Once your kitchen is stocked with Mexican cooking ingredients they’ll spread out and influence just about everything you make. In a good way! This Spicy Chicken and Pickled Jalapeno Pizza is my kitchen’s best example of that phenomenon. I’ve made it at least 10 times over the past few months and I now prefer this…
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Here are the Most Popular Recipes on Mexican Please! I've made all of these recipes multiple times so let me know if you have questions about any of them. Scroll down to see your options but keep an eye out for the Baja Fish Tacos and the Spicy Black Bean Nachos.
Avocado Salsa Verde
Avocado Salsa Verde usually inspires a gushing “What is this?” from those who’ve never made it at home before. It has such a vibrant, distinct flavor that people assume there are some big-time chef skills involved in producing this masterpiece. But there’s not. It happens to be one of the easiest of Mexican sauces to make, and once it’s…
Spicy Black Bean Nachos
It’s tough to beat the combo of warm tortilla chips, melted cheese, and spicy black beans. In other words…NACHOS! nachos / nah-cho-zz! / noun 1. tortilla chips topped with melted cheese and warm goopy beans 2. an increasingly popular exclamation used to denote an impending, much deserved reward; similar in use to Yes! or Right on! We’re…
Easy Red Sauce Enchiladas
This is my go-to recipe for red sauce enchiladas. Fast, incredible flavor, and stress free to make. Sound too good to be true? Don’t let the simple ingredient list deceive you. The combo of roasted tomatoes, cumin, and chipotles in adobo creates a where-have-you-been-all-my-life flavor that is far superior to anything you can get at your…
Cilantro Lime Rice
By keeping just a few ingredients on hand you’ll always have the option of whipping up this light, effervescent Cilantro Lime Rice. It does quite well in groups (think burrito bowls) but sometimes it just needs some quality one-on-one time (with black beans). Either way, it’ll be one of your most versatile creations if you give it…
Chicken Tinga Tacos (Are Everywhere)
“Tinga” denotes torn or shredded meat in Spanish, but to Western ears Teeengaaaa rolls off the tongue like an exotic dish you can pay good money for, but make at home?! Never! Taquerias north of the border have responded by making Tinga Tacos the star attraction, but the long trip up from Mexico has left these popular tacos struggling to reclaim their identity,…
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…
The Only Guacamole Recipe You’ll Ever Need
Spend three minutes reading this post and your reward is a lifetime of Epic Guacamole that can be made in seconds, not minutes. You’ll be surprised how such a simple recipe can make guacamole taste so complete. Guacamole Recipe and Instructions You can print out the recipe sheet at the bottom of this page or you…
Ancho Chicken Enchiladas
Picture an abuela hunched over a fire in the rural heartland of Mexico, stirring a sauce inside a clay pot. She moves slow, but efficient, like she has all the time in the world. She’s got something she wants to tell you: Esto es facil. No mas salsa de enchiladas de la lata, esta…
Anatomy of My Current Favorite Burrito
Here’s what the inside of my current favorite burrito looks like: It has five main components. Seasoned chicken breast (#1). Jack cheese (#2). Simple Mexican Rice (#3). Tomato-Chipotle salsa (#4). Basic Guacamole (#5). It may look like they have equal weighting, but one of the components in particular is the real star of this burrito. Wanna guess…