Mexican Dinner
A real Mexican dinner is light — the heavy meal was at two. But on a Sunday, or for a fiesta, the cena is the centerpiece: cochinita pibil, mole negro, a whole fish from the coast.
Featured mexican dinner recipes
- Cochinita pibil, banana leaf — Don Mauricio Ku · Mérida, Yucatán · Don Mauricio: the country, in a banana leaf. Annatto, sour orange, time.
- Mole negro de Oaxaca — Doña Yolanda Vásquez · Oaxaca, Mexico · Doña Yolanda: the negro is the most complex. That does not make it the best.
- Tamales rojos, pork — Don Esteban Cruz · Tlaxcala, Mexico · Don Esteban: the masa is the question. The pork is the answer.
- Pescado a la Veracruzana — Iris · Veracruz, Mexico · Whole snapper, olives, capers, tomato — the Spanish-Mexican pact on a plate.
- Birria de res, Jalisco-style — Iris · Guadalajara, Mexico · Beef chuck, dried chiles, slow oven, consomé to dunk in.
- Tacos al pastor, vertical spit — Don Rafael Ortiz · Mexico City · Don Rafael: a pineapple, a vertical spit, a Lebanese influence Mexico made its own.
- Chiles en nogada — Iris · Puebla, Mexico · September only — poblano, walnut sauce, pomegranate. The patriotic plate.
- Enchiladas suizas, green sauce — Iris · Mexico City · Chicken, tomatillo, crema, cheese under the broiler.
- Cabrito al pastor, Monterrey — Iris · Monterrey, Mexico · Young goat over mesquite, salt only, the rest is patience.
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