Hola! and welcome to my Mexican Kitchen. First, let me start off by saying that I absolutely love Mexican foods. I don’t know if it is the combination of spices, cheeses and fresh vegetables that I love or the ease of preparing these foods. You can prepare a sauce or meat, chicken, or pork filling and use it to make so many different delicious recipes. All you need are taco shells, tortilla chips, flour tortillas, or corn tortillas and you can have everything from tacos, quesadillas, enchiladas, nachos, and fajitas, just to name a few. We can start off our culinary mission with making queso dip, fresh salsa from fresh tomatoes and peppers, and guacamole from perfectly ripen avocados. We can even make our own chips that are perfectly seasoned to use with our dips and salsa or to make a big platter of nachos. My favorite fajitas recipe include not just one meat but shrimp, steak, and chicken. Most often this is referred to as Tex-Mex. That old saying that your taste buds change every 7 years must be true. I use to not care for enchiladas but not I absolutely love them now. I like beef, cheese, and chicken (but I have to admit, I'm really picky and only like white meat chicken). My favorite dish is chile rellenos which are fresh stuffed roasted poblano peppers with meat and cheese and covered in a egg batter and fried. Then, they are covered in a red sauce. Yummy! Often served with a side of spanish rice and refried beans. Let's finish up by looking at a couple of desserts. One of the most popular is flan, a crème caramel or caramel custard with a layer of soft caramel on top. Crème caramel is similiar to a plain custard where sugar syrup, cooked to caramel stage. Then it is poured into a mold before adding the custard base. After the custard has set, it can be turned out onto a dish and leaves a caramel sauce on top. Made with whole eggs, milk or cream, and sugar and a flavoring such as vanilla. Finally, we have hurros. They are fried-dough pastry-based snack, sometimes made from potato dough. They are believed to have originated in Spain, and are popular in United States, Latin America, Portugal, France, and Spanish-speaking Caribbean islands. These pastries are sometimes referred to as a Spanish doughnut or Mexican doughnut. The shape of the churro resembles the horns of the Churro breed of sheep. So Adiós and start chopping those tomatoes, onions, and peppers for that fresh batch of salsa!
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