Texas and Tex-Mex recipes

Chicken fried steak is a typical Southern American dish - the beef steak is first tenderized, then coated in flour, egg and milk and then fried. The preparation and cooking of this dish is similar to fried chicken, hence the name. Chicken fried steak is typically served with mashed potatoes and gravy.
 

Pork shoulder cooked in a chili, oregano and coriander sauce, wrapped with cheese in flour tortillas. A simple, delicious, typical Tex-Mex dish.
 

A simple, basic cream gravy recipe. Use this gravy on top of fried chicken, mashed potatoes, steamed vegetables or anything else you want.
 

Refried beans is a typical Mexican dish. It can be used as a side dish or as a filling in dishes like enchiladas, burritos and more. This recipe uses fresh beans so make sure you soak them the night before. You can of course use canned beans - the taste might not be the same but they will still taste good.
 

Tex-Mex style beef stew with a variety of herbs, spices and of course chiles. The beef is cooked in a variety of spices, chiles and beer.
 

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.
 

Quesadillas are Mexican sandwitches using tortillas instead of bread and a range of ingredients for the filling. This recipe is for chile and chese quesadillas served with freshly made salsa.
 

Cornbread is quick bread made with cornmeal or maize, typically used in Mexican or other New World recipes. Cornbread is traditionally baked in a cast iron skillet. The process of making it is quite simple and baking time does not take more than 20 minutes.
 

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.
 

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.