Ben Starr

The Ultimate Food Geek

Tag: TexMex

  • MasterChef Pork Butt Chili

    This recipe is meant to be made in a pressure cooker, which reduces the cooking time to 1 hour (or so).  True chili purists will want to make this in an enameled cast iron Dutch oven, and home chefs without either one can feel free to make it in the biggest pot you have.  Follow…

  • MasterChef Green Chili Cornbread

    This recipe is adapted from my grandmother’s cast iron skillet cornbread, which is made in true Texas style…course and savory, not cakey and sweet.  I love the flavors of roasted corn and green chilis and onion and cheese in my cornbread, so I overloaded this recipe with good stuff.  I made this on MasterChef, and…