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...
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Use What You Have Chicken Stock
After giving some recent, heavily biased evidence that a simple veggie stock can save the world, I wanted to offer up another stock option that has the potential to instantly upgrade any kitchen. With one big disclaimer: This chicken stock will be offended if you treat it as a recipe. Recipe lists make people run out...
Baked Mexican Breakfast Taquitos
It's true, these are delicioso. But that's only a small part of their allure. The real benefit of these taquitos is remembering you've got a few of them tucked away in the fridge after waking up raging grumpy. Toss 'em in the oven and 15 minutes later you have a no hassle, hands-off breakfast that suddenly...
Fire Salsa -- Salsa del Fuego
"Got anything hotter?" It's a question commonly heard in taquerias and kitchens around the world. There's always someone in the room who needs their salsa bordering on volcanic. Well, say hello to Fire Salsa. The beauty of this salsa is that it has flavor too, it's not just pure heat. Yes, the heat will sneak...
Homemade Salsa -- A Cost Argument
What if your local market starting selling jars of salsa for 94 cents? Jars like this: And if the $0.94 version tasted significantly better than the $4.79 store-bought version, which would you buy? It would be a no-brainer right? So why do people still pay five bucks for store-bought salsa? I don't know! FRESH, VIBRANT 94 CENT SALSA...
Easy Mexican Rice -- Arroz Rojo
This simple version of Mexican Rice doesn't want you to stress over the cooking time. Or worry about the flavor. Or fret over the fluffiness. It just wants a backburner where it can disappear for 20 minutes and do its own thing. So we'll let it. Arroz Rojo Mexican Rice Recipe Yes, there are more complex...
Mexican Roadside Chicken
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...
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...