, check. Onions, Mexican cheese, check. Shit, no corn tortillas or chips.

Can you make chilaquiles with stale flour torts? Answer is yes, but its a bit like eating wet paper towels. Mmmmm. No its better, but I won't do it again. It was a foolish mistake really. I knew better. They were still tasty but the textures were way off.

I did however cook the corn in my chicken broth and that made it super tender and tasty. Didn't need to put butter, just salt. A miss and a hit.