Chile con carne. Chili con carne. Chili! CARNE CON CHILE . It can get a bit confusing, but in the end, they are all delicious. I grew up with carne con chile rojo. No beans. I can't really remember the first time I enjoyed a bowl of American style chili with beans. For mom it was stepping out of her comfort zone to prepare chili, beef stew and chop suey. Recipes that typically came with seasoning packets with instructions on the packaging. Once in a while spaghetti with meat sauce and it was ...
Chicken Tinga Tamales!
Chicken tinga tamales? Yes! And they are so delicious! We typically see tinga served on tostadas, but it is a delicious filling for any of your favorite Mexican dishes. Chicken tinga tamales are not a ...
Pork Ribs in Chile Pasilla with Cactus (Costillas de Puerco en Salsa con Nopalitos
I could not imagine my childhood without pork ribs. Not just any pork ribs, but the fall off the bone one cooked low and slow in a dried chile salsa. Of course, there was always homemade flour ...
Chile Relleno Bake
Chile relleno bake? Chile relleno casserole? Two variations of chiles rellenos that I did not grow up with. As the saying goes, don't knock it until you try it! So, I did, and these were the results. ...
Birria Fideos
On this day beef birria and classic comforting fideo came together! I prepared this recipe several months back and I am just now getting it on the blog! There are just so many recipes that I want to ...
Tamal de Cazuela
Tamal de cazuela is an easy way to enjoy all the flavors of your favorite tamal without all the extra work! I am as traditional as they come, but now and then it's fun to color outside the lines. ...
More Ceviche & Aguachile!
I honestly did not realize how many more ceviche and aguachile recipes I had prepared and shared in video form, but not added them to the blog. Why add more if I already have several recipes? Because ...
Salsa de Cacahuate-Peanut Salsa
Salsa de cacahuate, peanut salsa! Not all of us associate peanuts with a spicy salsa, but it is actually common to combine nuts and seeds with dried chiles in Mexican cuisine. The top example of that ...