Have you ever stared at someone in the car next to you while they were picking their nose? I have. And it makes me wonder how many people have noticed me picking my own nose. I mean, I don’t ever do that. But if I did, how many people would see me? We think of our car is this safe zone, no one can see us. But unless you are Kim Kardashian and get tickets daily for how dark your windows are, people see. And they see you do your weird things. Like smoke weed while driving. Or put on make up. Or read a magazine. Or pick your nose. Except for me, because I don’t do that. Moving on.
So, for a while now, I’ve been thinking about a few things I regret in my life. I’ve never felt that way in my 25 years of life and now I have a few. I’ve always been able to see the positive in things. Understand why a certain something happened. And then move on. But now I’m thinking more about some of the decisions I made and am frustrated I can’t change those poor decisions. One of them includes my tattoo. I want to remove it. I have two, actually. But one of them I will absolutely love forever. While the other one is large. Mucho large. At the time, I loved it. Nowadays, I hate it. It’s on my side, on my ribs. Which was stupid painful. I don’t get how people get crazy big tattoos. I even remember having a dream about hating my tattoo the night before I got it. And I still went through with it. Always go with your gut, it never is wrong. Never. Figuring that out the tough way.
Anywho, I about cried my face off while getting it. Painful sh*t. And now I don’t even want it. Shame. But I heard getting a tattoo removed is way more painful than even getting the tattoo. Fudge. This tattoo is not small, it will take multiple sessions, and I’m sure it will be expensive. I can’t decide what to do. I didn’t think long enough about getting the tattoo so maybe I should think longer about getting it removed. I’m pretty much scared sh*tless to go through that pain. I’m ticklish on my ribs so imagine a laser burning off my tattoo on my ribs. Kill me. What to do, what to effing do.
Wanna know something creepy? This human on Twitter who has a twitter handle that has to do with loving foreheads recently wrote me a comment. And it included a compliment about my forehead. Yes, my forehead. But that wasn’t the creepy part. When I clicked on the humans profile, their avatar was a picture of me in Mexico. I’m not really sure how to feel about this person. Flattered, no. Creeped out, yes. At least this person is creepily complimenting my forehead. I’ve always thought it was quite large.
Hatch Chile Mexican Casserole
- Yield: 4 1x
Ingredients
- 16 large hatch chiles. roasted and peeled* (check notes section on how to roast hatch chiles before moving on with the rest of the recipe)
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 white onion, diced
- 1 jalapeño, seeds removed and diced
- 2 teaspoons cumin
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 2 tablespoons hot sauce
- 1 (14 ounce) can diced tomatoes
- kerrygold grass fed cheese, to garnish (optional)
- coconut oil, to grease pans
- 2 avocados
- handful of cilantro
- juice of 1 lime
- juice of 1 lemon
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- pinch of cumin
- salt, to taste
Instructions
- Roast and peel hatch chiles*
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Add ground beef to a large pan over medium heat. Once meat is halfway cooked through, add onion, jalapeño, cumin, oregano, paprika, cayenne pepper, and salt and pepper.
- Once meat is cooked through, add hot sauce and diced tomatoes and let cook on low for 3-5 minutes.
- Once meat is cooked through, grab out individual baking dishes to create the casseroles with. If you don’t have individual baking dishes, you can use a bread pan to create the casserole.
- Grease each individual baking dish (I used four) then begin the layers. Lie 2 hatch chiles flat, then top with ground beef mixture, cheese (if you are eating dairy), 2 more hatch chiles, ground beef and more cheese. Repeat with other individual baking dishes.
- Place in oven and bake until cheese is melted, about 10 minutes.
- While casseroles bake, add avocados, cilantro, lime, lemon, olive oil, cumin and salt to a food processor and puree until smooth.
- Top casseroles with avocado puree.
Notes
*I found my hatch chiles already roasted at Whole Foods. All I had to do was peel them. If you can’t find already roasted chiles, this is what you will need to do: 1. Prick holes in peppers with knife or fork. 2. Roast them by placing them in oven broiler for about 5-10 minutes or until the chile begin to blister. Turn the chiles over and roast again until it blisters on the other side. 3. Remove and put in ice water. 4. Once cool, peel then go forth with the rest of the recipe.
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Damn Juli this casserole is awesome! I made it once already with poblano peppers in place of the hatch green chiles, and again last night with half poblano and half green chile. Roasted poblanos give it such a great flavor.
I had a bad head cold all weekend, and I was driving home from the grocery store on Saturday and was “Casually Scratching” at the inside of my nose just as some of the ladies I coach pulled up in the lane next to me and were waving like crazy…BUSTED.
Hey! I just looked up hatch chiles and they appear to be very similar to jalapenos – is there any difference? I was just wondering because I’m trying to look for the Spanish translation – I live in Mexico City. Thanks! Love your blog and your book!!
yes, they are definitely different than jalapeño. a poblano pepper or serrano pepper are a bit more similar to hatch chiles
Made this tonight and it was really good. My husband had three servings because he couldn’t help himself! It was a lot of work though, especially peeling the chilies. Just took me a long time, even with a good char on them. Also it was pretty spicy, a bit more than I like, but hubby thought it was perfect. The guacamole came out great with a good citrus flavor.
Holy balls this looks good! I am going to make this tonight! Any recommendations on where to get kerrygold grassfed cheese? (I didn’t know this existed, where have I been!)
whole foods!
Great thanks Juli!
Made this for dinner tonight. I had never heard of Hatch Chiles before (mid to northern Michigan), so I used ripe red Hungarian wax peppers. It was delicious, but my tiny kids were crying a bit (sorry, guys!). Oh, well… My boss is from India, he says spicy food makes quiet children ! 🙂
I had never heard of hatch before I moved to Colorado. I lived there for about 2 years, and this recipe makes me miss it. Can’t wait to try it. 🙂
I told my kids when they were in their early teens that if they ever got tats they would be removed from my will. They are both now in their twentys and still tat free.
The recipe looks and sounds awesome!
This was delicious! I didn’t feel like all the layering, so I chopped up my chilis into the meat mixture and covered in cheese. I thought it might be too spicy as it has, jalapeños, chilis, hot sauce AND cayenne, but it was just right. SO GOOD!
Making this tonight! I got some hatch chilies in my bountiful basket, and this came to mind. Also, you could try wrecking balm- you can get it at any store. I think it’s pretty safe, works well, and doesn’t cause quite so much pain!… I don’t know personally, never used it. I have one tattoo that I either need to remove or cover up so I might try it out!