Coditos Con Rajas; Roasted Poblano Mac
There a few sounds that I like better than the crinkly-poppy-snappy sound of fresh chilies roasting on an open flame. The aroma is intoxicating to me – It puts me […]
Category Archives: Side Dishes
Arroz Verde; Roasted Poblano Rice
You may not think it, or know it, but when it comes to Mexican Cooking – rice is serious business. At least when it comes to the what and the […]
Coditos con Choriqueso; Soyrizo Mac and Cheeze
I’ll be honest with you, I’m not sure where this dish falls into the (traditional) Mexican food canon – probably outside of it – the dish itself is a hybrid […]
Black Beans; Frijoles Negros
I’m gonna make this nice and simple. Okay maybe not that simple. In going over some of my previous writing for this blog I can see a pattern. I’m given […]
Homemade Corn Tortillas
Let me say this before I go into some verbose superfluous tizzy about whatever it is that will subsequently follow this sentence: You should be making your own corn tortillas. […]
Frijoles Charros; Charro (Cowboy) Beans
What can I say about beans that hasn’t been said before? They’re nutritious, delicious and sometimes they even make you sing songs from your butt. (Err… Crass Much?) Hell, I’m […]
Arroz A La Mexicana; Mexican Rice
There’s an art to making Mexican rice. It’s where technique and tradition meet superstition familial custom; long held recipes passed down from the sages of Mexican cooking: Las Abuelas. Maybe […]
Refritos: Refried Beans
The term “refried beans” is one of those instances where a word was lost in translation. But rather than correcting the mistake, people were just like eh. Someone, somewhere at sometime […]
Frijoles De La Olla: Stewed Beans
For me, beans were always the great equalizer. No matter how picky an eater I was growing up; whether it was hating green vegetables or just flat out not wanting […]
