Recipes similar to Chili con carne

Chili con carne is basically a meat stew using lots of chili. This recipe is using beef and lots of spices. The chili is cooked over medium heat for about 2 hours. During the cooking time, spices are added in batches. You can adjust the amount of chili and cayenne pepper used to make the dish hotter or milder.
 

Refried beans are a typical Mexican dish that is used as a side dish or as an ingredient in many recipes. Pinto beans are used here but you can also use red kidney or borlotti beans instead. The beans have to be soaked and cooked first, before getting fried.
 

A great, hot sauce to be served with Tacos. This sauce can be stored for 1 or 2 months in the refrigerator.
 

Another classic chili with meat recipe using a combination of minced meats (beef, pork and chorrizo sausage). The meat is cooked in beer, tomato sauce and several herbs and spices. This chili con carne dish is supposed to be quite hot, hence the use of chorrizo sausage (a hot Mexican sausage), jalapeno peppers and chili powder.
 

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.
 

Refried beans is a typical Mexican dish. It can be used as a side dish or as a filling in dishes like enchiladas, burritos and more. This recipe uses fresh beans so make sure you soak them the night before. You can of course use canned beans - the taste might not be the same but they will still taste good.
 

Arroz con pollo (or Rice with Chicken) is a classic Spanish dish that is simple to do and great as lunch or dinner. The chicken is dredged in a paprica flavored flour, fried in vegetable oil and then cooked with rice and spices. This dish is the chicken version of the famous paella dish. 

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.
 

Beef chimichangas are tortillas filled with a beef and salsa mixture, folded like an envelope and fried in vegetable oil until they get a light golden color. A typical Mexican plate, served with Mexican rice and other condiments as a main dish.
 

Tortillas filled with cooked chicken and salsa, wrapped and fried in vegetable oil until they crisp up. Serve with guacamole, rice Picante or Mexican fried rice, salsa, lettuce and cheese for a complete meal.