Recipes similar to Chili con carne (best version)

A classic Mexican recipe, chili con carne is a meat stew (usually beef) with chili peppers and other ingredients such as red wine, tomatoes, chili beans and spices. It can be served with rice or on top of corn tortilla chips, topped with melted cheese for a great Mexican appetizer.
 

An authentic beef chili recipe using habenero chili peppers, tomatoes, onions, cumin and oregano, cocoa pwder and chili beans. The result is quite hot but extremely delicious!
 

Another great chili con carne recipe, using various spices, fresh tomatoes, salsa, tomato sauce and chili beans instead of red kidney beans
 

Chimichangas is another Mexican favorite. Flour tortillas are filled with a beef mixture and sauce, rolled up and deep fried in vegetable oil. They are served together with jalapeno peppers, lettuce, grated cheese, together with condiments such as pico de gallo, salsa, guacamole, etc. There are a lot of different types of chimichangas, depending on the filling, such as chicken chimichangas, beef chimichangas, etc. This recipe uses a combination of beef and chorizo sausage, a Mexican type of sausage that is quite hot and spicy.
 

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.
 

A simple, delicious cheese dip, great with tortillas chips or vegetable sticks.
 

This is a variation of the chicken enchiladas verde that uses over roasted tomato sauce instead of the tomatillo (Verde) sauce. This traditional Mexican recipe using flour tortillas, first fried in vegetable oil, then stuffed with cooked chicken, oven roasted tomato sauce and chili tomato sauce, rolled up, topped with more tomato sauce and cheese and baked for a few minutes in the oven. The roasted tomato sauce (recipe included) takes 6 to 8 hours to prepare but the result is worth the effort. You can make extra tomato sauce and refrigerate it.
 

This sauce can be used in enchiladas, burritos, chimichangas, tacos or similar Mexican dishes, as a filling or even as a condiment.You can adjust the quantities of the ingredients used to make more or less sauce, as desired. You can also adjust the heat of the sauce by adding more or less chili and cayenne pepper, accordingly. The amounts of chili and cayenne used here will produce a medium heat result.
 

A simple, fast and extra delicious Southern style shrimp dish great as an appetizer or even a main dish when served over a warm tortilla together with a green salad. The shrimps are first marinaded in a garlic, oregano, thyme, lemon and Worcestershire flavored sauce, pan fried and finally cooked for a few minutes in butter. This recipe can serve 2 for a main dish, 4 or more for an appetizer. You can double all ingredients for twice the servings. If you like the shrimps to be a bit hot you can increase the amount of cayenne pepper used.
 

A typical, all purpose Mexican salsa, easy to make and great with most Mexican dishes. You can make it as mild or as hot as you like by adjusting the amount of jalapenos and chili powder used. This salsa will last for up to a week in the refrigerator.