HOW TO MAKE STEAK PICADO WITH HATCH CHILE
Our Steak Picado with Hatch Chile epitomizes the best of home Mexican cooking. The onions, garlic, and tomatoes meld heavenly with the Hatch chile. There’s something unique about the flavor of the green Hatch chile. We used a hot Hatch chile so this recipe is on fire. You can choose to use mild or medium […]
Continue Reading
BRAISED OXTAIL IN A GUAJILLO SAUCE
This is part of a sponsored collaboration with Rumba Meats. However, all opinions expressed are our own. Thank you for supporting Rumba Meats. Have you ever cooked with Oxtail before? In many countries, oxtail can either be seen as a delicacy or comfort food. At one point, oxtail was considered a part of the animal that […]
Continue Reading
ALTAMED SHOWCASES THE BEST OF LATIN FOOD AND WINES
If you love sipping wine while enjoying rich, bite-sized tastings of a citrus forward shrimp ceviche or tostadas topped with a smokey birria and pickled red onions topped with tiny bits of freshly minced habanero peppers that pack a punch, then you have to go to AltaMed’s East LA/OC Meets Napa Food and Wine Festivals. […]
Continue Reading
4 WATERMELON RECIPES FOR YOUR 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION
We’ve got a quick recipe round-up featuring 4 WATERMELON RECIPES for your Independence Day celebrations! Happy 4th of July! Nothing says its summertime than a sweet, refreshing taste of watermelon.
Continue Reading
HOW TO MAKE BEEF PICADILLO
The best part of writing a food recipe blog with someone is that you can sit and compare family recipes like this Beef Picadillo. Both of our moms were tremendous cooks but rarely used written recipes. Most of the meals came from what they learned growing up. Recently, we were talking about Mexican Picadillo recipes. We […]
Continue Reading
RAJAS CON CREMA — Creamy and Delicious
Mexican Rajas con Crema are flame roasted poblano chiles, cut into strips and cooked with onions and garlic and Mexican crema. Depending on the heat of the poblano pepper, the dish can be spicy or slightly spicy. People eat Rajas con Crema simply in a corn tortilla as a taco or top a chicken breast or steak […]
Continue Reading
HOW TO MAKE MILANESA DE RES
The other day I had a craving for Milanesa de Res that just wouldn’t go away. What’s milanesa? It is beef pounded thin, lightly breaded and fried quickly on both sides. A friend of mine said, “It’s like the Mexican version of chicken-fried steak.” I guess you can say that’s true. The craving wouldn’t dissipate, […]
Continue Reading
CINCO DE MAYO RECIPE IDEAS
By now, we hope most people in the United States understand that Cinco de Mayo is not a major holiday in Mexico. Yet, here in the U.S., we take this opportunity to demonstrate our love affair with Mexican culture and heritage. A big part of our culture is la comida — the food. If you’re planning […]
Continue Reading
CARNITAS PIZZA RECIPE WITH A SPICY CHIPOTLE MARINARA SAUCE
Do you ever get bored in the kitchen? You know, cooking the same dish the same way every time? Sometimes all we need to do is switch things up. I felt like this recently when I purchased a pre-made pizza dough. We had some shredded carnitas leftover from a Farmer John Pork Butt we slow cooked […]
Continue Reading
Sweeten Your Valentine’s Day with Alfajores
There’s no better way to woo the love of your heart than with sweet delights. The popular Peruvian Alfajor, a crumbly sweetened sandwich cookie, has a number of sweet fillings, dulce de leche being the most popular. Some are dipped in chocolate and rolled in crushed nuts. Others are triple stacked or served in “log” form. Whichever […]
Continue Reading