{"id":143,"date":"2018-09-24T22:35:24","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T22:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fivestarhikes.com\/?p=143"},"modified":"2018-10-22T03:16:59","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T03:16:59","slug":"143","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivestarhikes.com\/index.php\/2018\/09\/24\/143\/","title":{"rendered":"Trail Llapingachos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the staple meals for thru-hikers is anything made with Idahoan instant potatoes.\u00a0 You can do a lot of things with instant mashed potatoes, but this is one you probably haven&#8217;t seen before, and it&#8217;s really pretty simple.<\/p>\n<p>You do need to pack a couple of small fresh ingredients though.\u00a0 One is a SMALL white or yellow onion.\u00a0 There&#8217;s no substitute for fresh onion IMHO, and my experience with freeze-dried onions is that they are a stupendous flatulent.\u00a0 You&#8217;ll also need some achiote paste in a mini ziploc.\u00a0 It&#8217;s available on Amazon and at many supermarkets.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_145\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-145\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-145\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fivestarhikes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/achiote-300x300.jpeg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fivestarhikes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/achiote.jpeg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fivestarhikes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/achiote.jpeg?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-145\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Achiote paste<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You also need some ghee, which is fortunately available at Amazon in nice little single serving packets.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-146 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fivestarhikes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ghee-300x300.jpg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fivestarhikes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ghee.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fivestarhikes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ghee.jpg?w=522&amp;ssl=1 522w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>INGREDIENTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1-2 TB all purpose flour (in mini ziploc)<\/p>\n<p>I packet Idahoan instant potatoes<\/p>\n<p>2 packets of Ghee<\/p>\n<p>1 TB achiote paste (in mini ziploc)<\/p>\n<p>1 1\/2 oz. freeze-dried Monterey Jack cheese (in snack-sized ziploc)<\/p>\n<p>add a folded up piece of wax paper<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>DIRECTIONS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\u00a0 Prepare potatoes, set aside<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 Dice onion, saute in ghee, then add achiote paste and stir until blended<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 Add onion\/achiote mix to potatoes<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 Rehydrate cheese in its own bag<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 Once potatoes are decently cooled, mix in the cheese (you want the potatoes cool enough that they don&#8217;t melt the cheese yet)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 Form potato patties, dusting outside with flour<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 Fry patties in ghee.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 Nomnomnom<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>This will make enough patties for serve as a meal for one person, or enough for 3-4 people to enjoy as a side dish.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the staple meals for thru-hikers is anything made with Idahoan instant potatoes.\u00a0 You can do a lot of things with instant mashed potatoes, but this is one you probably haven&#8217;t seen before, and it&#8217;s really pretty simple. 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