Gracias
Introduction
How to cook from this book
Salsas, Pickles + More
Roasted tomato–mint salsa
Tomatillo-avocado salsa
Just-hot-enough habanero salsa
Lazy salsa, two ways
Smoky chipotle–tomatillo salsa
Grilled tomato–habanero salsa
Guajillo chile salsa
The legendary orange sauce
Cal-Mex corn salsa with tomatoes and basil
Cumin-lime crema
El Jefe’s glove-box recado
Tamarind-habanero glaze
Pickled red onions
Pickled cauliflower, carrots, and jalapeños
Lime-cured cucumber, habanero, and onion
Snacks + Sides
Mexican party mix
Chile con queso
Classic guacamole
Melon, mango, and cucumber with chile, salt, and lime
Grilled corn on the cob with glove-box recado
Donnie’s halibut crudo with citrus and capers
A summer’s night shrimp cocktail
Aquachile with avocado and cucumber
Shrimp cakes with corn-basil salsa
The ultimate torta
Tuna tostadas, Contramar style
Cheater’s panucho
Quesadillas with squash blossoms, sweet peppers, and goat cheese
Flaky potato-and-greens empanadas with salsa verde
Ms. Reyes’s most awesome tamales
Albóndigas in tomato-chipotle sauce
Spicy tamarind-glazed pork ribs with jicama salad
La hamburguesa, DF style
Bacon-wrapped hot dogs with jalapeño-cucumber relish
Rice-o-licious
Not really refried beans
Frijoles borrachos
Cebollitas
Tacos, Tacos + Tacos
Guajillo-braised beef short rib taco
Telmo’s taco de lengua
Potato and homemade chorizo taco
Everything you need to know about corn tortillas
Three-chile bistec adobado taco with cebollitas
Old-school taco
Birria de chivo taco
Lamb adobo taco with spices and orange
Off-the-spit pork al pastor taco
Carnitas taco
Cochinita pibil taco
Mama Virginia’s chile verde taco
Shot-and-a-beer braised chicken taco
Spring booty taco
Tangy achiote-rubbed grilled chicken taco
Baja-style fish taco
Puerto Nuevo–style lobster taco
Lone Star breakfast taco
Butternut squash, kale, and crunchy pepitas taco
Nopal, egg, and tomato taco
La Taquiza
Twenty 20-minute (max) tacos del día
Cocktails, Aguas Frescas + More
Syrups, salts, and infusions
Agave syrup
Cinnamon-and-chile agave syrup
Pink peppercorn salt
Chile salt
Toasted-coconut salt
Chile vinegar
Apple-ginger cocktail salsa
Cucumber juice
Hibiscus tea
Infused tequilas
Habanero-infused tequila
Pineapple-infused tequila
Cocktails
The Tacolicious margarita
Margarita picante
Paloma
Pasión
Lolita squeeze
Mucho gusto
If Honey could drink
La siesta
Mexican traitor
Flor de Jamaica
El sangre
Michelada
Bucanero
Sangrita
Bloody Maria
Tequila: the CliffsNotes
Agua frescas and other G-rated drinks
Cantaloupe-ginger agua fresca
Cucumber-mint agua fresca
Mango agua fresca
Pineapple-coconut agua fresca
Kiwi agua fresca
White nectarine–blueberry agua fresca
Homemade horchata
Mia
Silas
Moss
Ingredients glossary
Mail-order sources
Restaurants we love
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