cooked pinto beans (about 3 cups or 500 grams) • bacon (about 250 grams) • Mexican chorizo (about 250 grams) • ham (about 250 grams) • ham bone • Pork cracklings (chicharrón), to taste • Tomato, to taste • Cilantro, to taste • Onion, to taste • Avocado, to taste • Queso seco or Monterey Jack cheese, to taste
very thinly sliced beef for carne en su jugo (some butcher shops use a ham slicer for this) • raw bacon, cut into small cubes • tomatillos (green tomatoes) • onion • Pickled jalapeño peppers to taste (just for flavor, not to make it spicy) • Cilantro • Chicken bouillon powder • Cooked pinto beans (frijoles de la olla) • Crispy bacon • Sautéed or fried onion • Avocado • Cilantro •
large potato per person, washed and well scrubbed • onion, finely chopped • cooked turkey ham, finely chopped per potato • Shredded cheese to taste (that melts well) • Sour cream to taste • unsalted butter (about 90 grams) and 2 tablespoons oil • Salt and pepper to taste • For the sauce • tomatoes, washed and quartered • onion • garlic cloves • thyme •
cooked rice (from your side dish) (about 100 grams) • eggs • Chopped vegetables, ham, or sausage, as much as you like—get creative! • tomatoes for the sauce • Onion, • Garlic, • Salt, to taste • Black pepper, 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
fried corn tortillas • eggs • tomatoes • onion • large garlic clove • habanero peppers • Ham • green peas (about 75 grams) • cooked black beans (about 90 grams) • Dry Edam cheese (queso de bola), or other dry cheese • Plantain (I didn't have any) • Salt •