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Home-Style Tacos al Pastor
These tacos are an oven-and-skillet adaptation of al pastor, not a claim that a domestic tray reproduces a vertical spit.
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Corn, chiles, fresh lime and generous tables: discover a vibrant kitchen.
Choose your starting point
Work from the corn or tortilla format outward: pliable tortillas for filled rolls, crisp wedges for chilaquiles, masa harina dough for tamales and hominy for pozole. Each needs its own preparation. The fresh toppings are part of the texture plan, so drain wet components and add avocado, coriander, lime or dairy close to serving where specified.
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Fresh Lime Guacamole
Guacamole is a texture and seasoning exercise built around ripe avocado.
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Red Chicken Enchiladas
These baked red chicken enchiladas should have tender rolled tortillas coated in chile sauce, with no dry bare edges and no deep puddle underneath.
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Salsa Verde Chilaquiles
Chilaquiles are deliberately between crisp chips and softened tortilla, and the right point is a serving preference rather than one fixed texture.
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Golden Chicken Quesadillas
A good quesadilla has a crisp tortilla, melted cheese and a filling thin enough to stay inside when cut.
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Red Pork Pozole
Red pork pozole combines a chile-scented broth, tender shoulder and the distinctive springy bite of hominy.
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Mexican-Style Street Corn
Elote is a balance of sweet tender corn, a lightly charred surface and a thin savory-tangy coating.
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Huevos Rancheros
Huevos rancheros should arrive as a warm assembled plate: flexible corn tortilla, cooked egg, thick tomato salsa and a modest portion of beans.
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Chicken Tamales in Corn Husks
Tamales require a soft spreadable masa, a moist but contained filling and steady steam.
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Cinnamon Sugar Churros
This is an egg-enriched home churro dough with a crisp ridged shell and tender center.