Marinated carrots and onions

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Someone was looking for a recipe for the carrots Mexican restraurants serve. I

found this one to try.

 

 

* Exported from MasterCook *

 

Molina's Mexico City Restaurants' Carrot and Onion Relish

 

Recipe By :Houston Chronicle

Serving Size : 0 Preparation Time :0:00

Categories : Condiments

 

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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2 carrots -- sliced in rounds

2 onions -- sliced

1 jalapeno pepper -- sliced in rounds

2 garlic cloves -- sliced

Salt

ground black pepper

bay leaf

White vinegar (45-grain strength)

 

Place carrots on bottom of saucepan; top with onions, jalapeno, garlic, salt,

pepper and bay leaf. Add enough vinegar just to cover, bring to a boil, reduce

heat and simmer over low heat until vegetables are cooked.

 

Serving ideas: appetizer, mixed with boiled shrimp as an appetizer, and sandwich

relish.

 

Description:

" Marinated Carrots "

Cuisine:

" Mexican "

Source:

" http://www.fatfree.com/archive/1997/may/msg00326.html "

S(Recorded by):

" Hanneman (kitpath) on 01-May-2001 "

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 159 Calories; 1g Fat (3.7% calories from

fat); 5g Protein; 36g Carbohydrate; 9g Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol; 58mg

Sodium. Exchanges: 6 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Fat.

 

NOTES : I've always wanted a recipe for the marinated carrot chips served at

some Tex-Mex restaurants. This one published in the Houston Chronicle recently

comes darn close (the restaurant version usually seems to have a touch of oil).

--Elsa Kapitan-White Sugar Land, TX

 

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