Mexican recipes

Chicken pieces coated in a lime, lemon, garlic and turmeric flavored sauce and broiled until crisp on the outside, juicy on the inside. This dish is very easy to make but extra delicious. Serve with a green salad and mashed potatoes.
 

A traditional TexMex chili cheese sauce, great as a dip for nachos.

 

Flour tortillas filled with pork or chicken, chile powder, garlic and oregano. A typical Mexican dish that can be part of a main dish or used as an appetizer.
 

Beef steak or chicken breast slices cooked in Mexican spices together with onion and green bell peppers, served on warm flour or corn tortillas.
 

Chili or chile con queso is a typical Mexican chile flavored cheese dip, perfect with tortilla chips and beer. The cheese dip can be made a day or 2 ahead and refrigerated until needed.
 

Flour tortillas filled with a beef and bean mixture, topped with enchilada sauce and served with sour cream, salsa, cheese, tomatoes and other typical Mexican ingredients. Beef and bean burritos are an excellent main dish or appetizer, great in taste and easy to make.
 

Bean burritos are one of the most well-known Mexican dishes. They are easy to make and extremely tasty. Canned beans (black, red or even white) are cooked with garlic, onion, jalapeno peppers and cheese then placed in a flour tortilla that is rolled up and served hot.
 

Casserole enchilada is a Mexican dish similar to Italian lasagna, where flour tortillas are used to create layers of cheese, salsa and refried beans, chicken, beef or other ingredients. This recipe uses refried beans together with cheese, salsa, black olives, onion and coriander. The dish is baked in the oven until the cheese is bubbly. Enchiladas make a great family or party dish/ Serve with more salsa or guacamole.
 

Scrambled eggs the Texas style, migas are eggs cooked with milk, onion, fried corn tortillas and jalapeno chiles, served with salsa and coriander. Migas are great for breakfast and go well with flour tortillas and refried beans.
 

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.