Cebollitas

Cebollitas (little onions) are a popular side dish at taco restaurants in Mexico (some taco stands also sell them) Usually they're just grilled green onions, but I make them differently:

Ingredients:

As many green onions as you want to make, short stem, and make sure you cut off the roots at the other end.
2 Tbsp Soy sauce
1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
The juice of 1/2 a lime
A little cooking oil or cooking spray.

Heat up the oil in a skillet. In a cup, mix the soy sauce, Worcestershire and lime juice, stir well. Place the onions on the skillet and cook them until they begin to turn black on one side (see photo above), turn them and keep cooking  until the next side begins to turn black. You need to cook them this much so the inside will be soft.

Add the sauce mix to the skillet and keep cooking until about a third or half of it is consumed.

That's all there is to it. The mix above should be good for 10-12 onions. If you're making more, add more soy and Worcestershire and lime.

Stir-fried Red Cabbage with Soy Sauce

Sometimes I'll go to the grocery store and just pick up some vegetables I think will go well together. This is one such result. You may notice it's similar to my cabbage soup. That's no coincidence. I tend to try similar things from time to time.

Again I used jícama in this recipe. And again it's not essential.You can skip it or use a substitution, like celery, or even mushrooms if you don't want more crunchy veggies.

Ingredients:

200 grs. red cabbage shredded
100 grs. soybean sprouts
1/2 red bell pepper chopped
100 grs. snow peas whole
100 grs. jícama, cut into short strips.
1/4 onion finely chopped
1 clove garlic minced
3.5 tablespoons soy sauce (low sodium)
1 tablespoon teriyaki sauce
1/2 teaspoon vinegar (any kind, but white sugar cane vinegar works best)
The juice of one lime
Sesame seed oil
Ground black pepper to taste

Heat a few drops of oil in a pan or wok. Add the onion and garlic and stir fry or saute until the onions begin to turn translucent. Add the rest of the vegetables and sprinkle some pepper. You may want to add some more oil in this step. if you do, move the onion and garlic to the side and add the oil to the center of the pan or wok.

In a cup mix the soy sauce, teriyaki sauce, vinegar and lime juice. Add it to the veggies before they're too soft. Stir well and continue cooking until you achieve the desired softness for your vegetables.

A good side for this dish is curry rice, which you can see on the picture. I'll post that recipe tomorrow. Or try plain, boiled white rice if you like it.