does anyone know of any good mexican food recipies??

Question

me and my boyfriend love spicy foods. does anyone know of any good mexican dishes. main dishes or side dishes. how do u make mexican corn?? we love chicken.. my step mom makes this dish with boiled potatoes and tomatoes.. does anyone know what im talking about?... were not a big fan of onions though.

Answer 1

MEXICAN CORN

1/4 c. butter, melted
2 c. fresh or frozen corn kernels
1/4 c. chopped green pepper
1/4 c. chopped red pepper
1 tsp. salt
1 c. commercial French fried onions
1 c. cubed fresh tomatoes
1/4 tsp. ground oregano

Combine first 5 ingredients in a heavy skillet. Cover and cook over medium heat 7 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in French fried onions, tomatoes, and oregano. Cook, uncovered, for 2 minutes or until tomatoes are thoroughly heated. Great with Mexican main dishes!

MEXICAN HAMBURGERS (CHULETAS)

Salsa Fria:

1 10 oz can diced tomatoes with green chiles
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon wine vinegar


Chuletas:

2 cups Saltines, finely crushed
3 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
1 cup Vidalia onions, chopped
1/2 tsp garlic powder (not salt)
1 lb ground chuck (beef)
1 egg
1 tsp salt
1 tsp chili powder
1 cup oil (for frying)

Garnish:

Rings of red onion, slices of avocado, sour cream and sprigs of cilantro


Combine all Salsa Fria ingredients. Refrigerate for at least one hour.
On a sheet of wax paper, evenly spread cracker crumbs. Combine parsley, onions, ground meat, garlic powder, egg, chili powder and salt in a small bowl. Form 4 patties and coat each pattie with the cracker crumbs evenly. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour (but no more than 3 hours) to thoroughly chill.

Heat oil until it is hot enough to brown a 1 inch cube of bread in a little over 1 minute. (Don't get oil too hot or center of patties won't cook through). Fry patties in oil well browned on outside and cooked through. Drain on paper towels.

Serve on a bed of iceberg lettuce with a few rings of red onion, topped with Salsa Fria and with a dollop of sour cream with a sprig of cilantro to the side and a slice of avocado.

Answer 2

have you ever attempted "sincronizadas"?? it particularly is easy, elementary and wholesome. you purely might desire to heat up a pair of flour (white) tortillas, placed a slice of ham and a slice of cheese between the two certainly one of them so as which you have a sort of sandwich yet made with tortillas. then you definitely placed this on the pan (with none oil, butter or something of the like, purely to heat them and lead them to crunchy in case you like them that way) and heat it for some seconds on the two area till the cheese interior melts. you are able to suitable this with some guacamole, it tastes purely large and it incredibly much has no fat. relish! TJ: you think of mexican food lacks sort?????? That shows me you have in no way been in Mexico and probably it particularly is the only belongings you're familiar with (tacos - quesadillas - nachos-burritos --- those 2 final ones via ways no longer being mexican, yet tex-mex fairly), yet we've categories of food in each and each of our 31 states (i'm no longer counting Mex city of path) and maximum of it particularly is scrumptious. you may desire to come and attempt it a while.....

Answer 3

There are loads of resources on the web that cover just about every region of Mexico. You can start here: http://mexicanfood.about.com/
Buy ingredients and tools here: http://www.mexgrocer.com/
Get culinary baskets of goodies here: http://www.texmextogo.com/
Learn all about the different chilies here:http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/recipes/foodindex.html
And don't forget the Margarita here: http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/recipes/foodindex.html

Also if you have a favorite Mexican restaurant see if they sell a cookbook it is a great way to learn how to make all your favorites and have a comparison. Bon Appetite!

Answer 4

If you go to this site there are over 4,000 recipes for Mexican Food. I'm sure you will find what your looking for there.

http://www.cooks.com/rec/search?q=mexican+food

Answer 5

My new favorite green chile & chicken. Go to lowcarbcookworx.com and look under episode 7. Its fast, easy and really yummy.