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shrimp (500 g) • Enough water to boil shrimp • onions (half for boiling, whole for chopping) • garlic • black pepper • tomatoes • cucumber • cilantro • ketchup (about 950 ml) • tomato-clam juice (like Clamato, about 240 ml) • spicy tomato juice (about 240 ml) • hot sauce •

beef round (pulpa bola) • smoked bacon • smoked pork belly • water (4 liters) • tomatillos • tomatoes • serrano chiles • chorizo • large potatoes, partially cooked • large onions • cilantro • garlic •

cooked beans with broth (about 1/2 liter) • guajillo chile • toasted ground cumin • toasted dried oregano • small peeled onion • peeled garlic cloves • Salt, to taste • Epazote, to taste • cold corn tortillas • oil or lard • Refried beans with chorizo, • Mashed potatoes with chorizo, •

large poblano peppers or 6 medium • pork leg or flank for shredding (about 500 grams) • onion • salt • onion, finely chopped • garlic, very finely chopped • finely chopped tomato (about 150 grams) • Sweet spice blend, to taste • bay leaves • chopped parsley • panochera apples or 2 regular apples, chopped with skin on • pears, chopped with skin on •

poblano peppers, roasted, peeled, and deveined • All-purpose flour, • large eggs, separated • Vegetable oil • picadillo filling • ground pork (150 grams) • ground beef (150 grams) • boneless, skinless chicken breast, ground • raisins (50 grams) • chopped almonds (50 grams) • pine nuts (50 grams) • large ripe plantain, chopped •

Pozole: • pre-cooked hominy, well rinsed (about 2 kg) • fish heads • onions with green tops, peeled and halved • marjoram and fresh cilantro • shrimp powder • salt • water (about 5 liters) • whole fish, cleaned, skinless and boneless, cut into pieces • Salsa: • large head romaine lettuce • spinach, washed •

tuna • onion • tomato • eggs • breadcrumbs • oil • for the pasta: • pasta (any kind you like) • butter or margarine (about 28 grams) • sour cream (about 60 ml) • chicken bouillon powder • pepper to taste •

Swiss chard • ground beef or pork (500 grams) • garlic (chopped) • onion (chopped) • epazote • whole black peppercorns • eggs • mixed vegetables (carrot, cauliflower, and broccoli) (80 grams)

ground beef (1 kg) • ground bacon (100 grams) • eggs • milk • Worcestershire sauce, to taste • ketchup • mustard • butter • carrot, chopped • onion • garlic cloves • celery stalks •

boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cleaned (ask your butcher for them this way—they really will prepare them for you) • frozen julienned mixed vegetables (any brand is fine) • corn • zucchini (the green kind) • onion • garlic powder, to taste • salt, to taste • tomato • flour tortillas • oil • cucumber with chili powder and lime (optional) • sour cream, to taste, for the tacos

boneless beef shank (about 1 kg) • beef soup bones • medium onion • garlic clove • Salt, to taste • dried ancho chiles • dried mulato chiles • dried pasilla chile • onion • garlic clove • large tomatillos • epazote •

beef neck bones (about 1 kg) • dried pasilla chiles (50 g) • dried ancho chiles (50 g) • green beans (50 g) • large potato • large zucchini • corn • epazote • garlic • onion • Salt, to taste • Chicken bouillon powder, to taste

lime gelatin • Green food coloring • Nogada (walnut sauce) • walnuts (about 100 grams) • almonds (about 50 grams) • Mexican crema or sour cream (about 50 ml) • cream cheese (about 50 grams) • Milk • Water • Pomegranate seeds

bolillo rolls, split in half with a firm crumb • mashed or refried beans • roasted pork or carnitas, cut into small pieces • onion rings marinated in lime juice, salt, and dried oregano • For the broth: • tomatoes • freshly ground toasted spices with cinnamon and cumin • fresh cilantro • apple cider vinegar • apple juice • large onion, peeled and roughly chopped • garlic, peeled and chopped •

masa harina (your preferred brand) (about 240 grams) • asadero or Oaxaca cheese (about 150 grams) • egg filling (optional) • refried beans (about 250 grams) • chicken broth (about 355 ml) • salt • Avocado salsa (see my recipes)

fresh sweet corn, with husks for wrapping the tamales • butter • milk (120 ml) • For the salsa: tomatillos, green chiles, garlic to taste, and salt • To serve: fresh cheese (queso fresco or ranchero) and plain sour cream

tamale dough (masa) (about 3 kilos) • lard (about 1 kilo) • small onion • red tomatoes • guajillo chiles • chopped hoja santa leaves • banana leaves • chicken breast

whole suckling pig, about 66 lbs (30 kg) • Recado rojo (achiote paste), to taste • Salt, • Banana leaves and oak leaves, as needed • sour oranges • Ground chili, • finely chopped onion (1 kg)

mini bolillo rolls or small French rolls • refried beans with chorizo (about 1 kg) • thin slices of carnitas or shredded pork leg (about 2 kg) • tomatoes, stemmed and roughly chopped (about 2 kg) • onions, peeled and roughly chopped (about 1/2 kg) • garlic, cloves peeled and chopped • cinnamon, toasted or roasted • small handful toasted cumin seeds • toasted whole cloves • toasted anise seeds • bay leaves • roasted red bell peppers, cleaned, seeded, and stemmed •

dried shrimp • eggs • rice flour (about 100 grams) • enough oil for frying • tomatoes (about 1/2 kg) • onion, cut up • garlic • dried ancho chiles • dried mirasol or chilaca chiles • cilantro • salt • water (2 liters) •

corn flour for tortillas (Maseca, 1 kg or about 8 cups/2.2 lbs) • Warm water, • oil or lard (100 ml) • baking powder (Royal) • coarse salt

day-old corn tortillas • medium red tomatoes or 2 large ones • onion • garlic • dried guajillo chiles • dried ancho chile • cilantro • Salt to taste or chicken bouillon • Vegetable oil

sugar • eggs • vanilla • sweetened condensed milk • table cream • evaporated milk

black beans soaked for 12 hours or 1 hour with the quick trick • water • onion • garlic • epazote • oil • sea salt to taste

eggs • sugar • mayonnaise • salt • oil

serrano peppers • garlic clove • ripe tomatoes • Salt, to taste • cilantro • longaniza or chorizo (enough for 20 sopes) • Corn masa, • Refried black beans, to taste • Onion, to taste • Lettuce, to taste • Mexican crema, to taste • Panela or basket cheese, to taste

shrimp, peeled, deveined, and cut into small pieces (about 1.5 kg) • fish, cut into small cubes (about 500 grams) • freshly squeezed lime juice (about 500 ml) • seedless cucumber • avocados, diced • large ripe mango, diced • Roma tomatoes, diced • red onion, diced • Serrano chiles, to taste • habanero chile, grated and seeded • Clamato juice (about 1 liter) • soy sauce •

chicken cutlets • Vegetable oil, • chopped onion (about 75 grams) • garlic • chopped tomato (about 90 grams) • chipotle chiles • chicken broth (120 ml) • Salt, to taste • Black pepper, to taste • epazote leaf or epazote powder • cooked black beans (about 170 grams) • sour cream (120 ml) •

beef stew meat (about 300 grams) • mushrooms (about 100 grams) • carrot • potatoes • yuca (cassava root) • green onions • cilantro • cabbage (about 50 grams) • corn on the cob • water (1 liter) • salt • family secret sugar •

ground pork (1 kg) • pasilla chiles • guajillo chiles • small handful whole black peppercorns • Oregano, to taste • bay leaves • small head garlic • cumin • small handful coriander seeds • Salt, to taste • vinegar (60 ml)