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Quick Salsa from Canned Ingredients This is a very quick salsa, with great Mexican flavors, that is very easy to make. Keep the ingredients handy when camping or make this salsa when you need something quick for guests. 1 28 ounce can diced tomatoes in juice 2 7 ounce cans diced green...

I needed to put together something (with Mexican flavors) quickly for a party, so I put together the following: 2 10 ounce cans Campbell’s Cheddar Cheese 1 10 ounce can Ro-Tel Original Diced Tomatoes and Green Chiles ½ cup half and half (or more to make more saucelike) Place the canned...

For some quick great Mexican flavors Quesadillas are really simple and quick to prepare. 1 package flour tortillas or homemade 2 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese 2- 4 ounce cans chopped Ortega chiles 1 cup pitted sliced black olives Cooking oil 1 comal, cast iron frying pan or griddle Heat...

Homemade Seasoned Bread Crumbs with a Southwest Flair 1 cup plain bread crumbs 1 teaspoon ground cumin 1 teaspoon garlic salt ½ teaspoon cayenne chile powder 1 teaspoon paprika powder 1 teaspoon pure chile powder (mild) ½ teaspoon salt 1 t o 2 cups buttermilk Place bread crumbs in a bowl...

I ounce had some really good deep fried Red Snapper at a Jamaican stand at a Blues Concert. It was very lightly coated (Jamiacan spiced) and about 1/2 inch thick. Some really good eatin' with a little hot sauce. Anyone know of a recipe for this? Thanks! Bill Gibson

Roasting and Toasting Preparation and mastery of Mexican cuisine will eventually lead the enthusiast to the art of roasting and toasting many different ingredients. Roasting and toasting are techniques used widely in truly authentic Mexican and other world cuisines. Sitting around fires...

Salsa Cocina Montañesa I based this salsa recipe on the restaurant sized can of tomato pieces originally. Now you can by tomatoes cut into salsa sized dice. I buy mine from “Smart and Final”. This salsa has great flavor and is enough for an army. You may want to reduce the number of jalapeños...

Hola Todos! A Shredded Chicken Recipe! I have been cooking, researching, and writing about Mexican cuisine for about 15 years. When I get home from work, I sometimes love to get to cooking. This recipe fills the kitchen with wonderful aromas and produces a wonderfully seasoned shredded...

Hola Todos, This past week end I was barely listening to the Food Network and (I believe it was a piece on making burgers) I heard them mention sauteed onions with chipotle. The idea sounded great to me, so I sliced up two medium onions and placed them in a skillet with some cooking oil...

I have prepared this recipe 3 or 4 times and it comes out great! This recipe (is a take off, I believe, from Miguel's Famous Jalapeno White Sauce of Brigantine Restaurant Fame) is featured in Recipe Goldmine and is real keeper. You may be able to adapt this one for your Mussels! Jalapeno...

Hola Cocineros y Cocineras!, Soy Bill Aqui! In the last ten years, I have seen a really large growth in "Panaderias",’"Carnicerias", "Tortillerias", "Supermercados", and Latino growth in general in my area. For me, in my extreme study of "La Cocina Mexicana", this is a wonderful prospect, for...

Its been a little quiet around here for a few days, so I thought I would make some noise!! We try many different Mexican restaurants all around our area from time to time, and I try to remember some of the nuances of the food etc. In the town of Crestline, CA (where I live) it is about 4,500...

A molcajete is an ancient device for grinding seeds, vegetable matter, and just about any food ingredient much as an electri food processor does. The traditional molcajete is cut from mostly volcanic rock. The molcajete has three legs and a piece of rock that serves as the grinding instrument...

This recipe is really great for potlucks, parties, or other celebrations of life. This is easy to make and gets good reviews. This dish has great Mexican flavors. If you prefer to make the quicker version, use the canned chiles, however I like to use roasted, peeled, and seeded "Chiles Poblanos"...

"Carnitas Mexicanas" Carnitas One of the most traditional methods of cooking carnitas is to season lard with a number of ingredients, bring it up to temperature, add pork chunks (trocitos de puerco) to the lard (manteca de puerco). The lard is slowly heated to a rolling simmer and the pork...

For those of you that want a really great tasting dish that contains great Mexican flavors, I wanted to offer this very easy to make recipe. This is one that I like, especially when you need to put something flavorful together in a hurry. 8 corn Tortillas, fried flat and drained 2 pounds...