I am having a Mexican themed dinner. I love mexican food, but am looking for some original ideas to add to my favourites! Do you know any authentic Mexican dishes that are deeee-lish??? Thanks for the ideas!
PS I am looking for appies, mains, sides, desserts, anything really!
Mains:
Mole
Tamales
Pozole
Cochinita Pibil
Birria
Carne en su jugo (steak, bacon and potato soup)
Carne de puerco en salsa verde (authentic Mexican chile con carne in a green sauce)
Tortas Ahogadas
Chilies Rellenos (YUM)
Chiles en nogada (a fancy version of chile rellenos)
Sides:
Frijoles fritos (refried beans)
Frijoles puercos
Mexican Rice
Sopa de fideo
Ensalada de nopales (cactus salad)
Guacamole
Desserts:
Pastel de tres leches (3 milks cake)
churros
buñuelos
arroz con leche (mexican rice pudding)
capirotada (mexican bread pudding)
If you love Mexican food, try checking out http://mexicanfood.about.com/
it has lots of authentic Mexican food recipes.
February 13th, 2010 at 11:51 pm
Pink Tacos? oh I’m sorry you said mexican.
Tacos Rosas
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February 14th, 2010 at 12:04 am
-pozole
-menudo
-gorditas
-barbacoa
-mole
-birria
-tamales
-mulitas
-sincronizadas
-Flautas
-enchiladas
-arroz con leche
-ponche
-atole
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February 14th, 2010 at 12:53 am
um everything is good : enchiladas, tacos, burritos, idk
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February 14th, 2010 at 1:40 am
robert deniro, or a bearded taco
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February 14th, 2010 at 2:19 am
Saute onions in a little olive oil until soft. Add chopped chorizo. Cook a little longer. The chorizo spices will give it tons of flavor. Garnish with fresh parsley over top. Mexican rice on the side.
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February 14th, 2010 at 2:54 am
sopes
ceviche
tamales dulces
flan de leche
pastel de tres leches
platano macho frito
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February 14th, 2010 at 3:06 am
I love Mexican Corn Pudding or Sweet Corn Cake. It is a side dish served at restaurants like Chevy’s. I have made it for potlucks and have been asked many times for the recipe. It is made in a large pan and then scooped onto serving plates. Very easy to make—main ingredients are corn, corn flour, butter, sugar.
Here is a link to the recipe I use:
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Sweet-Corn-Cake/Detail.aspx
Another idea for an appetizer that great is Empanadas– Little tiny turnovers.
I take pie crust dough and cut it in 3" circles. Then I make taco meat (browned ground beef w chili seasoning) . Put teaspoon of ground taco meat on the crust and a little shredded cheese—then fold in half–crimp edges to seal. Now just bake until golden brown.
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February 14th, 2010 at 3:29 am
I love, love, LOVE chicken enchiladas with molé sauce. It’s a sauce that has chocolate in it, but not very much, so it gets this rich brown color but it doesn’t taste sweet, it certainly doesn’t taste like chocolate. It’s just spicy and rich and wonderful. It’s authentic Mexican, but the enchilada part may be Tex Mex. I’ve also seen with the sauce served over grilled meat. Chili rellenos are tasty as well. Another favorite of mine is from a great Mexican restaurant in my home town in Texas. I’ve been told it’s more Mexican than Tex Mex. It’s tacos made from soft corn tortillas, filled with the juiciest brisket, cooked onion and spicy green pepper, and white cheese.
Appetizers, I love guacamole, home made, with a squeeze of lemon and some salt on the top. Tasty on it’s own! Tamales are good, as is tortilla soup. Chicken flautas would be a nice appetizer, too, nice and crispy and you can cut them into smaller pieces.
Dessert … I have a Mexican friend and he makes the best flan EVER. When he makes it, I think he uses cream cheese, it’s almost cheese cake like in texture as opposed to flan out of the box which is more like Jell-O. Don’t know if it is Mexican or other Latin American, but Tres Leches cake is also really good.
For sides, you must have a really good salsa available. I like to mix this with Spanish Rice. Refried beans are good, you can also make them with black beans which is tasty but different.
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February 14th, 2010 at 3:43 am
Biria is the best if its cooked correctly. It can be made with goat, lamb or beef. The secret is, not to make it greasy.
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1st hand experience traveling through Mexico.
February 14th, 2010 at 4:09 am
burritos
chile rellenos
flautas
tortas
tacos
tamales
enchiladas
flan
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February 14th, 2010 at 4:59 am
I agree with MOLE! Yes it can be on top of enchiladas or you can put it on top of chicken with red rice.
Or what we call:Taquiza wich means different dishes like:
Rajas con crema
Chirizo con papas
mole con pollo
tinga de pollo
Rice
re-fired beans
All of the served as buffet and tons of tortillas (corn)
Enjoy
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February 14th, 2010 at 5:11 am
Mains:
Mole
Tamales
Pozole
Cochinita Pibil
Birria
Carne en su jugo (steak, bacon and potato soup)
Carne de puerco en salsa verde (authentic Mexican chile con carne in a green sauce)
Tortas Ahogadas
Chilies Rellenos (YUM)
Chiles en nogada (a fancy version of chile rellenos)
Sides:
Frijoles fritos (refried beans)
Frijoles puercos
Mexican Rice
Sopa de fideo
Ensalada de nopales (cactus salad)
Guacamole
Desserts:
Pastel de tres leches (3 milks cake)
churros
buñuelos
arroz con leche (mexican rice pudding)
capirotada (mexican bread pudding)
If you love Mexican food, try checking out http://mexicanfood.about.com/
it has lots of authentic Mexican food recipes.
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