Our friends at Hernán Mexican Food have Chocolate Skulls to prepare Mexican Style Hot Chocolate. Perfect to celebrate Día de los Muertos or Day of the Dead on Nov. 2.
Lentil Soup
Authentic Mexican lentil soup, sopa de lentejas, prepared with sautéed onions, carrots, tomatoes, and bacon. An easy weeknight recipe made with pantry staples.
Taco Seasoning
Sazonador para Tacos Never use taco seasoning packets again. Blend your own. It’s super easy and you can adjust it to your exact taste. You start with a mild base of paprika, powdered onion, powdered garlic, lemon pepper, tablespoon black pepper, ground cumin, dried parsley, and dried oregano. Then, you add or subtract spices as desired. Perfect…
Mexican Pickled Peppers
Tangy and spicy Mexican style pickled serrano peppers (chiles en vinagre, chiles en escabeche) with white onion, carrots, and garlic. An easy to make no-cook pickle recipe.
Salsa Taquera
Taqueria Style Salsa with Árbol Chile Salsa Taquera, a tomato based, fiery, garlicky salsa prepared with dried árbol peppers. This type of salsa is served at taco stands throughout Mexico. It’s a good one. The finished salsa will be shiny, smooth, and thick with a beautiful orange color. It only takes about 15 minutes from…
Chicken Tortilla Soup
Sopa de Tortilla con Pollo I throw the word classic around a lot but tortilla soup really is a classic. Every Mexican cook has a variation. This is mine. I defy you to find anyone who doesn’t love tortilla soup. If you are not familiar with it, it’s shredded chicken in a rich and spicy…
Sour Cactus Fruit Agua Fresca
Agua de Xoconostle Mexico has an infinite variety of aguas frescas. Enjoy this one prepared with xoconostle, a sour cactus fruit. The peak season for xoconostle is summer and fall but you can often find it year-round. How to Make Gather your ingredients. You’ll need: 4 xoconostle cactus fruits 1/2 cup brown sugar 8 cups water…
Guajillo Chile Salsa
A Versatile Mild Salsa Try this very simple salsa made with guajillo chile peppers, a mild dried chile with a complex fruity flavor. It is one of the most popular chiles in Mexico for making salsas. In this recipe, the chiles aren’t toasted as they are in many other salsa recipes which allows the flavor of…
Grilled Sirloin Cap Roast (Picaña)
Picaña de Res a las Brasas Salt encrusted sirloin cap roast grilled directly on hot coals. Sometimes the simplest dish is the best. If you love carne asada, you’ll love this dish too. To cook, you wrap a sirloin cap roast, called picaña in Mexico, with salt soaked kitchen towels and grill it directly on…
Cactus Fruit Pico de Gallo
Pico de Gallo con Xoconostle Enjoy this unique variation of pico de Gallo, from the community of Don Francisco, Guanajuato. Classic pico de gallo is an uncooked salsa/dip prepared with plum tomatoes, onion, cilantro, serrano Chile, and lime juice. This version is prepared with sour xoconostle cactus fruit and avocado which gives it a unique tart…
