mexfoodjournal
Authentic Mexican recipes, cooking tips, and interviews with Mexican cooks to teach and to inspire you.
Bean Recipe
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Take the time to make homemade beans. They aren't difficult to prepare and the results are worth the effort. So much better than canned!
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Salsa Mexicana
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Classic Mexican salsa prepared with plum tomatoes, white onion, garlic, cilantro, serrano peppers, and lime juice. Great paired with chips, carne asada tacos, eggs, and anything else you love to top.
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Mexican Black Bean Soup
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Bean soups are served throughout Mexico. Try this recipe for a rich comforting black bean soup, called sopa de frijol negro. It is simple to prepare and you get great results with canned beans.
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Garbanzo Beans In A Guajillo Chile Sauce
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This side dish made with garbanzo beans, carrots and onion takes just over 20 minutes to prepare if you already have the guajillo chile salsa prepared.
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Chicken Tinga
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Chicken Tinga, a classic shredded chicken taco or tostada filling prepared with sliced onions and a tomato chipotle sauce is a full-flavored crowd pleaser.
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Salsa Molcajeteada
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"Salsa Molcajeteada" a handmade roast tomato and tomatillo Mexican salsa prepared in a traditional stone molcajete.
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Rajas Con Queso
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Rajas con queso (Pronounced ra-HAS con KAY-so) is a taco filling made with fresh Poblano chile, a mild green chile typically used for chiles rellenos, rajas, and crema de poblano.
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Chili Spiced Popcorn Snack
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Air-popped popcorn drizzled with avocado oil and dusted with chili powder. A healthy Mexican snack.
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Cactus Salad – Nopal Salad
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Believe it or not, cactus is not only edible, it is delicious. Prickly pear cactus salad – Ensalada de nopal – is eaten throughout Mexico. It is typically served as a side dish or eaten in tacos.
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Frijoles De La Olla
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Try this bean recipe for Frijoles de la Olla, which translates as "beans cooked in a pot," probably the most common dish in Mexico. Beans are one of the foundations of Mexican cooking
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Red Enchilada Sauce Recipe
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Homemade enchilada sauce beats canned enchilada sauce every time. Period. If you have never made it from scratch, you should give this authentic Mexican recipe a try.
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Cuernavaca Style Cucumber Salad
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This rustic Mexican cucumber salad, called ensalada de pepino in Spanish, is popular in the city of Cuernavaca, Morelos about 45 minutes south of Mexico City.
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Spicy Tuna Salad
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This spicy tuna salad, called ensalada de atun in Spanish, is a tasty blend of tuna, avocado, vegetables, and serrano chile served on tostadas.
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Chicken Taquitos [flautas] with An Avocado Salsa
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Chicken taquitos, tacos dorados de pollo, or chicken flautas? Whatever you call them, they are delicious. Growing up in California, I knew this dish as taquitos which means “little tacos.”
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Authentic Guacamole Recipe
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Homemade guacamole can be prepared in two ways: with a bowl and fork or in the molcajete, a Mexican mortar and pestle. Making it in the molcajete gets the most incredible results.
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Homestyle Mexican Onion Soup
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An easy to make Mexican style onion soup prepared with just a few ingredients that you will almost always have on hand.
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Huevo A La Mexicana
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Recipe for huevo a la Mexicana, a classic Mexican breakfast dish prepared with scrambled eggs, tomato, onion, and serrano chile. It is enjoyed throughout the country.
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