Recipes similar to Carne Asada

A modification of a traditional Mexican side dish, black refried beans flavored with jalapeno chiles and cheese.
 

A tomato based sauce good for tacos, enchiladas, burritos or any other Mexican dish that calls for a red sauce. The sauce can be made as hot or as mild as you like by adjusting the amount of cayenne and chili pepper used. You can also make more sauce by increasing the ingredients used. This recipe will make 1 cup of sauce.
 

This is a variation of the chicken enchiladas verde that uses over roasted tomato sauce instead of the tomatillo (Verde) sauce. This traditional Mexican recipe using flour tortillas, first fried in vegetable oil, then stuffed with cooked chicken, oven roasted tomato sauce and chili tomato sauce, rolled up, topped with more tomato sauce and cheese and baked for a few minutes in the oven. The roasted tomato sauce (recipe included) takes 6 to 8 hours to prepare but the result is worth the effort. You can make extra tomato sauce and refrigerate it.
 

Pollo picante is chicken breasts cooked in a hot sauce made with onions, garlic, bell peppers, tomatoes, jalapenos, bay leaves and garlic. The sauce is quite hot as it uses Tabasco sauce, black pepper, cayenne pepper and jalapenos. If you fo not like hot dishes, reduce the amount of cayenne, black pepper and Tabasco used. For a complete meal serve this dish with Mexican fried rice, flour tortillas and a simple green salad made with celery and avocado.
 

The best chicken fajitas (or fahitas) recipe, easy to make and extremely delicious. Chicken breast pieces are marinated in oil, lime juice, garlic and spices, fried and served in a flour tortilla together with fried bell peppers and onions, cheese, sour cream, guacamole, salsa and pickled jalapeno chiles. The preparation time includes the minimum time required for marinating, other than that, it takes 10 minutes to prepare and maximum 15 minutes to cook. While waiting for the chicken to marinate you can prepare the toppings - make the guacamole, grate the cheese, serve the sour cream and salsa, etc.
 

Easy homemade pickled jalapeno peppers, great as a Mexican condiment or ingredient in recipes such as nachos, tacos, enchiladas, salsas and more. Pickled jalapenos can be refrigerated for several months so you can make more by increasing the ingredients proportinally - just make sure that the chiles are covered in the pickling liquid.
 

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. 

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.
 

Chimichangas with beef, chile and onion, topped with a red chili sauce and cheese, baked and then served topped with a sour cream mixture, tomatoes and shredded lettuce. Serve with refried beans, fried rice or other Mexican condments.
 

Another beef steak fajitas recipe using rump steak (or similar) instead of skirt steak. Whereas the traditional beef steak fajitas recipe requires that the steak is cooked over coals, in this recipe, the steak is fried in a skillet or frying pan. The beef steak is first marinated for several hours with oil and spices and then cooked for a few minutes.