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hey guys welcome back to another episode
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of cooking basics and essentials this is
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episode 10 today we'll be making a
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wheely delicious taco inspired pasta
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let's get started right now
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first things first let's start getting
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our pasta water boiling and then we
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start prepping the rest of our
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ingredients so here I have one white
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onion which I've cut in half and you
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must be wondering what this little tool
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is it's something that's gonna change
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your life you may be able to find it
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very cheaply on the Internet it's a hand
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blender and it works in a really cool
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way it gives you a workout so I'll show
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you how to use it and I'll show you why
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this would change your life so this
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thing likes things that are still small
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not super super big or chunky so in case
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you're bad at handling a knife just go
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into random pieces like this shop your
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name like that add it to your hand
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blender then we're gonna cover this this
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is pretty much like you guys ever had a
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diesel generator in your homes it's
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pretty much like starting that hold on
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to it and pull just like that you have
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finely chopped perfect onion now how
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hard was that see if you guys have extra
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change be sure to get this check it out
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I'll try to find a link and put it down
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somewhere on the screen and I'm sure
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you're gonna love it it's gonna save
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some time so what to add the garlic or
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yes I'll just add it now make sure
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that's all chopped up too so today I'll
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be using my homemade taco seasoning I
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guess if you go to Mexico that won't be
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you won't find a taco spice because each
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taco has its own special way of being
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prepared there's no generic spice but
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here you can at least you can get
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pre-made taco mixes you probably in the
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ethnic section of your grocery store so
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be sure to check that out in case you
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want to get some pre-made taco mix and
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if you are interested in making a really
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simple homemade taco seasoning I'll put
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a link down below for one of my favorite
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simple to take our recipes the main
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elements that makes a good taco
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based on what I've changed it is chili
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powder and cumin the water is almost up
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so let me talk to you about that for a
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little bit so you want to boil the water
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until it's at a rolling boil which means
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it should be boiling really aggressively
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and once that's happening you want to
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season your water because you cannot
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season pasta after it's cooked you can
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only do that while it's cooking in the
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so you want to aggressively seasoned it
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with salt now add the past into the
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water and then cover the pot immediately
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to bring the water back up to a boil so
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usually the pasta you buy would have
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instructions on how long to cook it for
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follow that you want to cook it to al
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dente which basically means that when
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you bite into your pasta it should have
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some bite to it it shouldn't just melt
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in your mouth I just the cook time of
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pasta by tasting it that's the best way
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to engage and develop your palate so
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when you cooking pasta make sure you
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stir it from time to time just to make
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sure that your pasta is not stuck at the
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bottom of the pan so what's gonna happen
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is you're gonna notice after the cook
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time is done the bar size has been stuck
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at the bottom burning on the foil so see
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with a quick whirl and he's got good
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pass-down so now heat your pan up on
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medium heat and let's start making our
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taco mix so I added olive oil which is
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hot now stir and stir from time to time
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I just found out I'm having tacos do you
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think so that's a good day for you guys
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so we're gonna make a fresh taco
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seasoning right on the front right on
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the pan I want you to squeeze strong and
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we need pungent if you want to make it
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mild by adding hasta maana season to add
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pop teaspoon each of chili powder
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pepper and ground cumin now Adam but 1/2
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a cup of water coffee at the water just
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mop up all that beautiful caramelized
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chicken onion from the bottom of the pan
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so now simmer this and cook for about
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to really get that rawness from the
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spice cook down and look at this
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delicious thick saucy mixture now if you
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want you can stop hooking this right now
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and this could make a really good
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topping for your taco skip tortilla
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spoon some of this delicious mixture in
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some cheese lettuce tomato guacamole
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have a night and have yourself a really
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so let's lift this up into a faster
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level it's some Tomatoes get some
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Italian style chopped tomatoes it's easy
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cuz from a can you're gonna bring some
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nice sweetness and tomato enos into our
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dish give it a nice mix so now season
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salt and cook until you start seeing oil
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being released which is a great
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indication to tell that the tomato sauce
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has cooked if you look closely you see
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the oil sign of separate and that's
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what's simmering your sauce is ready its
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pic looks it resembles of Ballymena
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which is a good sign that our sauce is
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ready so now let's add in our drained
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pasta give your pasta is really nice
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toss up in that sauce now I like my
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pasta quite saucy whatever it is I want
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sauce so you can either add some of that
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delicious pasta water or just add some
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just cook for one or two minutes till
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the sauce gets all nice and thick I'm
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gonna give it a taste for seasoning a
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little bit more salt let's talk business
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I add in some of that delicious cheddar
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now cover your pan and turn off the heat
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and let it sit for at least five minutes
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until the cheese gets nice and now now I
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know that after you've put that lid on
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and you're waiting for that cheese to
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melt all your might would want to beak
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and see Oaxaca cheese looking just wait
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trust me wait for at least five minutes
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and you're gonna love it it's because
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what's gonna happen is if you open that
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lid all that steam is gonna escape and
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your cheese won't have the heat in the
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pan to melt let's do the big real right
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cheesy goodness this looks so good I
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think you can really make this your own
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by adding your favorite taco toppings on
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it I see this dish with some sour cream
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maybe some fresh guacamole green onions
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bacon bits just make it your own
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and it's gonna be delicious delicious
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taco and pasta dinner we should try it
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there you have it guys
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I hope this recipe was easy to follow
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for beginners like yourself if you want
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