Ingredients

Spicy Southwestern Prime Rib:

• 3 prime rib sections
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• Favorite Southwest rub (recommended: Smoky Southwest Char Rub)
• Salt and pepper
• Snappy potato cakes, recipe follows
• San Joaquin salsa, recipe follows

Directions

Snappy Potato Cakes:

2 baking potatoes

1 (3-ounce) package cream cheese

1/4 cup diced black olives

1 ear corn, cut off of cob

1/4 cup white onion, sauteed

1 teaspoon minced red Fresno pepper

1 teaspoon minced jalapeno pepper

1/8 pound hickory smoked Muenster

2 large eggs, beaten

Bread crumbs, for dredging

Vegetable oil, for frying

In a large pot, bring enough water to cover 2 potatoes to a rolling boil. Boil the potatoes in the water until they are soft. Drain the water from the pot and mash the boiled potatoes together. Add the next 7 ingredients to the mashed potatoes and mix all of the ingredients together. Shape the potatoes into patties. Dip each patty in an egg wash and then in bread crumbs. Add vegetable oil to a small saute pan and heat over medium-high heat. Fry each potato patty until golden brown.

San Joaquin Salsa:

1 package dried mango reconstituted in pineapple mango juice

1/2 cup diced jicama

1 red pepper, diced

1 jalapeno pepper, diced

1/4 cup diced onion

1/4 teaspoon granulated garlic

2 teaspoons fresh chopped cilantro leaves

1 lime, juiced

Salt and pepper

Mix all of the ingredients together in a medium sized bowl and set aside until ready to serve.