Chilaca

chilaca peppers (1 per taco) • tuna, drained completely • Roma tomatoes (I recommend removing the seeds), chopped • chopped onion • blended chipotle peppers • salt, to taste • black pepper, to taste • Manchego cheese • corn tortillas

large cooked chicken breast, shredded (or 1 medium) • corn tortillas or 1 bag of tortilla chips • vegetable oil (about 240 ml) • medium tomatoes • pasilla chiles • onion • garlic cloves • shredded cheese (about 150 grams) • sour cream (about 240 ml) • Salt or chicken bouillon, to taste

chicken leg quarters, skinless • vegetable oil • cooked pasilla chiles • tomatillos • onion • garlic • chicken bouillon cube

steak (use your choice: beef, pork, or chicken) • red tomatoes • dried pasilla chiles • garlic cloves • onion • bean, chicken, or beef broth (about 1/2 liter; use water if you don't have broth) • cilantro • Salt, to taste • Black pepper, to taste • Oregano, to taste • Cumin, to taste • Oil, to taste

eggs • medium tomatoes (red) • small piece onion • garlic • dried oregano • pasilla chiles • Oil, salt, and pepper to taste • Chiles de árbol to taste

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

tlacoyos (I buy them pre-made) • medium tomatillos • pasilla chiles, washed, seeded, and deveined • onion • garlic cloves • sea salt, to taste • finely shredded lettuce, to taste • radishes, cut into thin strips, to taste • grated Cotija cheese, to taste

hot dogs (use your favorite, I prefer turkey) • bacon • Anaheim peppers (also known as California or chilaca peppers) • serrano pepper • tomatoes • large avocado • Chopped onion, to taste • hot dog buns • Mayonnaise, mustard, and ketchup, to taste

vegetable oil • onion, chopped • garlic • red tomatoes, diced • green tomatoes, diced • pasilla chiles, deveined and seeded • morita chiles, cleaned, deveined, and seeded • fresh cilantro • allspice • whole cumin • clove • chicken or vegetable broth •

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)

lamb or mutton (ribs, leg, and backbone) • maguey leaves (optional) • cooked chickpeas (about 300 grams) • mixed herbs (such as thyme, marjoram, bay leaf) • rice • dried guajillo chile • dried morita chiles • Himalayan salt, to taste • onion • avocado leaves • garlic cloves • allspice berries •

turkey or chicken (500 grams) • ripe plantain • medium tomatoes • mulato chiles (50 grams) • pasilla chiles (40 grams) • almonds (75 grams) • raisins (25 grams) • white onion • tablet Mexican chocolate • chile seeds • corn tortilla • bolillo (Mexican bread roll) •

beef tenderloin (about 1 kg) • guajillo chiles • pasilla chiles • ancho chiles • chipotle chile (for a Sonoran touch) • large garlic clove • ground cumin • ground cloves • onion • chicken bouillon cube • Salt to taste • Black pepper to taste •

boneless pork leg, sliced (1 kg) • pork lard (about 2 1/4 cups or 500 grams) • limes • dried guajillo chiles • dried pasilla or ancho chiles • paprika • white onion • red onions • green cabbage or white cabbage • dried chile de árbol or bird’s eye chiles (250 grams) • avocados • Salt and pepper to taste •

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

ripe tomatoes • guajillo chiles • pasilla chile • Chipotle chile, to taste • chicken broth (about 950 ml) • garlic clove • Oregano, to taste • Natural chicken bouillon, to taste • Salt, to taste • Black pepper, to taste • cooked chicken breast or any cooked chicken pieces • Vegetables of your choice, such as zucchini, broccoli, cauliflower, carrot •

beef chuck or stew meat (about 1 kg) • carrots • potatoes • onion • frozen peas (about 75 grams) • green olives (about 75 grams) • ripe tomatoes • dried guajillo chiles • dried pasilla chiles • garlic cloves • whole black peppercorns • ground cumin •

pork shoulder (500 g) • Roma tomatoes • tomatillos • serrano chiles • pasilla chile • garlic • bay leaves • onion • poblano chiles • whole black peppercorns • whole cloves • dried oregano •

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

chihuacle chiles • mulato chiles • pasilla chiles • chile seeds (about 125 grams) • white onions • garlic • tomatoes • tomatillos • lard (about 250 grams) • plantain • corn tortilla • yema bread (or substitute with 1/2 sweet bread roll) •

onion • dried chipotle pepper • dried morita pepper • dried pasilla pepper • cherry tomatoes or 2 large tomatoes • garlic • beef or pork broth (400 ml) • large potato • corn • green beans • Salt and pepper to taste • bay leaf •

nopales (about 500 grams) • chicken drumsticks (about 1.5 kilograms) • guajillo chiles • pasilla chile • ancho chile • garlic / 1 red tomato • small pieces onion • Salt and pepper / oil

mixed dried beans, cleaned (about 800 grams) • wheat berries, cleaned (about 200 grams) • water (4 liters) • Salt, to taste • large tomatoes, diced • medium onion, peeled and diced • colored chilaca peppers, stemmed and seeded • xoconostles, roasted, peeled, seeded, and chopped • green apple, cored and chopped • fresh mint, chopped • Juice of 1 bitter orange • anise liqueur •

chicken leg quarters (about 680 grams) • potatoes, diced (about 225 grams) • large zucchini, diced • large carrots, diced • chayotes, diced • green beans, cut into 4 pieces each (about 115 grams) • Cabbage • corn, each cut into 3 pieces • Herbs of your choice (such as bay leaf, thyme, marjoram) • Onion, garlic • Black pepper to taste • Salt to taste •

As needed, tortilla strips, cut • cooked Roma tomatoes (about 1 pound/450 grams) • dried pasilla chile • onion • small bunch cilantro • chicken broth (240 ml), or use 1 cup water (240 ml) with chicken bouillon powder dissolved • epazote • garlic clove • Salt, to taste

beef chuck (about 500 grams) • beef shank (about 500 grams) • dried pasilla chiles • green beans (about 300 grams) • Mexican squash (or zucchini) • fresh white corn • tomatillos • white onion • small garlic clove • Salt, to taste • Oil

beef shank or neck bones with marrow (about 750 grams) • guajillo chiles • ancho or pasilla chiles • carrots • zucchini • potatoes • chayotes • green beans (about 150 grams) • corn, each cut into 4 pieces • xoconostle (cactus fruit) • Salt or bouillon, to taste • bay leaf •

cumin • oregano • black pepper • avocado leaves • bay leaves • whole cloves • garlic • dried pasilla chiles • achiote paste • banana leaf • tomatoes • onion •

corn tortillas • Roma tomatoes • avocado • Cotija cheese, to taste • dried pasilla chile • dried mirasol chiles • garlic clove • chicken bouillon cube

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