Tex-Mex
Tex-Mex has its own culinary identity, with Texas and Mexican connections expressed through particular dishes and ingredients. Jalapeño sauces, poblano casseroles, enchiladas, and other preparations provide starting points here. Browse the collection for familiar servings and adaptations, with the recipe’s individual ingredients and method guiding the choice of what to cook.
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Baja Fish and Avocado Tostada
Your go-to weeknight dinner cheat just arrived. You can make a tostada out of basically any ingredients as long as you start with a crisped tortilla. We like…
Fried Chicken Tacos with Buttermilk-Jalapeño Sauce
Use this creamy sauce to dress up store-bought fried chicken or as a salad dressing or dip for wings. Adjust the heat by adding more or less jalapeño.…
Zesty Hominy and Cheese
A different sidedish using hominy, sour cream, cheese and green chilies. Friends who say they don’t like hominy eat it and ask for more. It’s fast and tasty.…
Sweet Corn Tamale Cakes the Cheesecake Factory
Ingredients For Salsa Verde 2 tomatillos, diced 4 ounces mild green chilies, drained and diced 1 green onion, minced 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, minced 1 1⁄4 teaspoons granulated…
Chipotle Chilaquiles
Chilaquiles is a basic Mexican dish created to use up leftovers like tortillas, chiles, shredded chicken and cheese. Rick Bayless keeps the recipe simple by doctoring canned tomatoes…
Macaroni and Cheese Meat Loaf
Make spicy Mexican meat loaf more lovable with a dose of cheesy pasta. The layer of mac and cheese baked into the meat loaf makes the poblano-studded beef…
Stuffed Poblano Peppers
Poblano peppers range in heat level from quite spicy to rather mild, and there’s no way to know what you’re getting until you take a bite. If your…
Sopapillas
Ingredients 3⁄4 cup milk 2 cups flour 1⁄2 teaspoon salt 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder 1⁄4 cup butter 1 package active dry yeast Preparation Bring milk just to a…
Fast Chicken Chili
Ingredients 1 tablespoon canola oil 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast, cut into bite-sized pieces 3/4 teaspoon salt, divided 1/2 cup vertically sliced onion 2 teaspoons minced fresh…
Mexican Pickled Pintos, Corn, and Poblanos
Smoky roasted poblanos, sweet corn, and tender pinto beans meet a tangy, cumin-scented dressing in this colorful Mexican-inspired relish. Spoon it over tacos, pile it onto tostadas, or…
