I grew up eating chile verde in burritos, quesadillas or on a plate with rice and beans. I’m talking about my all time favorite Slow Cooked Pork Chile Verde Recipe. It’s pork shoulder (or butt) cooked so slow that it falls off the bone. Chile Verde salsa that has a tiny amount of tartness from […]
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Our Chuletas con Nopalitos en Salsa Guajillo recipe will carry you to that magical place in your kitchen where you know everything is good and nurturing. And, in today’s fearful political climate, who of us doesn’t need some comforting? Right? Chuletas en Salsa Roja or Verde are total Mexican comfort food. The warmth of the […]
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When it’s 95 degrees outside, it’s about 5-10 degrees hotter in our kitchen. So believe me when I say that I am deeply inspired by dining al fresco. Finding a cool spot outside in the shade, with a cold beverage, just waiting for the thrill of a light breeze – that’s summer living! We just […]
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This is a compensated campaign in collaboration with the California Milk Processor Board and Latina Bloggers Connect but all opinions are my own. Thank you for supporting the brands that help make LatinoFoodie.com possible. One of my all-time favorite and easy-to-make Mexican stews is Chile Colorado, and the only thing better than homemade Chie Colorado […]
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Some people like them crunchy, others like them tender and moist. Like many things in life, I want the best of both worlds when it comes to homemade carnitas. I want the chunks of pork to be fork-tender, moist and flavorful, but there’s something about the end process of roasting the carnitas that transforms the […]
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Although we have bookshelves bursting with cookbooks, I strongly believe that some of the best recipes come from the heart and family. Last week Art and I were visiting his tia Esperanza out in Compton. She has one of those classic Mexican homes with a manicured front lawn and a walkway lined with large bushes […]
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This is a compensated campaign in collaboration with Farmland® and Latina Bloggers Connect but all opinions are all my own. When Queso Fundido comes to the table bubbling hot, my eyes open wide and my mouth begins to water. It’s my automatic response to cheese. Top it off with crumbled pork sausage and I’m forgetting […]
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I probably would not have considered Brussels sprouts for breakfast had it not been for chorizo. Good old Mexican chorizo (beef or pork) is a sausage made with spices like garlic and paprika and of course powdered chile. While chorizo has a number of applications we love it for breakfast dishes like chorizo con huevos and papas […]
Continue ReadingChef LaLa has graciously shared this recipe with LatinoFoodie for stuffed poblanos in a walnut sauce as part of our call out for pork dishes. While the ingredient list may look daunting, most of the ingredients are probably already in your kitchen. So for dinner this week indulge in these Chiles en Nogada from our friend Chef LaLa. Not only […]
Continue Reading*(These articles use the term ‘America’ as synonymous with the American continent, and not just another equivalent of U.S.A. When possible, we will use the term U.S. or U.S. Latinos when being specific to the U.S.A.) One of the greatest food exchanges in human history occurred after 1492, the year Christopher Columbus made his first voyage […]
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