Presto Electric Skillet Recipe - Mexican Style Chili and Baked Meat Manicotti

Do you love to cook with electric skillets? If you do, you will always be out looking for new electric skillet recipes. When it boils down to making spicy food, the Mexican Style Chili is one that is second to none. It is very, very palatable and it is a way nice way to show your expertise to friends and family members. Just like this spicy recipe, the Baked Meat Manicotti too is very delectable. With your Presto 11 electric skillet, you can serve this super Mexican Style Chili to your family.

So let’s get down to business, what do you need? You are going to need the following ingredients to work the miracle of the Mexican Style Chili now:

• Three garlic cloves and three minced garlic cloves
• ·         14 ounce dry kidney beans
• ·         1/4^th of pound salt pork,
• ·         2 large onions chopped in large portions
• ·         1 pound lean beef,
• ·         1 pound lean pork,
• ·         2 teaspoonful salt will be needed
• ·         3 tablespoon chili powder
• ·         1/4^th teaspoon of pepper
• ·         ½ teaspoon dried leaf oregano
• ·         Pinch of cumin tomato juice

With all the above set in place, you are set to get the job done. Here is the procedure.

First, wash up the beans. Have them soaked in about 6 cups of cold water overnight. Some beans have package directions. You can follow the directions too. After this, drain up the water. The next thing is to cook the salted pork in your presto electric skillet or Dutch oven until it has turned to very crispy in form. After this is achieved, you will want to add up garlic and onions. Cook and stir the mixture until it becomes limp.

After this, add pork bits and the beef and cook gently until it turns brown. You will need to keep stirring to achieve best results. After this, mix in all the remaining ingredients safe the tomato juice only. Cover the mixture up and allow simmering for a while just for the meat and the beans to become very tender. After this, you can add the tomato juice bit by bit. Do not forget that the chili should be moist but not wet. It should remain moist by the time the cooking is finished too. Taste periodically and adjust the seasoning if there be need for such.

For me, I like my chili in a large buffet sized electric skillet. You can check some large sized presto electric skillets online.

For the Baked Mean Manicotti recipe, you will need the following ingredients:

• ·         Four ounce of mozzarella cheese. Cut it in very small cubes
• ·         1/4^th of finely chopped green pepper
• ·         3/4^th lb of ground beef
• ·         1 tablespoon of olive oil
• ·         1 ½ lb of spinach, that’s about 250 grams
• ·         8 manicotti shells
• ·         1 ½ cup of water
• ·         5 ½ ounce of can tomato paste
• ·         28 ounce of can tomatoes
• ·         2 garlic cloves or 2 minced cloves
• ·         1 large onion
• ·         One tablespoon of olive oil
• ·         One egg, lightly beaten
• ·         1/4^th of cup grated parmesan cheese

With the above ingredients in place, you can set out. First, heat one tablespoon of olive oil in your presto 11 electric skillet or any medium saucepan you have. After this, add the onion and the garlic. Cook them mildly for about 5 minutes for the flavor to start rising. Keep stirring all through. After this, add tomatoes, the tomato paste, the spaghetti sauce and the mix them all together with water. Do not forget that you will have to break any large piece of tomato. Make sure it boils. Afterwards, turn down the heat, cover the skillet and allow it to simmer for about 20 minutes.

After this, you will have to cook the manicotti shells by boiling them in salted water for about 7 minutes. Drain it. Remove the stems from the spinach and get the leaves washed. Add just about enough water to make 2 cups. After this, heat one tablespoon of oil in your presto electric skillet or any other electric skillet you have. Add the ground beef and the green pepper. Get them friend until the meat is browned up. Continue to stir. After this, remove the heat. Drain excess fat from it and have it cooled. After this, you can toss the meat, the cheese cubes, the chopped spinach and egg together while you mix them all up with a fork.

Heat the oven to about 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Get a baking dish of dimensions 30.5x20.5x5-cm ready. Put about 3/4^th of the tomato into the baking dish and lay the stuffed manicotti in the sauce. Pour the remaining sauce over the mixture. Sprinkle the parmesan cheese over. Finally, cook it all in the water with the spinach clinging to each leave until it wilts. You can afterwards drain and chop the finely made kitchen shears. Bake this for about 30 minutes till it becomes hot.