Mexican recipes

Easy homemade pickled jalapeno peppers, great as a Mexican condiment or ingredient in recipes such as nachos, tacos, enchiladas, salsas and more. Pickled jalapenos can be refrigerated for several months so you can make more by increasing the ingredients proportinally - just make sure that the chiles are covered in the pickling liquid 

Chile con carne, or chili with meat, is one of the most popular Mexican or Tex-Mex recipes. It is basically a spicy meat stew with lots of spices. This recipe uses Chipotle chiles, a dried, smoked Jalapeno type of chile and has a great smokey flavor. The chile takes quite some time to cook, since the meat that is being used is not tender enough - a long cooking process is therefore required to tenderize the meat. Chili refrigerates well for 1 or 2 weeks and can be frozen for one or two months. Refrigerating chili for at least 24 hours actually improves its taste and the extra time allows for the flavors to enhance 

This recipe is based on a version of Spicy shrimp Chipotle found on Don Enrique dried Chipotle chiles. Chipotle chiles are dried, smoked Jalapeno peppers. The chiles have medium heat and a strong smokey flavour. The shrimps are cooked in a chile and garlic paste, together with curry powder, paprica and lemon juice. They can be served over steamed rice or in flour tortillas, together with salsa and sour cream 

The best chicken fajitas (or fahitas) recipe, easy to make and extremely delicious. Chicken breast pieces are marinated in oil, lime juice, garlic and spices, fried and served in a flour tortilla together with fried bell peppers and onions, cheese, sour cream, guacamole, salsa and pickled jalapeno chiles. The preparation time includes the minimum time required for marinating, other than that, it takes 10 minutes to prepare and maximum 15 minutes to cook. While waiting for the chicken to marinate you can prepare the toppings - make the guacamole, grate the cheese, serve the sour cream and salsa, etc 

Refried beans is a typical Mexican condiment, used as a side dish or as an ingredient in various Mexican dishes such as burritos, carnitas, etc. There ready made refried beans that you can buy, but making your own is quite easy and tastes much better. This recipe requires only 5 minutes of preparation and 5 to 10 minutes of cooking 

A great appetizer or party dish, chicken nachos are a popular Mexican dish that is very easy to make. Since it takes some time to prepare the ingredients, you can prepare it in advance and pop it in the oven when you need it 

Guacamole is a well known Mexican dip made with avocados. It can be used as a condiment with Mexican dishes or as a dip, with tortilla chips 

Carnitas are small pieces of pork, cooked in the oven until crispy. The pork is flavored with spices and chili and used as a filling for tacos or burritos 

Thin, tender beef steaks, grilled and topped with a garlic, onion and tomato mixture, green chiles and cheese. A simple, yet delicious Mexican or Tex-Mex dish that can be ready in as few as 20 minutes 

Here is another chili recipe that is hot and delicious. The ingredients used in this recipe may look a lot, but most of them are spices and herbs that are added together at the final stage of cooking. Unlike many other chili recipes, this one does not use red kidney or other type of beans. Instead, it uses a variety of fresh and powdered chili peppers, such as jalapeno, green chilies, cayenne etc. The resulting dish is quite hot, but equally tasty. Serve it with Mexican fried rice. sour cream and fresh chopped coriander for a complete meal