In Northern Mexico, beef is king and one of the most popular cuts is arrachera. It’s a beefy tasting cut best cooked quickly over high heat. Perfect for when you need great tacos and fast. When you make these tacos the secret is salt and salsa. You want to salt the meat well and choose…
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Bacon Potato Egg Breakfast Tacos
Tacos de Huevo Tocino y Papa When I lived in California, I wasn’t really a fan of Mexican food, probably because it was too hot for my untrained taste buds, but these breakfast tacos I definitely could get into. Lots of egg, bacon, potato, avocado and queso fresco heaped on a hot flour tortilla. Back…
Garlic Shrimp Tacos
Tacos de Camarones al Mojo de Ajo These garlic shrimp tacos are a mashup of flavors which work really well together. Buttery, garlicky shrimp served on a bed of tangy vinegar slaw topped with a sharp arból chile salsa with a touch of Mexican oregano. A nice sharp salsa counterbalances the rich buttery shrimp. 1. How…
Fish Tacos with Pico de Gallo
Tacos de Pescado con Pico de Gallo Enjoy these easy pan-fried fish tacos with pico de gallo salsa. They are similar to Baja style fish tacos except the fish is lightly floured and pan fried instead of battered and deep fried and the taste of the fish is more delicate. Gather Your Ingredients You will need…
Tacos of Texas
A Book of Love You would assume a book titled the Tacos of Texas is about tacos, and it is, but it’s really a book of love; love for family, love for one’s culture, love for one’s traditions, love for the State of Texas and love for the infinitely variable and satisfying taco. 440 pages…
Potato and Chorizo Tacos
Tacos de Papa y Chorizo Enjoy these taco stand style potato and chorizo tacos topped with salsa verde. They are salty, greasy and spicy, and that is a good thing, a very good thing. Big flavor! Yum! This is typical street food. In Mexico, food that is quick, tasty and served in bite size portions…
Tacos Felix
Nothing Beats a Great Taco Stand One of our favorite places for tacos is Tacos Felix in Comonfort, Guanajuato. Comonfort, also known as Chamacuero, is a small town about 20 minutes from San Miguel de Allende. We can get good tacos a couple minutes from home but we will often make the drive to Comonfort just…
Taquería Minerva
A Favorite Stop in Guadalajara Taquería Minerva is a favorite stop when passing through Guadalajara. It is located on Av Ignacio L. Vallarta a half a block from the Minerva roundabout walking distance from the Fiestamericana Hotel. They are open 24 hours so you can always get your taco fix. It is a Guadalajara institution in operation…