In our opinion, creating the perfect nachos requires three key components: a rimmed baking sheet, sturdy corn chips, and shredding your own cheese. Assembling your nachos on a wide baking sheet gives you more surface area to spread out your chips, so every bite is covered in toppings. As for the chips, while we […]
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Goya Foods’ Chipotle Chicken Tacos
Serve up these juicy chicken tacos made with lots of smoky, spicy chipotles! Executive Chef Fernando Desa walks us through the simple step-by-step process, from marinating the chicken in a rich homemade marinade to sautéeing the chicken until golden brown. Serve in corn tortillas with your favorite taco toppings and enjoy. Taco night just got […]
Fiery Turkey-Pumpkin Chili
This healthy, filling soup is great for chilly weeknights and perfect for post trick-or-treating! Packed with ground turkey, charred poblanos, pumpkin puree, and rich spices, it will warm you to your core. The pumpkin adds a subtle sweetness and body to the chili that is so good with the rich Tex-Mex spices. Be sure […]
Tarka Indian Kitchen’s Beyond Keema Curry
If Indian cooking is something you’re unfamiliar with, this is a great place to start! Plus, you can make it vegan-friendly or not! Beyond Keema Curry features plant-based ground meat with green peas and red potatoes, seasoned with coriander, dried chilis, and Indian spices. It can be served with vegan sweet yeast rolls or any […]
Slow-Cooker Pork Tacos
This recipe is perfect for those early back-to-school days when you’re back to the hustle and bustle of fall, but it’s still hot and you don’t want to heat up your kitchen. Pork shoulder is tossed in a mix of rich spices and then cooked gently in a slow-cooker, which means no oven or stove-top required. By using cola as the braising liquid, the soda both tenderizes the meat and flavors it with its natural sugars. […]
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Pork and Green Chile Burger with Red Cabbage Slaw
This burger is the epitome of Texas. The flavorful pork patties are studded with chopped green chilies, adding moisture and just the right amount of heat.
Loaded Sweet Potato Taco Bowls
When we’re looking for something healthy and satisfying to eat, sweet potatoes are always top of the list. Here, we’ve given this versatile vegetable the “twice baked” treatment and loaded it up with all of our favorite taco fixings like chorizo, black beans, Mexican crema and shredded cheese.
Clay Pit’s Chicken Vindaloo
This hearty Indian dish from Clay Pit in Austin gets its flavor from a variety of colorful spices and peppers. Traditionally, it’s made with pork, but it can also be made with beef, mutton, or chicken, like we do here.
Sysco Foodie’s Shakshuka Breakfast Pizza
Have you ever had pizza for breakfast? We’re not talking about a leftover slice from the fridge, but a fresh pie topped with all of your breakfast favorites? This recipe from Chef Neil Doherty, Senior Director of Culinary Development in Sysco Houston, perfectly melds Middle Eastern and Italian flavors and tops it off with golden sunny-side-up eggs.
Baked Coconut-Crusted Fish Tacos
These light and healthy fish tacos will become an instant weeknight classic!
Foolproof Lentil Soup
Few foods do a better job of warming you to your core than a hearty lentil soup. Come fall, lentils are always on heavy rotation in my house – not only because they’re hearty and healthy, but they’re also affordable and easy to cook. In this lentil soup, I add toasty Indian spices […]
Badu 1891’s Cowboy Ribeye
Stake your claim on a juicy Cowboy Ribeye at Badu 1891. This beautifully renovated bank building once owned by a mining magnate will have you shouting ‘Eureka’! Get the recipe here.
Whistle Stop Tea Room Tortilla Soup
All aboard! Next stop, the legendary Whistle Stop Tea Room. You’ll love this adorable lunch spot, don’t miss the ever-popular Tortilla Soup with a splash of red wine. They’ve never given out the recipe – until now […]
Smashed Cumin Lamb Burgers
The lamb burgers sit on a bed of sweet and spicy caramelized red onions and jalapeños and the bun is slathered with a bright, zingy herb sauce that can be made with either Greek yogurt or mayonnaise (or my favorite, a combination of both).