Recipes similar to Chili con carne, classic style

Huevos rancheros, literally meaning ranch eggs, is a traditional Mexican breakfast dish where eggs are cooked with salsa and served on tortillas.In this recipe, the eggs are cooked together with a tomato and spring onion sauce, flavoured with jalapeno peppers and oregano.
 

Fajitas is probably the most popular Mexican dish. Chicken, beef or shrimp is first marinated in the fajitas seasoning, stir fried on a skillet and served on warm flour tortillas together with sauteed bell peppers, onions and typical Mexican condiments such as guacamole, and salsa. You can buy ready made fajitas seasoning but for best results you can make your own at home. It is a lot cheaper and above all, it tastes much better. You can also increase or decrease the quantity of some of the ingredients used to adjust the taste to your liking. This recipe for homemade fajitas seasoning is one of the best we have tried. 

Here is another enchiladas recipe, this time using shrimps and a tomatillo or tomato sauce. The tortillas are filled with shrimps and a garlic, green onion, chili peppers and tomatillo sauce, rolled up and topped with sour cream and cheese and baked in the oven until the cheese melts. This is a great starter or main dish, especially if you like shrimps. You may substitute shrimps with crab meat or use a combination of the two.
 

Another great beef chili recipe using a combination of minced and cubed beef, several spices and MSG, a flavor enchancer used widely in Asian cooking. For a better taste, refrigerate the chili for 24 hours. Reheat and serve.
 

Flour tortillas spread with a spicy tomato based sauce, topped with cooked chicken and cheese, rolled up, topped with extra tomato sauce and cheese and baked in the oven until the cheese melts. A classic Mexican recipe and is great as a main dish, served with condiments such as sour cream, tomato salsa or salsa verde and guacamole. The dish can be prepared in advance and refrigerated (do not bake until needed).
 

An alternative to the typical tomato salsa, this refreshing salsa is great on nachos, tacos, burritos or similar Mexican dishes.
 

A typical Mexican food, beef tacos are hard u-shaped corn tortillas (called taco shells) filled with a beef mixture and topped with a variety of ingredients such as lettuce, tomatoes, onions and cheese. Tacos can make a good starter dish and are great for parties.
 

Burritos filled with fried potatoes (first boiled), red bell pepper, eggs, Tabasco and cheese. Unlike other burrito recipes, this one is not baked in the oven. You can serve this burritos for breakfast together with sour cream and a fresh tomato salsa.
 

Crispy taco shells filled with a spicy ground beef mixture and topped with shredded cheese, lettuce, tomatoes and salsa. A simple Mexican favorite dish that is easy to make. The beef mixture can be made ahead and preheated just before serving.
 

Chipotle beef burritos is another burrito recipe using beef, slow cooked over low heat with chipotle chiles and other spices. The tortillas are filled with the beef mixture, shredded cheese, pico de Gallo salsa and sour cream.