Salsa Ranchera is a great basic tomato-based table sauce that can be used to serve with tacos, huevos rancheros, or just served with corn chips! I roughly use a classic recipe by Diana Kennedy as a guide for my Salsa Ranchera. Diana Kennedy is a great resource for Mexican cooking, in case you haven’t heard of her. Her cookbook The Art of Mexican Cooking is a classic and one that I use and refer to often. We cook Mexican food quite frequently around here – it is one of my favorite cuisines. I love to have a variety of salsas to choose from for tacos and this Salsa Ranchera is…
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Green Chilaquiles with Fried Eggs
Chilaquiles are a popular Mexican breakfast, typically served with fried or scrambled eggs. These Green Chilaquiles with Fried Eggs are made with homemade tomatillo salsa, crispy homemade corn chips, crumbly feta cheese, and topped with Pickled Red Onions. What is Chilaquiles? Chilaquiles is a common Mexican breakfast dish. It consists typically of fried corn tortilla chips with salsa, cheese, and either scrambled or fried eggs. What to serve with Avocado slices Mexican Black Beans Cream or Mexican Crema Cilantro Feta or Queso Fresca Onions How to make Homemade Corn Chips If you have leftover Homemade Corn Tortillas these are a great way to use them up. Any store-bought variety will work…
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Mango Margaritas
Mango Margaritas are one of my favorite drinks to enjoy when I’m visiting Mexico. These ones are slushy, ice-cold, and sweetened with honey simple syrup. I prefer the slushy kind of Margarita as it feels like a delicious grown-up Slurpee and is very refreshing on a hot day. Since I’ve been posting quite a bit of Mexican food on the blog lately, I figured I had better add a refreshing cocktail to the menu. Especially since summer is around the corner. This is a perfect treat for the patio! Classic, easy to make and so good! I prefer a Blanco Tequila to make this drink with. I’ve made this pretty…
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Mushroom Poblano Tacos
If you haven’t noticed, I love Mexican food. I could eat tacos for breakfast, lunch, and dinner and be very happy about it. These mushroom poblano tacos are one of my favorites! A great vegetarian dish too! I like to add a little bit of cream at the end of the cooking process to the mushrooms mixture and let it cook down a little, I think it compliments the mushrooms well. If you don’t have cream though, don’t fret, these would be good without it as well. We made Homemade Corn Tortillas and tomatillo salsa to go along with these. These are really simple to make and great with ice-cold Mango…
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Spicy Chipotle Shrimp
These Spicy Chipotle Shrimp are so good and come together so quickly! Perfect for a weeknight meal or just a quick and easy dinner anytime! You may have had this dish if you have visited Mexico before. It is a popular dish I’ve seen on my visits in restaurants. My husband and I have visited Mexico many times, and besides the beautiful weather, friendly people, and stunning ocean, our other favorite thing about Mexico is the food! Mexican food is one of my favorite cuisines to cook. Exploring some of the traditional foods and preparations has expanded my view on what an amazing cuisine Mexico it is – so many…
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Slow Cooker Pork ‘Chilorio’ Tacos
These slow cooker pork ‘chilorio’ style tacos are so delicious. Best of all you can let your slow cooker do most of the work! What are Chilorio Tacos? Chilorio is basically a slow-cooked pork in a red sauce. The recipe that I’ve used here is adapted slightly from a Rick Bayless one. https://www.rickbayless.com/ I’ve made this quite a few times now and haven’t really altered it much as I absolutely love it! Pork Shoulder all lathered in a beautiful sauce made with ancho chiles, fresh orange juice, pineapple juice, garlic, and spices. Let it simmer away all day in your slow cooker until the pork is pull-apart tender. When you…
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Mexican Style Empanadas with Mushrooms
These Mexican Style Empanadas with Mushrooms are truly one of my favorite things to eat! They are so good! You can change up the fillings to suit your liking, but I always like to ensure they have gooey cheese included. Now I’m not sure that I’m using the correct name for these. I know in Mexico fried Quesadillas are made the same way, usually with Cheese and poblano and epazote added in. I also know there is something called Molotes which are kind of the same with stuffed masa dough filled with meat or chorizo with potato. But for now I”m just calling them empanadas (Mexican style). The first time…
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Bacon and Potato Tacos with Roasted Poblano Guacamole
You can pretty much put anything delicious in a taco. These Bacon and Potato Tacos with Roasted Poblano Guacamole were inspired by sifting through my fridge trying to use up what we had in there. I had made some Guacamole with Roasted Poblano and had some frozen corn tortillas so I figured that tacos were a must! I love how easy and quick and adaptable they are. These Bacon and Potato Tacos with Roasted Poblano Guacamole are so good. Corn tortillas filled with bacon and potatoes seasoned with some garlic and serrano pepper and then topped with some grated pecorino romano and doused of course in hot sauce. I hesitated…
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Guacamole with Roasted Poblano
Who doesn’t love Guacamole? This Guacamole with Roasted Poblano is so simple to make! The Roasted Poblano Peppers add a nice flavor to the mix. Poblanos are a really mild chile, so don’t worry about this being too hot! Of course if you like spicy, feel free to add some more jalepeno into the mix. Avocadoes can brown quickly, so if you want to make this ahead of time, press your cling wrap right to the surface of the guacamole to ensure that no air gets through and you can store it in the fridge for a few hours or so. 2 ripe avocadoes juice from 1-2 limes 1/4 cup…
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Slow Cooker Achiote Pork Tacos
These Slow Cooker Achiote Pork Tacos are super easy to make. Take 5 minutes out of your morning to put this together in your slow cooker and supper will be ready to roll when you get home from work. What is Achiote? Achiote is used as a spice and is also used as a coloring agent. It is also often called Annotto. The seeds come from a tree native to Mexico and Brazil called the Bixa Orellana tree. I use a premade Achiote Spice Paste for this dish, it is made of Annatto Seed, garlic, chiles, and spices. I buy it at the Mexican grocery store by my house, but…
