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Webisode 8: Mexican Poutine Smashers Are Perfect For Halloween!

Webisode 8: Mexican Poutine Smashers Are Perfect For Halloween!

I’ve got it!  The perfect dish to serve at your Halloween party, Mexican Poutine Smashers are everything you ever wanted in a finger food and more.  I am proud to present this special Halloween webisode using Idaho Fingerling Potatoes as my base and topping them with barbacoa and Oaxaca cheese.  Watch the webisode for further instruction, and lots of tricks and treats!  Stick around until the ugly witch flies away…..

Idaho Fingerling Potatoes

Ingredients for Mexican Poutine Smashers:

  • Idaho Fingerling Potatoes
  • olive oil
  • sea salt
  • barbacoa
  • shredded Oaxaca cheese

Ingredients for barbacoa:

  • 1 – can chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
  • 1 – onion
  • 5 – cloves galic
  • 6 – limes (juiced)
  • 1/3 – cup apple cider vinegar
  • 2 – cups beef broth
  • 5 – pounds chuck beef roast
  • 4 – bay leaves

Directions:

  1. Add chipotle peppers, adobo sauce, onion, garlic cloves, lime juice, apple cider vinegar, and 1 – cup beef broth to blender. Blend until smooth. Set to the side.
  2. Pour additional 1 cup beef broth to slow cooker, place the chuck beef roast to the broth, and add in the bay leaves. Pour the chipotle pepper blend over the meat.
  3. Cover the slow cooker with the lid and cook on low for 10 hours.
  4. When meat is done, shred with two forks for the perfect batch of barbacoa.

THANK YOU to Idaho Potato Commission for your support.  A HUGE, grateful thank you to the most wonderful crew EVER! This one was a lot of fun to make!

  • Mando Lopez: Director
  • Tony Molina: Director of Photography
  • James Ford: Editor
  • Leeann Chavez: SPFX Make-Up
  • Janine Presley: Sound
  • Kristen Warren: Wardrobe and Positivity Ambassador
  • Suki Ewers: AC
  • Jeshua Viveiros: Set Assistant and “Mummy”
Disclosure: This video was sponsored by the Idaho Potato Commission.
Webisode 2: Egg Roll Recipe.

Webisode 2: Egg Roll Recipe.

I’m thankful to be able to share this second webisode with you.  It was certainly a labor of love and we (my crew and I) are more than thrilled with the outcome.  Enjoy yourself some egg rolls!

A BIG BIG SPECIAL THANK YOU to my KICK A** CREW! I LOVE YOU GUYS!
Directors: Mando Lopez and James Ford
Producer: Lacey Reilly
Director of Photography: Tony Molina
Editor: James Ford
Set Design:  Linda Sena
Equipment: Paul Hopkins
Eggroll costume: Kristen Warren
Music: Anger Bros
Photos: Luz Gallardo
Make- up/Nails: Janine Presley

A photo of the crew and I after the webisode wrapped at 3:00 in the morning.

From Left to right: Ford, Janine, Myself, Mando, Lacey, Kristen, and Tony.

My egg roll recipe was originally featured on Nibbles and Feasts and still lives there. Click here for the printed recipe! 🙂