Carne asada, french fries, and layers of cheese rolled up in a flour tortilla and pan-fried to golden delicious brown is served on a bed of lettuce with pico de gallo, sour cream and guacamole. California surfer food. Thanks to the fries. Typically, you don’t see french fries tucked inside a burrito. You have to go to San Diego where starving surfers fuel up on big, fat burritos stuffed with everything imaginable including french fries. ...
Tex-Mex
Taco Bell Mexican Pizzas
Double-decker Taco Bell-inspired Mexican pizzas! Sitting pretty in between two crispy flour tortillas is your choice of a beef and bean or a chicken and corn filling with salsa acting as the sauce. On the top is more salsa, cheese and any toppings you like - the very same ones you would put on a taco - black olives, fresh tomato, red onion, avocado and sour cream. I like to think these are more method than a precise recipe. You can mix and match any fillings and toppings you like ...
Chili Cheese Stuffed Potatoes
Hearty baked potatoes take center stage when you top them with meaty chili, cheddar cheese, and sour cream. A Tex-Mex dream. This chili is my family’s favorite recipe, the one we make all the time with ground beef, cannellini beans, peppers, onions, tomatoes and spices like chili powder. I call it no-alarm chili because there’s no heat to it making it perfect for kids. ...
Bang Bang Shrimp Tacos
Bang bang shrimp is a crazy delicious appetizer from the Bonefish Grill Restaurant made by smothering deep-fried shrimp in a spicy hot sauce. The first thing you notice is how super crunchy the shrimp are. I think they might be double fried. The second thing you notice is the lip-numbing spiciness. They also stuff the very same heavenly-hot shrimp into tacos. They have my name written on them. I kid you not. Every single time I eat there I order them, I've never tried anything else and ...
Cheesy Tex-Mex Meatloaf
Love or hate, meatloaf can conjure up strong feelings. It's true love for me. Sometimes I dream of writing a meatloaf cookbook. In my head I tick off recipe ideas, then I write the whole thing off because who can think of that many different recipes for meatloaf? And, if I did, who's going to buy a meatloaf cookbook? Maybe like 5 people. Mom, Dad, sister, aunt, cousin and another cousin. I'll be lucky if I sell six. It is a good dream though, mostly because of taste-testing! ...
Taco Tortilla Lasagna
Taco lasagna will spice up your taco night and give you a break from the everyday norm! Taco lasagna is a baked casserole made up of seasoned beef layered between tortillas (the "noodles") with salsa, olives, and cheddar cheese. You can eat it as is or with all your favorite taco fixin's. ...
Baked Cheddar Chicken Chimichangas
Tortillas stuffed with spicy chicken, cheddar cheese, tomatoes and sour cream. Using rotisserie or leftover, cooked chicken as well as baking instead of frying makes for a fast, easy meal. ...
Taco Soup
If you’re tired of the same old taco night this will help perk things up! Tacos in a soup bowl. With all the same flavors so you won’t miss the actual ones a single bit. Into the soup pot goes ground beef, onion, garlic, taco seasoning, broth, Ro-tel diced tomatoes & green chiles, black beans, and corn. Just 25 minutes later, the most delicious Tex-Mex soup emerges. ...
Buffalo Chicken and Black Bean Crispy Tacos
Slow-cooker buffalo chicken is smothered in the easiest homemade hot sauce and tucked into corn tortillas with black beans and cheddar cheese then pan-fried to crunchy, golden hotness. Otherwise known as the life-changing taco. Yes, that's a drastic statement but I don't know how I'll ever look at any other taco the same way again. It's not just the hot and spicy filling but mostly it's the method of cooking them with the filling instead of stuffing them after. ...
Black Bean, Sweet Potato and Chicken Chili
Sometimes I find myself dreaming of competing in a chili cook-off. This hearty, delicious chile with its earthy black beans, sweet potatoes, corn and tender pieces of chicken swimming in a sea of spicy tomatoes would be a top contender. ...
Cream Cheese Chicken Enchiladas
Baked chicken enchiladas are one of the best things on the face of the planet! Top of the line comfort food. Chicken, cream cheese, cheddar and fresh spinach gets tucked inside tortillas, rolled up and smothered in a spicy sour cream sauce then baked until molten hot and bubbly. It's the cream cheese, once again, that makes them extra special. Along with the sour cream, they help balance out the heat of the cayenne and green chiles in the sauce. ...
Santa Fe Chicken Bake
Layers of tortillas, chicken, black olives, salsa, and cheese make up this delectable casserole with a cream cheese sauce to meld it all together. ...
Crock-Pot Buffalo Chicken Enchiladas
Spicy hot buffalo chicken meets Tex-mex enchiladas. Crockpot chicken, corn and white cheddar is tucked into corn tortillas and baked in a creamy, red-hot sauce. Takes care of two cravings in one! Making enchiladas is a labor of love. There’s multiple steps to getting them in your belly. I usually recommend using a rotisserie chicken to save time but for this you need to cook it yourself. I made it easy for you by firing up the slow cooker. You start by making the best homemade buffalo ...
Crock-Pot Enchilada Soup
A Tex-Mex soup packed with ground beef, rice, corn, green chiles, tomatoes, cheese and topped with sour cream and tortilla chips. A beef version of my favorite chicken enchilada soup. A warm, spicy hug in a bowl. While the slow cooker does almost all the work it isn't completely hands off. It takes a few minutes of prepping. You can do it the night before if you need to quickly throw it together in the morning. ...
Slow-Cooker Pork Tenderloin Burrito Bowls
Juicy seasoned pork tenderloin over cilantro lime rice with corn, avocado, tomatoes, cheddar cheese and sour cream plus whatever toppings your little heart desires. ...
