Blistered Okra with Basil Sauce Chef Katsuji Tanabe dishes out traditional Mexican dishes with Japanese and North Carolina twists. “In Mexico, we don’t eat okra,” says Katsuji Tanabe, the Mexico City-raised chef of the recently opened a’Verde Cocina + Tequila Bar in Cary, North Carolina. “But we do have nopales—a cactus that’s very slimy and has always …
Some might call it a “Celeb Food Swap”, but around the LM Family, we just say we’re “…Sharing Family Recipes”. LM’s own, Katsuji Tanabe, “Chopped” winner, “Top Chef” competitor, and Executive Chef of A’Verde Cocina and Tequila Library, shared his next-level chicken enchiladas in a creamy tomatillo sauce on Rachel Ray! Katsuji, who was born in Mexico City to Mexican …
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