Peanut garlic

beef steak for grilling, cut into 1-inch pieces (about 750 grams) • onion, finely chopped • garlic, finely chopped • vegetable oil • ground black pepper • salt • ground cumin • beef broth (about 240 ml) • dried guajillo chiles, toasted • dried chile de árbol, toasted • garlic, toasted • vegetable oil •

corn tortillas, lightly fried on both sides in oil or vegetable shortening until soft • shelled, salted peanuts (about 140 grams) • roasted tomatoes • roasted onion, peeled and sliced into half-moons • red apple, cored and chopped • roasted garlic cloves, peeled • Small handful of freshly chopped mixed herbs (such as thyme, oregano, or marjoram) • fried chiles to taste (I use guajillo and ancho) • roasted cinnamon and cumin • salt • cooked sweet potato, mashed with a touch of vegetable shortening with salt or peanut butter, and freshly ground spices (about 250 grams). This is to make a mash • To serve or garnish: •

chicken fajita strips • peanuts (about 140 grams) • water (240 ml) • sugar (25 grams) • dried árbol chili, toasted • garlic salt • oil

boneless chicken breast, cut into 4 pieces • shelled peanuts (about 150 grams) • dried chile de árbol peppers • medium tomatoes • medium onion • garlic clove • chicken broth, • small French roll (bolillo) • corn tortilla • cilantro

chicken (about 1 kg) • onion • garlic • Roma tomatoes • dried guajillo chili pepper • dried arbol chili pepper • dried chipotle chili pepper • small baguette or bolillo roll • unsalted peanuts (about 150 grams) • Salt and pepper

chicken breast or leg and thigh • onion • garlic • red tomatoes • roasted unsalted peanuts • salt to taste • small can of chipotle peppers

chicken breast • guajillo chiles • onion • vegetable oil • chipotle chile • garlic clove • unsalted peanuts (about 100 grams) • tomato • salt to taste

dried ancho chiles (1 kg) • dried guajillo chiles (250 g) • ripe plantains • soft white bread (such as sandwich bread) • onions • garlic • dried oregano (100 g) • cinnamon sticks (100 g) • walnuts (100 g) • peanuts (100 g) • almonds (125 g) • raisins (250 g) •

garlic • dried chile de árbol peppers • dried guajillo (mirasol) peppers • unsalted peanuts • sesame seeds • Salt, to taste • Black pepper, to taste • oil (about 150 ml; I used soybean oil)

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) •

romaine lettuce, washed and dried • cucumber, peeled, seeded, and diced • strawberries, washed and hulled • green grapes, washed • avocado • basil, washed, leaves chopped • queso panela or basket cheese • Mixed seeds to taste: peanuts, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds • Olive oil to taste, with thyme, oregano, and garlic flakes • Balsamic vinegar to taste • Hawaiian black salt to taste

hulled pumpkin seeds (about 180 grams) • peanuts (about 70 grams) • chicken or vegetable broth (2 liters) • tomatillos (about 400 grams) • serrano peppers • onion • garlic • cilantro • epazote • lettuce leaves • spinach leaves • radish leaves or 1 hoja santa leaf •

rice noodles (250 g) • tamarind pulp (or 5 tablespoons unsweetened tamarind syrup) • hot water (if using tamarind pulp) • boneless, skinless chicken breast (125 g) • extra firm tofu (125 g) • all-purpose flour or cornstarch • peeled and deveined shrimp (optional) • unsalted peanuts • fish sauce • sugar (or jaggery or light piloncillo) • lime juice • vegetable oil •

banana • Maria cookies (or other plain tea biscuits) • tablet Abuelita chocolate (about 2.6 oz or 75 grams) • guajillo chiles • ancho chile • cinnamon stick • raisins (about 75 grams) • almonds (about 70 grams) • peanuts (about 70 grams) • small red apple • onion • Salt, to taste •

plantain (ripe) • small French roll (bolillo) • mulato chiles • ancho chiles • tomato • onion • garlic cloves • cinnamon stick • whole clove • whole black peppercorns • dried oregano • almonds •

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 •

pork (about 3 kg) • Salt • garlic • corn tostadas • mulato chile (dried poblano chile) • ancho chiles • mulato chiles (dried chilaca chiles) • plantains • Oil • garlic • bolillo rolls (or French rolls) • almonds (about 60 grams) •

onion • garlic • güero chiles • hulled sesame seeds • blanched almonds • blanched peanuts • coconut or 1 cup coconut milk • blanched walnuts • white pine nuts • cinnamon stick • cloves • nutmeg •

oil • ancho chile • árbol chiles or to taste • peanuts • bolillo roll or Maria or animal crackers • tortilla • onion • garlic • chicken broth • tomatoes (red) • chocolate tablet • cloves •

cooked, skinless, boneless chicken breasts (any chicken pieces can also be used if desired) • dried ancho chiles, seeds removed • sesame seeds (about 50 grams) • shelled peanuts (about 25 grams) • shelled pumpkin seeds (about 50 grams) • medium tomatoes • onion • garlic • oil • chicken broth