Adobo

pork shanks (about 2 kg) • Roma tomatoes • onion • dried ancho chile • dried pasilla chiles • dried guajillo chiles • garlic cloves • Black pepper, cumin, cloves, and bay • Beans • Rice • Onion with habanero pepper • Red chili sauce

pork ribs (1 kg) • potatoes • Nopales (cactus paddles), to taste • Salt, to taste • garlic clove • chicken bouillon cube • large garlic cloves • pasilla chiles • arbol chiles • onion • large red tomatoes • bay leaves

cooked pinto beans (about 1 liter) • dried guajillo chiles • garlic • chipotle chile adobo sauce (optional) • chipotle chiles in adobo (optional) • vegetable oil • lard • cooked Mexican sausage (longaniza), to taste • salt, to taste • melting cheese (such as Oaxaca or mozzarella), optional

(1 kilo) cooked pinto beans (frijoles de la olla) • (about 4 oz or 115 grams) Mexican sausage (longaniza) • small piece white onion • garlic • dried guajillo chiles • lard • oil • dried árbol chiles or 1 jalapeño and 1 green chile • To serve: as many warm corn or flour tortillas as you like

dried chiles (such as ancho, pasilla, cascabel, or your choice), toasted • roasted tomatoes • roasted garlic cloves • roasted onion • coarse salt, preferably • black pepper • oregano • oranges • water (about 480 ml) • pork shanks • Black pepper, to taste

beef shank (about 1.5 kg) • whole black peppercorns • whole cloves • dried oregano • ground cumin • guajillo chiles • vinegar (about 80 ml) • garlic cloves • salt to taste • water as needed (enough to cover the meat) • onion • cilantro

chicken • guajillo chiles • ancho chile • pasilla chile • onion • garlic • cactus paddles (about 1 kg nopales) • mixed vegetables (about 1 kg) • whole black peppercorns • Salt, to taste

chicken leg and thigh pieces • dried ancho chiles • dried guajillo chiles • onion • garlic cloves • whole cloves • chicken bouillon (such as Knorr) • black pepper • oregano • nopales (cactus paddles) • salt to taste • bay leaf •

pork shoulder (about 2 kg) • dried guajillo chiles • dried ancho chiles • medium red tomatoes • cumin • black pepper • nopales (cactus paddles), diced • Salt, to taste • Aluminum foil,

pork rinds (chicharrón) • fried adobo beans • warm corn tortillas • Tomato salsa, to taste • tomatoes, diced • onion, diced • Salt, to taste • Chopped onion and cilantro, to taste

pork ribs or pork shoulder (about 800 grams) • nixtamalized corn masa (about 750 grams) • pork lard (about 225 grams) • pork broth (about 710 ml) • small onion • large garlic cloves • dried pasilla chiles • dried guajillo chiles • dried puya chiles • dried ancho chile • chicken bouillon powder • baking powder •

eggs • guajillo chiles • onion • garlic cloves • your preferred oil • tomatillos • cooked Peruvian beans or canned beans • Salt and pepper to taste

chicken (I used 4 thighs and 4 drumsticks) • guajillo chiles • ancho chile • large garlic cloves • cumin • cooking oil • avocado leaves • Salt to taste • Pepper to taste

pork ribs (5 kg) • water (about 1.65 liters) • dried guajillo chiles • dried ancho chiles • dried chile de árbol peppers • red tomato • small tomatillos • garlic cloves • medium onion • whole cloves • black peppercorns • cumin •