Recipes similar to Rice picante (healthier version)

Chili con queso or cheese and chili is a famous dip made with cream cheese, jalapenos, tomatoes and spices, great with tortilla chips. The dip is easy to make and can be refrigerated for a few days.
 

Corn tortillas filled with cooked shredded beef, fried until crispy and served with sour cream, salsa, lettuce, tomato and coriander. The beef used in this flaoutas recipe is first browned, then slow cooked in a liquid flavored with garlic, onion, cumin, jalapenos and tomatillos. Flaoutas are a delicious main dish and an excellent alternative to chimichangas or fajitas.
 

A classic Tex-Mex dish, pork Asado is pork slow cooked in a garlic and chile sauce. The chiles used in this recipe are dried and before using them, they have to be dehydrated, ie, soaked in water for 8 to 10 hours. It is therefore best to soak the chiles a day ahead.
 

A Mexican tomato based sauce using Jalapeno chiles, onion and coriander. This sauce is cooked and can be used in recipes that call for a tomato based sauce such as burritos, enchiladas or chimichangas. The Picante salsa is the uncooked version of this sauce and it uses similar ingredients. Salsa Picante can be used as a dip with tortilla chips or as a side dish with many Mexican dishes.
 

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

A classic Mexican recipe, chili con carne is a meat stew (usually beef) with chili peppers and other ingredients such as red wine, tomatoes, chili beans and spices. It can be served with rice or on top of corn tortilla chips, topped with melted cheese for a great Mexican appetizer.
 

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.
 

Chiles rellenos are green chiles stuffed with cheddar cheese, covered in an egg batter and fried until golden brown, then served with a tangy tomato chile sauce. A delicious Mexican recipe from the famous El Cholo's restaurant in Los Angeles.
 

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.
 

One of the best enchilada dishes, easy to make and extremely delicious. Corn tortillas are fried, filled with a bean mixture, rolled up, topped with an enchilada sauce and grated cheese and finally baked in the oven until the cheese melts. You can serve this dish with typical Mexican condiments as an appetizer or as a main dish.