Recipes similar to New Mexico style stacked enchiladas (enchiladas chatas)

A classic red chili sauce, ideal for Mexican dishes such as enchiladas, chimichangas, tamales etc. The sauce can be made in advance and refrigerated for up to one month.
 

Tortillas filled with pork and lettuce. The pork is slow cooked for about 4 hours together with garlic, onion, spices and ancho chile until tender and falling apart. Note that there is no cheese or beans in this recipe.
 

Chicken enchiladas is one of the favorite Mexican dishes. It is very similar to the Italian lasagna dish, only in this recipe, corn tortillas are used to hold the ingredients and typical Mexican spices are used to flavor the filling. Enchiladas can be served as a main course together with guacamole, sour cream and / or salsa.
 

A simple beef taco found everywhere in Mexico. Corn tortillas are filled with fried beef, topped with onion and coriander. This dish is a fast and easy to make appetizer.
 

A traditional Mexican / Tex-Mex recipe for black beans where the beans are cooked with Chipotle chillies, carrot, onion, garlic and spices for around 2 1/2 hours. Note that the beans need to be soaked overnight so make sure you start a day ahead.
 

Chicken enchiladas are chicken with enchilada sauce and cheese wrapped in a flour tortilla and baked in the oven. This chicken used in the recipe is first marinated in a marinade made of ancho chiles (a type of dried chiles), garlic, onion and spices. The chicken is then pan fried, sliced and used as a filling for the flour tortillas, together with enchilada sauce, onion and cheese. Enchiladas make a great dish when served with fried rice and Mexican condiments such as guacamole, sour cream, jalapeno peppers and salsa.
 

Another great Mexican recipe, lamb barbacoa or barbequed lamb is lamb marinated in a chile sauce, slow cooked in the oven for 3 1/2 to 4 hours and served in a flour tortilla with onion, coriander and Mexican salsa. The original recipe called for cooking the meat in a pit, over a pot with water that was sitting on hot coals. The same method can be used to make pork barbacoa.
 

Texas style red beans cooked with garlic, onion, green bell pepper, Chorizo sausage and herbs, served on top of cooked rice. If using dried beans, have in mind that they need to be soaked overnight, so do that the previous day. Otherwise you can use canned beans and save the soaking and most of the cooking time.
 

An easy cheese dip ready in a couple of minutes, great with tortilla chips and beer.
 

An easy Mexican green sauce made with tomatoes, avocado, jalapeno garlic and sour cream. This sauce can be used as a dip for tortilla chips for a great appetizer.