Texas and Tex-Mex recipes

Find the most popular Texas or Tex-Mex recipes, from chili con carne to fajitas.
 

Simple beef chili (no beans, just beef) recipe 

One of the easiest beef chilli recipes, great to use as a hot-dog topping. This one does not use any beans, just beef, chillies and the necessary spices.
 
Tags: ground beef, onion, garlic, chipotle chiles, beef stock 
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Chilaquiles recipe 

Chilaquiles are fried corn tortillas cooked in red or green salsa and served with cheese or other condiments. They are typically served for breakfast together with eggs, beans and nopalitos (a Mexican vegetable).
 
Tags: corn tortillas, red chile salsa, salsa verde, cheese, red onion 

Peri Peri sauce recipe 

Peri peri sauce is a chili based sauce, perfect for marinating meat, especially chicken. This sauce was made famous from the Peri Peri chicken recipe of the famous Nando's restaurants. The ingredients in the sauce can be adjusted to your liking (adding more or less hot pepper, oregano, garlic and lemon juice to adjust personal preferences).
 
Tags: chile peppers, lemon juice, olive oil, cayenne pepper, garlic 
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Chorizo and potato breakfast tacos recipe 

Flour tortillas topped with a baked potato and chorizo sausage mixture, sour cream, salsa and grated cheese. A simple, delicious Mexican breakfast that can be ready in just 20 minutes.
 
Tags: potatoes, chorizo sausage, onion, salsa, flour tortillas 

Puffy ground beef tacos recipe 

Puffy homemade tacos stuffed with cooked ground beef, iceberg lettuce, tomatoes, salsa and grated cheese. This is an easy to make, absolutely delicious Mexican dish.
 
Tags: ground beef, garlic, jalapeno, cumin, onion 

Chocolate chip pecan cookies recipe 

Simple, delicious chocolate chip and pecan cookies, ready in less than an hour. 
Tags: chocolate chips, pecans, unsalted butter, flour, vanilla extract 

Texas style pulled pork recipe 

A fantastic Tex-Mex pork recipe, pork shoulder is marinated in a coffee, chipotle and spices rub, slow cooked in the oven for about 8 hours until juicy and tender, then shredded and mixed with a homemade barbecue sauce. The pulled pork can be served on flour tortillas, tacos or bread rolls with jalapeno slices, mayonnaise, grated cheese or anything else you like.
 
Tags: pork shoulder, chipotle chiles, paprika, garlic, cumin 
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Stuffed bell peppers recipe 

Green bell pepper halves stuffed with a Tex-Mex flavored pork and meat filling, then baked in the oven until soft. This can be a great appetizer or main dish when served with Mexican fried rice, salsa and sour cream.
 
Tags: sausage meat, ground meat, rice, garlic, egg 

Jalapeno cheese buns recipe 

Simply delicious, Texas style jalapeno and cheese rolls, great for burgers or sandwiches.
 
Tags: flour, yeast, buttermilk, vegetable oil, jalapeno chiles 
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Green chile chowder recipe 

A super easy, extremely delicious Tex-Mex green chile chowder. The chowder is made with simple ingredients such as onion, jalapeno and Poblano chiles, butter, milk and potatoes. Serve the chowder warm or cold topped with grated cheese, tortilla chips and fresh coriander.
 
Tags: jalapeno chiles, poblano chiles, butter, onion, milk 


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