This Mexican Picadillo is served up with a healthy dose of nostalgia. No matter where you were born, it'll remind you of some home cooking you grew up with, but of course with a little more spice 🙂 That's because most cultures have a classic meat-and-potatoes dish that makes regular appearances in the home...
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Barbacoa Beef Burritos
While it's tempting to give all the credit to the slow-cooked barbacoa in these Barbacoa Beef Burritos, it's really the Pico-Guac-Beef combo that makes them sing. Pico: a freshly made Pico de Gallo with plenty of lime juice Guac: a lightning fast, well-seasoned Guacamole using some smooshed onion Beef: chipotle infused, slow cooked barbacoa So feel...
Easy Slow Cooker Barbacoa Recipe
Once again, the slow cooker is the perfect fit for this easy, stress-free batch of beef barbacoa. Of course, that's assuming you don't want to dig a hole in the backyard and cover it with maguey leaves to make an impromptu oven. The slow cooker has put these backyard ovens out of business, but they...
Spicy Beef and Cheese Empanadas
Yes, the spicy beef mixture combined with some gooey cheese makes these empanadas total keepers. And yes, adding a dipping sauce will take them into a culinary stratosphere. But first things first... The unsung hero of these empanadas is the dough. A few simple tricks will ensure that you are always pulling out a...
Chipotle Burgers with Creamy Avocado Sauce
A few weeks ago we put together a list of easy recipes you can make using chipotles in adobo, and if I could go back in time I would put these chipotle burgers towards the top of the list. And while the Creamy Avocado Sauce may look like the star in these pics, it's really...
Spicy Ground Beef Nachos
Beef nachos have the potential to become Hollywood's next superhero: they're handsome (at least right out of the oven), they know the difference between right and wrong (cheese must be melted but not burned), and they have a superhuman ability to save your day when it's on the verge of apocalyptic destruction (nachos for dinner?!). Sturdy tortilla...
Classic Ground Beef Hardshell Tacos
Do you ever get a craving for some home cooking that you grew up with? No matter how strange or ridiculously processed the cooking happened to be? Well, these Classic Ground Beef Tacos are for all of you that grew up with a taco night that consisted of taco shells from a yellow box and mystery taco...