Ever since you mentioned par cooked, I have looked for them in every local grocery store, and i can tell you for sure that they are not available in my area.
Yep, that's a new one on me. They sound great...going to look for a recipe for fresh flour tortillas now.
OK, please check this recipe and tell if she is doing it right. It's from the Pioneer Woman(I like a lot of her stuff)
Anyway, as soon as I saw her tortilla pic I realized that I
have had them. A long time ago working in a Chicago factory there was a group of maybe half a dozen Mexican guys who would always eat and share their lunches together. They seemed to get a kick out my interest in their food and were always eager to have me try something. They always had fresh made tortillas and they were just like Craig said; totally different than store bought ans simpl amazing...they just made everything taste better.
Anywho, if someone knows what the dish is that they made I would be eternally grateful. This was my favorite but no one that I ask has ever heard of it. I believe these guys were from the state of Oaxaca.
They called it chile; pronounced sssheeli and nothing like our "chili". My memory is not real clear on this so I hope someone can fill in the blanks. Pretty sure the meat was cabeza(that's probably why they found it funny that a Gringo would bug them for some) and it had small pieces of papas with the skin on, and definitely had maybe 1in long pieces of onion that was not fried. I want to say there was some very small sliced carrot in there too but not sure. It appeared to have all been simmered together and had sort of a thin broth. A very minimalist stew of some sort? Placed in center of table in a big bowl the guys would take a tortilla, reach in the bowl and "pinch" themselves a small amount and then kinda roll/spread it like making a cigarette and then eat it. Man they were good!
Anyone ever seen this dish?