Red Chile Sauce
Dried red chiles can be soaked and pureed to make red chile sauce. It can be used in many ways, including as an enchilada sauce, chicken marinade, or in huevos rancheros. Ingredients 3 oz (90 g) dried chile peppers, such…
Cuisines Tex-Mex
Pico de Gallo
Pico de Gallo has two meanings in Mexican cuisine. The most familiar to North Americans is a fresh, tomato-based salad. It is what North Americans usually mean when talking about ‘ensalada’ or ‘tomato ensalada’. This ensalada is never cooked. The…
Picadillo (Beef with Potatoes and Tomatoes)
The Mexican dish picadillo is a popular filling for tacos. Ingredients 1–1½ lbs (450–625 g) ground beef 1 large yellow onion, chopped 4 cloves of garlic, chopped 29 oz beef broth 1 large green bell pepper, stemmed, seeded, and chopped…
Mexican Rice I
Ingredients 3 tablespoons canola oil 1 cup uncooked white rice (unwashed) ½ onion, chopped ½ green pepper, chopped 1 cup chopped tomatoes (if canned, drain them) 1 teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon cumin 2 cups water Procedure Over medium-high heat, fry…
Mexican Ribs
These ribs use a Southwestern style rub, feature a sauce with a lot of prominent Mexican flavors, and are cooked over mesquite instead of hickory, which isn’t very easy to find in the South, however mesquite is. Ingredients 1 slab…
Margarita Grilled Chicken
Ingredients 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts ½ tsp freshly-ground cumin ½ cup tequila (recommended: José Cuervo Especial Gold) ½ cup margarita mix ¼ cup olive oil Salt Freshly-ground black pepper 1 cup mesquite chips, soaked in water 30 minutes ¼…
Killer Queso Dip
Queso (literally “cheese” in Spanish), also known as chile con queso, is a common dip found in southwestern and Tex-Mex cooking. Ingredients 1 lb (450 g) hot pork sausage 1 lb (450 g) Velveeta cheese 10 oz (280 g) canned…
Homemade Wheat Tortillas
Tortillas are a type of flatbread popular in Mexico and Central America commonly made from wheat flour or masa. This recipe is for the wheat flour variety; see Corn Tortilla for the masa version.. Ingredients 4 cups (950 ml) unbleached…
Homemade Corn Tortillas
Tortillas are a type of flatbread popular in Mexico and Central America, commonly made from wheat flour or masa. This recipe is for the masa (corn) variety; see Flour Tortilla for the wheat flour version. Ingredients 2 cups masa (masa…
Green Chili Beef Stew
Green Chili Beef Stew is a New Mexican dish that is considered the beef stew of New Mexico. It is a basic dish with as many variations as there are cooks. It is usually served with tortillas or sopapillas. Ingredient…
Enchiladas Rojas
Ingredients 6 dried ancho chilies 1–2 cups boiling water 6 tomatoes, peeled, seeded and coarsely-chopped OR 2 cups canned Roma tomatoes, drained and chopped ½ cup diced onions 1 tsp finely-chopped garlic ½ tsp epazote, crumbled Sugar Salt ¼ tsp…
Chicken Fajitas
Ingredients 1 Tbsp olive oil 1–2 lb (½–1 kg) skinless, boneless chicken breast 1 red bell pepper 1 green bell pepper ½ yellow onion 1 tsp ground cumin (or to taste) 1 Tbsp crushed red pepper (or to taste) Procedure…