If you're walking around Cozumel it won’t be long before you come across one of these: Locals sell roasted chickens for 80-100 pesos each ($4-6), typically served with rice or pasta. North of the border, interpretations of these quick meals can vary quite a bit. But they all fall under the enchanting nomenclature of roadside chicken. One pan...
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Authentic Salsa Verde Recipe
Nothing will transform your kitchen more than having go-to recipes for the two pillars of Mexican cuisine: red sauce and green sauce. Today it's the Green Sauce on center stage. Otherwise known as Tomatillo-Serrano sauce, or Salsa Verde, or Mexico's #2 salsa. A homemade green sauce can transform eggs, slow cooker carnitas, and enchiladas into something...
Mexican Lentil Soup (Vegetarian Version)
In Mexico lentils are typically paired with mucho meat to form hearty stews, with bacon and chorizo being the most common counterparts. But for anyone leaning towards a plant-based diet, this vegetarian version of Mexican Lentil Soup retains all the flavor of the traditional stews and skips the meat. It's easy to keep all of these ingredients...
2 More Flavored Salts to Choose From
A couple weeks ago we tackled a tough question: Should Valentina salt be legal? (see post here) Or do we need laws in place to protect ourselves from abusing it? Today we are looking at two brethren of the highly regarded Valentina salt. We’ll be mimicking that same process but this time we’ll substitute two distinct...