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Salsa Ranchera, is a mainstay of the Mexican table, from Houston all the way to Veracruz. It’s made with Serrano chiles, tomato, onion and garlic. The straightforward combination of native ingredients with a bit of garlic is one of those blending of flavors that you […]
Chile Serrano is my favorite chile. I eat it raw at lunch or dinner, biting into the green chile, herbaceous and refreshing. A large variety of salsas feature Serrano and here, it’s fried, so the taste is rustic. The tomatoes are also cooked.Chile derives from […]
You can make crockpot carne guisada at night or in the morning. In the morning I place all the ingredients in a crockpot, low heat. When it’s ready at suppertime I make a quick, fresh salsa that has bits of avocado, giving this taco a […]
Now that tomatillos are in season, this is a traditional cooked salsa recipe that is great on grilled fish tacos. Recipe: (makes 1 ½ cups) Ingredients: 8 oz tomatillos, about 3 medium tomatillos 1 Chile Jalapeño. Sometimes these chiles can be large and that is […]
Three native ingredients make this traditional salsa a delectable culinary heritage: tomato, chile and salt. Each provides important nutritional elements, and the combination is, well, fresh and delicious. There is much to be said for simplicity. Our Texas Indian ancestors used the salt from two […]
I had a delicious breakfast at El Puesto restaurant in San Antonio, Texas. It is the third in a row of Texas Mexican restaurants, next to each other, in the West side of San Antonio on old US Highway 90. Each of the three restaurants […]
When you want an aromatic salsa on the table, use this Chile De Arbol. Native Mexican, of course, its flavor is similar to that of the Serrano. But unlike the Serrano, chile de arbol is used mainly in its dried form. The name “chile of […]
Serrano Salsa is a classic Texas Mexican table salsa. If you’re from this region, send me an email or comment about how you’ve savored this in your home. Amá (we did not use the Spanish word, mamá) always had this salsa on the kitchen table. […]
Sopes are a part of the Texas Mexican, Coahuiltecan, cuisine that exists in the region outlined in yellow is one of at least 12 related regional cuisines in the larger geographic area that extends from San Antonio/Austin/Corpus Christi, TX, down to the Yucatán. (1) Our […]