Guajillos

chicken (about 1 kg) • guajillo chiles • large ancho chile • large tomatoes • onion • garlic cloves • dried oregano • black peppercorns • whole cloves • bay leaves • ground cinnamon • Salt, to taste •

precooked hominy (about 1 kg) • garlic • onion • Salt, to taste • pork or chicken (about 1 kg) • Guajillo Sauce (Itakatl or similar) • radishes • lime • oregano • tostadas • sour cream • shredded cheese •

shredded beef (about 400 grams) • vegetable oil • white onion • garlic • Roma tomatoes, quartered (depending on size) • guajillo chiles • beef cooking broth (about 240 ml) • Salt and pepper to taste

potatoes, well scrubbed and cut into small cubes • onions, thinly sliced • garlic, finely chopped • vegetable oil (120 ml) • Salt, to taste • dried guindilla or guajillo chiles, cut with scissors

chicken wings, cut (about 1.5 kg) • dried guajillo chiles (dried chili peppers) • garlic • apple cider vinegar • Salt and pepper, to taste

cold corn tortillas • dried guajillo chiles, stemmed and seeded • tomato • medium onions • garlic • queso fresco (about 200 grams) • chicken bouillon powder • oil (about 120 ml) • Salt, to taste • Water

shredded beef (about 600 grams) • sour cream (about 1/2 liter) • guajillo chili sauce (about 1/2 liter) • shredded Manchego cheese (about 500 grams) • corn tortillas (about 1/2 kilo) • vegetable oil (about 250 ml)

dried ancho chiles • dried guajillo chiles • tomatoes • onion • garlic • plantain • small baguette or bolillo roll • dried oregano (about 15 grams) • bay leaves • ground cinnamon (about 15 grams) • corn tortillas (about 1 kg) • potatoes •

As many as needed corn tortillas • Oil • Salt, to taste • guajillo chiles • poblano chiles • tomatoes • Cumin, to taste • Oregano, to taste • onion • chicken bouillon cube (such as Knorr) • Refried beans • cooked chicken (about 225 grams) •

pressed pork cracklings (chicharrón prensado) • dried guajillo chiles • garlic • onion • whole clove • small stick cinnamon • cumin

Shrimp meat • eggs • Nopales (cactus paddles), to taste • For the sauce: • guajillo chiles, seeded (150 grams) • garlic cloves • onion

guajillo chiles (mirasol) • ancho chiles, depending on how sweet you want it (I used 1) • arbol chiles • ripe red tomatoes • chicken broth (about 475 ml) • garlic cloves • oregano • salt • cumin • oil for frying • epazote • corn tortilla chips (about 250 grams) •

Sauce: • guajillo chiles • dried red ancho chiles (for a little heat, add 2 roasted and soaked puya chiles) • garlic clove • onion • whole allspice berries • cinnamon stick • small pinch cumin • tablet Mexican chocolate • water (about 480 ml) • small piloncillo or a piece (about 1.5 oz / 40 g) • lard or vegetable shortening (about 40 g) •

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, •

guajillo chiles • ancho chiles • corn tortillas (nixtamalized, if available) • onion • garlic • eggs • sour cream • crumbled fresh cheese (such as queso fresco or farmer cheese)

For the enchiladas: • soft fried corn tortillas, preferably fried in good-quality pork lard • For the Christmas sweet 13-chile sauce: • different dried chiles (Morita, Japanese, Cascabel, Pasilla, Costeño, Guajillo, dried Chipotle, Ancho, smoked Chipotle, Árbol, yellow Costeño, smoked Ancho, and Pico de Paloma chile) • roasted cinnamon • Small handful of sweet spices (anise, coriander seeds, cardamom, cloves, and Tabasco pepper) • Grated nutmeg • Small handful of raisins • Small handful of prunes • Small handful of peanuts • Small handful of pecans or walnuts • epazote •

dried guajillo chiles (mirasol) • garlic clove • Corn tortillas • Oil • Cheese • Onion • Mexican crema

oil • onion, thinly sliced • garlic clove, finely chopped • tortilla chips (about 500 grams) or 20 medium corn tortillas, cut and fried • guajillo chiles, soaked in boiling water, seeded, and cut into strips • arbol chiles • Roma tomatoes • epazote leaves • evaporated milk • salt • chicken bouillon powder • Shredded Manchego cheese, •

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 •

Cooked potatoes • guajillo chiles • water (about 480 ml) • garlic • onion • cumin • salt, or to taste • Tortillas • Sour cream • Cheese of your choice

guajillo or puya chiles, seeded • ancho chile, seeded • Roma tomato • garlic clove • carrots, peeled • potato, peeled • corn tortillas • fresh cheese (queso fresco), for filling the tortillas • little finely shredded lettuce (washed and disinfected beforehand) • salt, to taste • black pepper, to taste • oil for frying the tortillas, carrots, potatoes, and sauce

guajillo chiles • garlic cloves • apple cider vinegar (30 ml) • cinnamon • Water • Tortillas, • Queso fresco, to taste • Sour cream, to taste • Oil, • salt • potatoes, diced and cooked • carrots, diced and cooked •

guajillo chiles • garlic clove • cumin • oregano • Water • Oil • Tortillas • panela cheese (about 400 grams)

dried red chiles (such as guajillo or New Mexico chiles) • onion • garlic • corn tortillas • chopped onion, to taste • shredded cheese, to taste • chicken bouillon powder, to taste • oil

cooked, shredded chicken (about 450 grams) • dried guajillo chiles • dried ancho chiles • garlic • corn tortillas (about 1 kg) • whole milk sour cream • grated Cotija cheese • Roma tomatoes • onion • lettuce • salt

dried guajillo chiles • Roma tomatoes • white onion • garlic • salt • hot water (about 710 ml) • potatoes • carrots • oregano • corn tortillas (about 450-900 grams)

beef (such as shank or stew meat) • dried guajillo chiles • zucchini, cut into large pieces • chayotes, cut into wedges • carrots, chopped • small bunch of epazote • corn, cut into pieces • beef bouillon cubes • onion • garlic • water,

garlic • water (3 liters) • large dried shrimp (about 225 grams) • medium onion • whole black peppercorns • carrots • medium potatoes • guajillo chiles • Salt, to taste • oil (50 milliliters) • butter • whole clove

chicken, any cut you prefer • dried guajillo chiles (100 grams) • medium red tomatoes (about 8 ounces/225 grams) • avocado leaves or mixed aromatic herbs • cane vinegar • whole cloves • small piece of onion • chicken bouillon cube

beef • oil • ---- Sauce for Birria • guajillo chiles • arbol chiles • water (about 1.2 liters) • garlic • black peppercorns • whole cloves • bay leaf • small stick cinnamon • salt