Mexican Shredded Beef is a staple filling for tacos and burritos. The restaurant chain Chipotle took this style of beef to the masses under the name Barbacoa. This is our recipe for Instant Pot Mexican Shredded Beef. Go To Recipe We first came across the term Barbacoa in our Sunset Mexican Cookbook dated 1991. This…
Making your own homemade tamales can be a great deal of fun. When our children were young, they loved vegetable tamales with a corn/cheese and pepper filling. This is our home version of Vegetarian Tamales. Go To Recipe My first note is that our tamale dough is not vegetarian because it uses lard. If you…
Tamales are one of those Mexican dishes you don’t find in many restaurants. This is because they are labor intensive. However, with proper planning, you can make your own tamales that are better than most any you can buy commercially. This is our guide to Instant Pot Tamales. Overview The good news is that by…
Making your own tamales at home can be a fun family project. Of course, the first step is making the masa dough. This is our recipe for the tamale dough we use in our Instant Pot Tamale Project. Go To Recipe This dough is easy to make. That being said, making tamales is a time-consuming…
Chili powder is an essential ingredient in many recipes. Of course, it is convenient to buy pre-prepared chili powder in the store. However, this is an easy spice to make on your own. Our homemade chili powder will improve your recipes and also save you money in the long term. Go To Recipe The key…
Chili Colorado is one of my favorite Mexican dishes. Unfortunately, like many such dishes quality varies greatly when ordering it at restaurants. So I have learned to develop my own recipe. This is my version of Instant Pot Chili Colorado. Go To Recipe Chili Colorado has nothing to do with the U.S. state of Colorado. …
My family loves Mexican food. Being so close to the border we have many great Mexican restaurants to choose from. However, one dish I feel I make better than almost any restaurant is my Mexican Pork Stew, better known as Chili Verde. It is with some reluctance that I present my Chili Verde recipe. Go…
In our guide to our favorite cookbooks, I listed Bruce Aidells’ Complete Sausage Book. This book got me into making my own sausage. Making your own sausage is a great way to control the ingredients and fat content. I have many types of sausage over they years, but one I will always make myself instead…
I love Mexican food but do not eat it that often. I know it can be made healthy but the stuff I love the most tends to be pretty decadent. A great example of this is refried beans. These beans are commonly served as a side dish at Mexican restaurants and often they are nothing…
When Dave makes his pork carnitas for parties we often have a couple pounds of leftover meat. One of our favorite uses for this leftover carnitas is to make taquitos the next day. This is extremely easy and the recipe can also be used for shredded beef or chicken. However, most of the time we…