Pepper peanuts

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 •

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)

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

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 •

bolillos (Mexican bread rolls), sliced and fried in butter • piloncillo cones (or 1 1/2 to 2 cups packed dark brown sugar, about 300-400 grams) • butter (about 150 grams) • water (2.5 liters) • cinnamon sticks • Anise seeds • Black pepper (optional) • Pecans or walnuts • Raisins • Dried cranberries • Shredded coconut • Unsalted peanuts •

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 •

cooked chicken breasts • dried ancho chiles • dried guajillo chiles • little sesame seeds • tablet Mexican chocolate • peanuts • Salt and pepper 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 •