Ed Fernandez Restaurant specializes in one thing, Mexican beef birria. Ed Fernandez is located in a far corner of San Diego, but it actually is a fairly short drive from downtown. UPDATE: In October 2022 Yelp released a list of top 100 Taco Spots in America. Ed Fernandez was number one! WEBSITE: http://ed-fernandez.cafes-world.com/ Type: Taco…
Our family loves experimenting with hot peppers. Habanero peppers are a favorite, but they can be overwhelming. This recipe calls for soaking the peppers in alcohol and cooking with the sous vide method. This sous vide habanero chicken is full of flavor but has a reasonable level of spice. Go To Recipe The inspiration for…
As our children have gotten older, they have come to appreciate spicy food. Habanero peppers have a great flavor but can be extremely hot. I learned a method for taming the heat of habanero peppers by soaking in alcohol. This recipe not only tames the peppers but it makes a habanero vodka. We have done…
As I become a teenager, I am starting to like spicy food. At several restaurants, I have amazed people by eating habanero chicken wings (when I was 12). My dad made a hot sauce using Carolina reapers, the hottest pepper in the world. I asked him to help me develop this Habanero Hot Sauce recipe….
Chili powder is an essential ingredient in many recipes. Of course, it is convenient to buy pre-prepared chili powder in the store. However, this is an easy spice to make on your own. Our homemade chili powder will improve your recipes and also save you money in the long term. Go To Recipe The key…
So we have grown our own Carolina Reapers, the hottest pepper on the planet (at least as of fall 2017). The question now becomes what to do with them. Of course, hot sauce is a must and we successfully created our own edible sauce. Now we move on to a full dish that incorporates the…
We have been having fun (and some pain) experimenting with our homegrown Carolina Reaper peppers, the hottest chili on the planet according to the Guinness Book of World Records. We created our own hot sauce that actually proved tolerable and this recipe, inspired by the British based Chili Wizards, came out in the hot but…
In an earlier post we talked about growing the Carolina Reaper, the world’s hottest pepper. Our efforts produced a bountiful harvest and the next challenge becomes what to do with these beasts. We are going to be experimenting with different recipes over the next few weeks but figured we would start with a good old…
Back in 2011 we went back to our family reunion in North Carolina and spent a few days outside Charlotte in the small town of Fort Mill, South Carolina. During our stay we stopped at a small salsa/hot sauce stand at a now defunct shopping mall next to the Carowinds amusement park. We got talking…