tomatillos • onion • green chiles (such as jalapeños or serranos) • garlic cloves • Cilantro, to taste (optional) • Chicken bouillon powder, to taste • Enough oil for frying • As many corn tortillas • Sour cream, to taste • Cheese of your choice, to taste

chopped tomatoes • small or large cactus paddles (nopalitos) (optional) • chopped onion • Shredded cheese or cream cheese, to taste (optional) • Diced ham, to taste • chicken bouillon powder or salt if you don’t have it • (about 7 oz/200 grams) of pre-cooked mushrooms

bean broth, chicken broth, beef broth, or boiled water (2 liters) • tomatoes • onion • Anaheim green chile pepper • celery stalk • garlic clove • tomato purée • Chipotle in adobo sauce, to taste • Salt, thyme, marjoram, and cumin, to taste • fried tortilla strips • pasilla or guajillo chile pepper • Fresh queso fresco, to taste

pork leg (about 600 grams) • tomatoes • oregano • achiote paste • onion • garlic cloves • garlic powder • vinegar (60 ml) • sour oranges (or substitute with 2 oranges and 1 lime) • chicken bouillon powder • red onion • lime •

masa harina (about 500 grams) • green chiles, sliced (about 300 grams) • tomatoes, sliced (about 300 grams) • onion, sliced (about 150 grams) • garlic, finely chopped (about 2 grams) • chicken broth (about 750 ml) • cooked, shredded chicken (about 500 grams) • lard (about 200 grams) • oil (about 100 ml) • dried oregano or thyme (about 2 grams) • Salt to taste • baking powder (about 4 grams) •

poblano peppers (about 1 kg) • bacon (about 225 grams) • crema or sour cream, to taste • chicken bouillon powder (such as Knorr) • butter, as needed for frying • corn kernels

Roma tomatoes • chicken broth (about 1 liter) • Salt and pepper, to taste • garlic • ground beef (about 500 grams) • oregano • onion, chopped • fresh mint • eggs • zucchini • carrot • bay leaves •

dried costeño chiles (about 40 g) • chopped onion (about 60 g) • garlic cloves (about 100 g, peeled) • tomatoes (about 800 g) • Salt to taste • skinless chicken (about 1 kg) • masa harina dough (about 1 kg) • lard (about 250 g) • banana leaves

chicken breast (about 500 grams) • pork (about 500 grams) • Cilantro, to taste • chicken bouillon powder (about 75 grams) • (13.4 oz/380 g) pickled jalapeños or serrano peppers • (29 oz/822 g total) hominy • onion • small head garlic • Salt, to taste • Water,

ground beef (1 kg) • potatoes (3/4 kg) • carrots (1/2 kg) • tomatoes (1 kg) • onion • chicken bouillon cube • peas, 7 oz (200 g) • salt • oil

tuna • onion • tomatoes, chopped • chipotle peppers in adobo sauce • cooked chicken breast, shredded • mole with almonds (about 1/4 kg) • As needed, chicken broth • fresh strawberries, diced, washed and sanitized (about 1/2 kg) • sugar (about 100 grams) • butter (about 14 grams) • As needed, cream cheese (such as Philadelphia)

jalapeño peppers • sugar • salt • water (about 710 ml) • white or apple cider vinegar (about 10 ml) • cooked, shredded pork, beef, or chicken (about 500 grams) • large tomatoes, chopped • onion, chopped • bay leaves • chopped raisins • garlic clove, chopped • thyme •

ground beef, 95/5 (about 600 grams) • onion powder or 1/3 white onion • garlic, minced • cumin • salt • ground black pepper • large white potato • roasted poblano pepper strips • tomatillos • small red tomatoes or 1 large red tomato • dried morita chile (optional) • dried ancho chile •

pasta of your choice • oil • salt • ground beef (500 grams) • cooked lentils (about 200 grams) • egg • enough breadcrumbs to bind • ground cumin • salt and pepper to taste • tomatoes, diced small • onion, diced small • tomato puree (about 240 ml) •

tomatoes (about 1 1/2 lbs / 700 grams) • dried ancho chiles • dried guajillo chiles • green chile (such as jalapeño or serrano) • garlic cloves • onion • chicken bouillon cube • tomato bouillon cube • corn tortillas (about 1 1/2 kg) • cabbage or 1/2 head of lettuce, chopped as desired • Crumbled queso fresco, to taste • Mexican crema, to taste •

purslane • small piece of leek (green part only) • small piece of onion • garlic • Roma tomato • Olive oil, • small handful fresh epazote • chicken bouillon powder (about 20 grams) • Water,

tuna in water (about 5 oz/140 g each) • olive oil • small red onion, diced • bell pepper, diced • tomato, diced • olives, chopped • Chicken bouillon powder, to taste

chicken breast • corn tortillas • dried ancho chile • jalapeño peppers • tomatillos • Cilantro, to taste • shredded cheese (about 60 grams) • sour cream

pork shoulder (about 1.5 kg) • pork backbone (about 500 grams) • pork feet, halved • pre-cooked hominy (about 1 kg) • garlic • medium onion • Sea salt to taste (add after the hominy pops) • dried ancho chiles • dried guajillo chiles or Sonoran red chiles • garlic clove • chopped onion • salt •

red tomatoes • garlic cloves • Serrano chiles, to taste • bouillon cube • Water, • Salt, to taste • oil • Onion, to taste • green cabbage • Mexican crema (120 ml) • Fresh cheese, to taste • Cooked chicken breast, to taste •

All-purpose flour • Poblano peppers • Roma tomatoes, depending on size • onion • sprigs of cilantro • eggs • Oaxaca cheese or your preferred melting cheese • Salt • Garlic • serrano pepper, if you want a little heat • chicken bouillon cube

steak, cut into strips (about 450 grams) • nopales (cactus paddles), cut into strips and de-slimed • For the sauce: • roasted tomatoes • roasted onion • roasted garlic clove (optional) • roasted pasilla chile, seeded and softened • water or chicken broth (240 ml) • cooked beans (about 170 grams) • Corn tortillas • cooked potatoes

boneless, skinless chicken breast (1 kg) • corn tortillas • poblano peppers • Mexican crema (1/4 liter) • milk (1 glass) • small can baby corn • onion • as needed, oil • gouda cheese (200 grams) • salt and pepper, to taste • garlic powder

pre-cooked hominy (about 1.5 kg) • garlic • allspice berries • small handful dried oregano • boneless skinless chicken breast (about 1 kg) • pork shoulder (about 1 kg) • pork head meat (about 1/2 kg) • onion • Salt, to taste • Chicken bouillon, to taste • radishes • limes •

white hominy corn (1 kg) • pickling lime (calcium hydroxide, not construction lime) • onions • large head of garlic • whole chicken, cut into pieces, or pork • lettuce • radishes • Coarse salt, to taste • Oregano, to taste • tostadas • water (about 6.6 liters) • serrano chiles •

tamal dough (masa para tamal) • lard (reserve 1 tablespoon) • queso de cincho or another salty, non-melting cheese • heaping tablespoon baking powder • chicken bouillon powder • water (240 ml) • pouch refried beans or homemade refried beans • garlic, crushed • onion, chopped • About 20 corn husks for tamales

large dried ancho chiles • panela or manchego cheese, or your favorite cheese • cone piloncillo (about 3.5 oz/100 grams) • tomatoes • garlic clove • onion • Sour cream, for serving • water (1 liter) • Chicken bouillon powder, to taste

medium onion • poblano peppers • garlic • butter • corn kernels • mushrooms • chicken breast, cut into pieces • sour cream (240 ml) • water (360 ml) • Salt, to taste • Black pepper, to taste • Chicken bouillon powder, •

guajillo chiles • ancho chiles • garlic cloves • onions • nixtamalized corn (about 2 kg) • small bunch oregano • pickling lime (about 240 ml) • bay leaves • salt to taste • chicken breast • costeño chiles

chicken broth (1 liter) (chicken is optional) • corn tortillas (about 1/4 kg), or 1 bag of tortilla strips or tortilla chips • ripe tomatoes (about 500 grams) • fresh epazote • white onion • garlic • salt • chicken bouillon powder • dried ancho chile, stemmed and seeded • dried pasilla chiles, stemmed and seeded • dried oregano • dried thyme •