Authentic Mexican Food Recipes

Often when you try and make Mexican recipes at home, you wonder why they do not taste exactly like the authentic ones you get in the Mexican restaurants. Mexican recipes are easy to master if you know which ingredients to use in what proportion. Mexican food or the cuisine that originated in Mexico is known for its use of distinctive and intense flavors, colorful ingredients and spices. In case you have guests coming over from Mexico, here is your chance to make them feel at home with some authentic Mexican food recipes…

Authentic Mexican Food Recipes

The authentic Mexican cuisine offers a wide range of lip-smacking Mexican appetizers, wholesome main course dishes as well as refreshing beverages and mouth-watering desserts. The refreshing guacamole, the delicious Fideos, the authentic Mexican refried beans, spicy salsa or the popular Mexican Tequila, Jarritos and the heavenly Pan Dulce and sweet Churros – the Mexican cuisine offers a wide range of culinary experiences for true food lovers.

Pambazo

Pambazo is an authentic Mexican dish which is made from special bread dipped in guajillo pepper sauce and filled with ingredients like potatoes, refried beans and onions and garnished with lettuce, salsa , cream and queso fresco which is fresh cheese.

Ingredients

Bolillo bread
Finely chopped onion- 2
Finely sliced tomatoes - 5
Guacamole – 3 tablespoon
Refried Beans
Salsa

Preparation

First of all, cut the bolillo bread into halves and toast the bolillo halves on a frying pan so that it becomes crispy on both the sides. Spread both sides of the bread with some freshly made guacamole. Now add the onions and tomatoes on one half and spread refried beans and cheese on the other half. Now put the sandwich on the frying pan again and allow it to toast for a minute or two. Cut into pieces and serve with spicy salsa.

Chile Relleno

The name of the dish, chile rellenos literally "stuffed pepper" and is one of the most prominent dishes served in the authentic Mexican cuisine. Mexico is known for its wide variety of chilies starting from the Anahein, poblano or the pasilla chili peppers and hence has several chili recipes. This is the simplest and most authentic form of the authentic Mexican Chile Relleno and is very easy to make once you know how to make authentic Mexican style refried beans and guacamole.

Ingredients

Chili Peppers
Cheese
Refried Beans
Freshly made guacamole

Preparation

Cut open the chili peppers and seed them to create a clean cavity, which can be filled with the refried beans filling. Roast the Chili peppers just enough to make the flesh of the chilies soft enough. Do not over roast the chili peppers since they have to be further stuffed. Having roasted the chilies, make sure to remove the blackened skin that immediately comes off after the chilies have been roasted adequately. Now stuff the refried beans in the chili cavity to stuff the peppers completely. Serve hot with refreshing guacamole.

So the next time you have guests coming over from Mexico, fret not, cook up an authentic Mexican meal and be ready for all the compliments coming your way…