Halloween Recipes – Gopher Guts Stew- with Avocados from Mexico
Halloween Recipes are just the Most Fun! You take an ordinary recipe and gross it up a bit, give it a spooky scary name, dim the lights, and you have a whole lot of silliness combined with some terror when you try to eat the food! Today, Still Blonde after all these YEARS is bringing you Gopher Guts Stew for the “Spookamole” Blog tour via Avocados of Mexico! Get it…Spookamole …as in Guacamole? HAHAHA!
You remember the tune (sung to “I may never March in the Infantry”):
Great Green Globs of Greasy Grimey Gopher Guts, Mutilated Monkey Meat, tiny little birdie feet
Great Green Globs of Greasy Grimey Gopher Guts, that’s what this stew for Spookamole is…
Halloween Recipes–The Story to tell the Kiddies and the Easy-to-Scare Teens and Adults.
So essentially this Halloween recipe will remind you of a Wonderful Chicken Tortilla Stew with Avocados, but for our Halloween imaginations…we have Gopher Gut Stew!!!
The peppers and onions are the gopher’s minced up muscles and ligaments; rice and cheese are the gopher’s ground up bones and toenails; the cilantro, spice and seasonings are from the gopher’s nose and nose hair; the Chicken is the gopher flesh;
The chicken stock, tomato juice, lime juice and Worcestershire sauce form the gopher’s plasma and blood;
The red and blue tortillas are the gopher’s veins; …and finally the CROWNING GLORY is the specially hand piped avocados from Mexico which are the GOPHER’S GUTS!!! YUM-YUM!
Recipe developed by Still Blonde after all these YEARS
Published: September 26, 2011
Halloween Recipes–Gopher Guts Stew with Avocados from Mexico for the Spookamole Blog tour
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 hour
Total time: 1 hour 30 min
Ingredients:
–Shredded skinless boneless Chicken breast:1 pound
Can use a roaster or canned chicken breast
—Stock, Chicken:8 cups
Make your own or use Prepared.
—Juice of limes:3
—Tomato juice:1 cup
—Chopped Red bell pepper:1/2 cups
—Chopped and cleaned Jalapeno:(1)
—Chopped cilantro:1/4 cups
—Worcestershire sauce:4 tsp
—Chopped green onions:(3)
—Uncooked Rice:1/2 cups
–Per bowl, Avocados from Mexico: (1)
–Shredded Mexican Cheese: 1 cup
–Minced Garlic:1 tsp.
–Ground black pepper:1/2tsp
–Salt to Taste
–Tortilla Strips (Red and Blue If possible)
Yield: (4 servings)
Directions:
In a large soup pot, simmer the chicken stock, tomato juice, Worcestershire sauce, and lime juices with the jalapeno, cilantro for 45 minutes.While simmering; grill the chicken until cooked all of the way through, then shred (optional–use canned chicken breast.)
Strain simmered stock mixture and add green onion, chilies, red bell pepper, rice, corn, garlic to the remaining strained stock and simmer for 20 minutes. The mixture will have the consistency of a soupy stew.
Mash up the avocados and then pipe them on top of the stew to create a “Gopher Gut” look, add a teeny bit of lime juice if not serving immediately to keep avocado from turning brown. Artfully, place the tortilla strips and shredded cheese on top of the “Guts” .
Avocados from Mexico–Did you Know?
Avocados are grown on trees and Mexico is the ONLY place in the world where the trees bloom 4 times per year guaranteeing year round availability! An avocado is really a fruit because it does grow on trees but we often think of it as a vegetable!
What makes Avocados from Mexico so perfect for Halloween Recipes?
Well, they are green…Duh? So they add a fun spooky color to any dish. Avocados are also really tasty..kinda like candy but a fruit..so they make any of your Halloween Recipes for Spookamole just taste that much better with their creamy natural appeal.
What do to know more about Avocados from Mexico?
For recipes, fun facts, storage tips, purchasing tips, and more visit Avocados from Mexico to further your education.
Dana Matthews says
Hahaha…how fun! Love the recipe…it sure sounds good!
Sarah L says
Fun recipe and now I have that silly song in my head. ‘And me without my spoon…’
KATHARINE COOKMAN says
MY KIDD AND I LOVE TO MAKE HOLLOWEEN TREATS AND DECORATIONS FOR HOLLOWEEN IS OUR FAVORITE HOLIDAY THE SCARIEST THE BEST BUT NOW DAYS MY KIDS LAUGH AT THAT KIND OF STUFF ANYMORE BLESSED BE ????????????????????
Shannon Davis says
Minced up muscles and ligaments.. heck yeah I’ll have to see if I can pull this off 🙂
Sally Wilsey says
Very unique and fun, will have to try this.
Barrie says
What an awesome Halloween dinner idea! On another site, I saw vomiting potatoes on another site…both would make part of a great dinner!
desiree says
im afraid i do not eat taht kind of stuff but i love the pumkinds
chrissy c says
This is a great idea. I will be making this for our Halloween party…….thanks for the idea 🙂
Dee Lafrenz says
Great idea for a party! Thanks for sharing.
Sherry Compton says
Fun for parties or just for a Halloween dinner at home. This is great! My daughter loves Halloween recipes from treats to meals. The name is good, too.
Shannon says
LOL what a fun recipe. Thank you for sharing with us.
Dee Lafrenz says
Great idea especially for a youth party! Thanks for the ideas!
Brianna Beers says
This looks so delicious. Id love to make Halloween healthier and more scary per se appealing. I will be making this with my little ones. Thank you!!
Sherry Compton says
Great name and the pumpkins are perfect touches to any Halloween scene. We like to do fun things to go with Halloween. I’ve looked at many recipes, but gopher guts is a different one.
Lantana says
This actually sounds really yummy
JENNI SHELTON says
THERE IS NO STUMBLE BUTTON 🙁 I COULDNT FIND IT I LOOKED EVERYWHERE, THESE DO LOOK LIKE SOME AWESOME RECIPES EVEN THOU THE NAME SOUNDS FUNKY ;)! 🙂 THANKS FOR SHARING! AND LOVE THE PUMPKINS TOO CUTE! DID YOU DO THEM YOUR SELF?
tanya says
very creative
bridget3420 says
Love the pumpkins!
Crystal Martin says
Disgustingly delicious! It sounds really yummy. Ok, the real ingredients sounds really yummy hahaha. I can’t wait to try this at my Halloween party! Thank you for such a great recipe!!!
Linette says
You can even make greasy gopher guts sound yummy! Love the spiders, spooky!