Recipes similar to Salsa Picante

Tortillas filled with cooked chicken and salsa, wrapped and fried in vegetable oil until they crisp up. Serve with guacamole, rice Picante or Mexican fried rice, salsa, lettuce and cheese for a complete meal.
 

This is the chili con carne recipe of the famous restaurant Chasen's. This recipe uses both beef and pork meat, spices, parsley, butter, tomatoes and bell peppers and instead of red kidney beans, is uses pinto beans. You can substitute the pinto beans with red kidney beans or borlotti beans but if you want to be as close to the original recipe as possible, try to use the pinto beans.
 

An extra hot version of chili con carne that uses a combination of chili peppers, chili powder, Tabasco sauce and chorizo sausage (which is a hot Mexican sausage). This dish can be served with Mexican fried rice, sour cream and salsa.
 

A low fat version of chicken chimichangas, tortillas filled with a chicken mixture and then instead of being fried, they are baked. Great as a main dish with Mexican fried rice or rice picante and other Mexican condiments.
 

This is a variation of the famous restaurant Chasen's chili con carne recipe. The original recipe uses dried pinto beans that are soaked, boiled in water and then cooked with tomatoes. This recipe uses all the ingredients used in the original recipe except the pinto beans. Instead, canned red kidney beans are used. The result is not the same but it is equally delicious.
 

Hot and spicy Mexican meatballs, made with pork, bacon, chipotle chiles and spices. Chipotle chiles are smoked and dried jalapeno peppers. They can be bought dried, pickled or preserved in adobo sauce. Chipotle chiles add a smoky flavor to dishes and quite a bit of heat, if used in quantities. This dish is great as an appetizer or even a main dish, if served with rice.
 

Carnitas are small pieces of pork, cooked in the oven until crispy. The pork is flavored with spices and chili and used as a filling for tacos or burritos.
 

Guacamole is a well known Mexican dip made with avocados. It can be used as a condiment with Mexican dishes or as a dip, with tortilla chips.
 

Ceviche is raw fish, marinated in lime and lemon juice together with vegetables, chiles and spices. It is the Mexican equivalent to sushi and makes a great appetizer.The fish is actually cooked from the acid found in the lime and lemon juice, but when making this dish, make sure you get the freshest fish possible. Since the fish has to be marinated for at least 6 hours, make sure you prepare it well in advance.
 

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.