Category: Mexican

The Real Breakfast Burrito

The breakfast burrito was invented in 1975 in the southwestern state New Mexico (USA). In New Mexico it has long been popular to eat your morning eggs and bacon alongside a flour tortilla. About The Breakfast Burrito The popularity of burritos in the U.S. first took hold in Southern California around the 1950’s. The idea […]

Eggs Rancheros

Traditionally known as ‘Huevos Rancheros’ or ranch-style eggs, this Mexican breakfast or brunch recipe is served over fried corn tortillas and topped with a ranchero sauce or salsa. Then top that with goat cheese or a Mexican queso fresco cheese and cilantro. It makes for a deliciously yummy dish. When you cut into them, the […]

Shrimp Ceviche

Ceviche originated in Peru and is considered a national dish. The first documentation of the word ceviche is from 1820, in the song “La Chicha,” sung by Peruvian soldiers. According to some historic sources from Peru, ceviche originated among the Moche, a coastal civilization that began to flourish in the area of current-day northern Peru […]

BBQ Chicken Omelet with Salsa & Goat Cheese

Simply made and filled with a delicious combination of chopped BBQ chicken thighs Red Swiss chard and green onions. Then, topped with Mexican salsa and goat cheese.

Chorizo Potato Tacos

The contribution of the taco to the culinary world starts with Mexico and the Aztec corn fields. Though the Aztecs did not enjoy tacos as we know them today, they did though, invent the corn tortilla. The Tacos Origin The taco as we know it today likely came from the Mexican men who mined silver […]

Burritos With Homemade Flour Tortillas

The flour tortilla is a variant of the corn tortilla and its name comes from the Spanish language meaning “small cake”. Flour tortillas originated in the northern Mexican states of Chihuahua, Durango, Sonora and Sinaloa, where it is more suitable to grow wheat than corn. In more recent times both the flour and corn tortillas […]

Tacos al Pastor

Tacos al pastor is a dish developed in central Mexico that is based on shawarma spit-grilled meat brought by Lebanese immigrants to Mexico. Read More Here About – The Roots Of Mexican Cuisine Being derived from shawarma, it is also similar to the Turkish döner kebab and the Greek gyros. The traditional way to make […]

Beef Steak Fajitas

A Tex-Mex style food with Mexican ingredient influence. Fajitas got its start in a tortilleria in Houston Texas (USA). As legend has it, Maria Ninfa Rodriguez of Huston, Texas, better known as “Mama Ninfa Laurenzo,”started serving fajitas (1973) in a tortilla factory turned into a restaurant that she named, “Rio Grande Tortilla Company.” Top to […]