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Chicken Tamale Bake

Chicken Tamale Bake Recipe

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Chicken Tamale Bake
If you have a craving for a delicious Mexican style casserole why not give this chicken tamale bake a try. Homemade cornbread is topped with enchilada sauce and shredded chicken and then loaded with cheese. You can use the meat from a rotisserie chicken to save a good amount of time. You will certainly want to top this casserole off with anything that you like on taco dishes such as sour cream, salsa, lettuce, tomato, and olives. Enjoy.
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Chorizo Omelets

Chorizo and Potato Omelet Recipe

Chorizo Omelets
Chorizo and potatoes make the perfect omelets for breakfast or dinner. You can buy the chorizo from the store but I highly recommend making your own. Most of the time I find the stuff from the store to be a little bit too spicy for my taste. The potatoes are cubed and then fried in a bit of oil. You can use whatever type of cheese for these omelets you prefer, some good choices are cheddar or Monterey jack. You can top these omelets with additional ingredients such as salsa and cilantro if desired. Enjoy.
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Chorizo and Potato Tacos Recipe

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Chorizo sausage goes great on tacos and when you add potatoes and onions, it is even better. This recipe is very easy to prepare and you can use store bought chorizo to save time but if you want, I would suggest making your own! You can even add scrambled eggs and salsa to these tacos if you want. I would suggest using corn tortillas but you can of course use flour instead. You can also add some shredded cheddar cheese if you want. If you are interested in making our own chorizo please see my recipe for homemade chorizo sausage. Enjoy.
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Cheesy Taco Pasta Recipe

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Cheesy Taco Pasta
This cheesy taco pasta combines shells with taco meat and cheese for a simple yet delicious dinner. I prepared this recipe on the stovetop and then placed the taco pasta into a baking dish, topped with additional cheese and crushed Doritos for a nice crunch. You can use your favorite taco seasoning for this recipe. The prepared taco meat is mixed in a pot with salsa and the cooked noodles. Top with fresh cilantro if desired. Enjoy.
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Cheesy Chicken Burritos Recipe

Cheese Chicken Burritos
These cheesy chicken burritos are loaded with seasoned Mexican chicken, beans, cheese, Pico de Gallo and lime rice. This recipe does require a little bit of work to prepare all of the ingredients but it is delicious. The chicken is prepared in the slow cooker with taco seasoning and salsa. The Pico de Gallo is just a simple combination of tomato, cilantro, jalapeno, onion, salt, and lime juice. The lime rice gets a lot of flavor from cilantro and fresh lime juice. To make things even better these burritos are rolled up and then grilled in a pan to help the cheese and add a little crunch. Enjoy.
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Taco Fries Recipe

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Taco Fries
If you want to make some delicious loaded fries that are a little different give these taco fries a try. These fries are loaded with taco meat, cheese, green onion, and tomato. This is another great appetizer to serve for the Super Bowl or any party. These fries are easy to prepare easily be doubled to feed a crowd. You can add additional taco toppings as well such as lettuce, salsa, sour cream, and guacamole. Enjoy.
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Grilled Soy Ginger Chicken Recipe

Soy ginger chicken
This soy ginger chicken is marinated and grilled to perfection. This dish is easy to prepare, healthy and delicious. The chicken is marinated in ingredients such as soy sauce, fresh ginger, orange juice, garlic, and sesame oil. After the chicken has finished cooking it is topped off with homemade mango salsa. The salsa is just a combination of fresh mangos, cilantro, red onion, and lime juice. If you don’t have a grill using an indoor grill pan will work instead. Enjoy.
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Chipotle Pico de Gallo Recipe

Chipotle Pico de Gallo
Here is a recipe for the pico de gallo salsa just like at Chipotle Mexican Grill. This salsa goes on great on all kinds of different Mexican foods such as Tacos, burritos and quesadillas. This recipe is a simple combination of tomato, onion, cilantro, and jalapeno pepper. The salsa is seasoned with lime juice and salt for additional flavor. I really like the amazing flavor that this salsa adds to burritos! Enjoy.
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Chicken and Black Bean Taco Salad Recipe

Chicken and Black Bean Taco Salad
This chicken and black bean taco salad is a healthy alternative to using ground beef. The chicken is cooked in the slow cooker with salsa, taco seasoning, cumin, and black beans and then shredded. The shredded chicken is placed over a bed of shredded romaine lettuce and topped off with cheese and cilantro-cilantro dressing. The dressing gets a lot of its flavor from avocado, cilantro, buttermilk, garlic, and lime juice. You could also prepare tacos or burritos instead of making a salad if you would prefer. Enjoy.
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Taco Lasagna Roll Ups Recipe

Taco Lasagna Roll Ups
Classic Italian lasagna roll-ups are great but when you add Mexican ingredients they are even better. This recipe consists of lasagna noodles that are topped with taco meat, cottage cheese, and parmesan cheese and rolled up. The rolled noodles are placed into a baking dish on top of the salsa and then topped off with queso cheese sauce and Mexican cheese blend. A little bit of work is required to roll the lasagna noodles but it is well worth the effort. You can top these Mexican lasagna roll-ups with whatever ingredients you like such as sour cream, lettuce, tomato, and black olives. Enjoy.
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Taco Omelet Recipe

Taco Omelet
There are endless filling ingredients you can put into an omelet but a taco is one of my favorites. There is just something about the combination of egg, taco meat, and salsa that is truly amazing. This recipe will make 1 omelet but you could easily adjust the ingredients to make more or less. These omelets are filled with season ground beef and Mexican cheese blend. You could add additional ingredients as well such as corn or black beans. The amounts for the filling are an estimate but you will want about 1/3 cup of filling for each omelet. The omelets are topped off with salsa, sour cream, lettuce, and tomato. Enjoy.
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Tamale Pie Recipe

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Tamale Pie
Have a craving for Tamales? No problem, this tamale pie can help satisfy those cravings with this easy to make casserole dish. Corn bread is baked in a dish or cast iron pan and then topped off with enchilada sauce, seasoned taco meat and cheese. The cornbread is easy to make and chances are you probably have a lot of the ingredients on hand already. The cornbread has creamed corn and green chiles in it for even more texture and flavor. The ground beef is seasoned with simple spices such as chili powder and cumin. You can top this tamale pie with whatever you desire such as cilantro, salsa, guacamole and sour cream. Enjoy.
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Slow Cooker Mexican Chicken Recipe

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Slow Cooker Mexican Chicken
Here is a great recipe for slow cooker Mexican chicken. This chicken can be used as meat for tacos or burritos. What is great about this recipe is that all of the ingredients are simply added to the slow cooker, the chicken is cooked until done and then shredded and it is ready to be used. The chicken gets a lot of flavor from salsa, chili powder, cumin and chipotle chili pepper. Brown sugar and liquid smoke are added for even more flavor. I like to toss in some fresh cilantro at the end. If you would like to add a little more spice to your chicken, you can use medium salsa instead of mild or add more chipotle chili pepper. Enjoy.
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Totchos Recipe

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Tater Tot Nachos
Totchos are what is created when you bring tater tots and nachos together. These patches are tater tots that are baked in the oven and topped with taco meat and cheese. What I like about this recipe is how easy it is to prepare. Totchos are a perfect appetizer to serve at parties. You can top these tater tot nachos with just about anything that goes good on tacos. Some good options would be salsa, sour cream, lettuce, and tomato. Enjoy.
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Chorizo Quesadillas Recipe

Chorizo Quesadillas
Chorizo sausage is great in a quesadilla. These quesadillas combine chorizo with pepper jack cheese and green onions. The quesadillas are cooked in the pan, then sliced and topped with a fresh salsa. The salsa is a simple combination of tomato, cilantro, white onion, jalapeno pepper and salt. It is important to have good chorizo sausage for this recipe. I find that a lot of the chorizo from the store does not meet my expectations but I can sometimes find fresh made chorizo from the meat department. If you want to make your own chorizo I have a delicious recipe for it on here. I like to serve these quesadillas with Mexican rice. Enjoy.
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Fiesta Lime Chicken Recipe

Fiesta Lime Chicken
Here is a copycat recipe for the Fiesta Lime Chicken at Applebee’s restaurant. This dish consists of marinated grilled chicken that is topped with a slightly spicy sauce, cheese, and Pico de Gallo. The chicken is marinated in ingredients such as teriyaki sauce and lime juice. The sauce gets a lot of its flavor from salsa, hot sauce, and Cajun seasoning. You can use less Cajun seasoning if you are not a fan of spicy foods. The Pico de Gallo is just a simple combination of tomatoes, red onion, jalapeno pepper, salt and lime juice. The best method to cook the chicken is on an outdoor grill but an indoor grill pan will work as well. You can serve this recipe with tortilla chips and rice. Enjoy.
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Jamaican Jerk Rub Recipe

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Jerk Spice Rub
Having a good variety of dry rubs is always important for grilling season. This recipe is for a Jamaican jerk spice rub. A lot of the flavor in this rub comes from seasonings such as allspice, nutmeg, cinnamon and cloves but there are several spices that come together to make this rub delicious. The best part is, chances are you already have all or most of these spices on hand. The use of cayenne pepper helps to add a little bit of heat to this mixture and you can adjust it to your taste if you wish. This rub goes great on chicken, pork or shrimp. The photos in the recipe display this seasoning mixture on grilled chicken breasts topped with mango salsa. Enjoy.
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Chorizo and Egg Burrito Recipe

Chorizo and Egg Burrito
The combination of chorizo and egg goes great in a burrito. These burritos are breakfast style and include homemade chorizo sausage, scrambled eggs, diced potatoes, cheese, cilantro, and salsa. I really enjoy the combination of the egg and salsa. The homemade chorizo combines pork with vinegar and various spices. If you want to save time you can buy pre-made chorizo from the store if you would prefer. If you want to use a different type of cheese, cheddar would be great in place of Monterey Jack. Enjoy.
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Walking Taco Casserole Recipe

walking taco casserole
This walking taco casserole combines your favorite ingredients from a walking taco into a delicious casserole. Taco meat is layered in a baking dish with Frito chips, cheddar cheese soup and shredded Mexican cheese blend. Once the casserole has finished baking, it is topped off with lettuce and tomato. If you want to add some beans to this dish, you can mix refried beans or black beans right in with the ground beef mixture. You can serve this recipe with sour cream and salsa if you would like. Enjoy.
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Double Decker Tacos Recipe

double decker tacos
This is a great tasting recipe for double decker tacos, just like the ones from Taco Bell—only better! A double decker taco is a flour tortilla covered with a refried bean spread and then wrapped around a hard-shell taco. The taco is loaded with ingredients such as taco meat, cheese, lettuce, tomato, and cilantro. Many additional ingredients can be added as well such as sour cream and salsa. The taco meat gets a lot of its flavor from seasonings such as chili powder and cumin. Even more flavor is added to the taco meat with tomato sauce and fresh lime juice. Enjoy.
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Easy Enchiladas Recipe

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easy enchiladas
If you are looking for an easy way to prepare chicken enchiladas, this recipe may be just what you need. This recipe uses store bought enchilada sauce and a mixture of sour cream and cream of chicken soup to create the sauce. The chicken is shredded and then mixed with ingredients such as green onion, taco seasoning and lime juice. You can use leftover cooked chicken or cook it yourself and then shred it. Another good option would be to use the meat from a cooked rotisserie chicken. There are various types of cheeses that will work in this recipe such as cheddar, Monterey jack or Mexican cheese blend. Toppings include black olives and green onions. Some other good choices for toppings would be sour cream, salsa, lettuce and tomato. Enjoy.
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Mexican Pasta Bake Recipe

Mexican Pasta Bake
What I really enjoy about this Mexican pasta bake is how easy that it is to prepare. Most of the flavor in this recipe comes from green salsa. For the green salsa you can choose whichever brand that you prefer. The spiciness of the salsa you select is what is going to provide the heat in this recipe. If you are not a fan of spicy foods, I would recommend getting a mild salsa. The salsa is mixed with cooked pork sausage to give this dish even more flavor. The casserole is layered with noodles, the meat mixture and then Monterey jack cheese before being placed into the oven. After the casserole is done baking it is topped off with tomato wedges, sliced jalapeno peppers, and cilantro. The toppings really add a good amount of flavor to this recipe and the jalapenos provide a nice crunch. Enjoy.
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Taco Bell Crunchwrap Supreme Recipe

Taco Bell Crunchwrap Supreme
You no longer need to go to Taco Bell to get the Crunchwrap Supreme because now you can easily make one at home with this recipe. If you are unfamiliar with this popular Taco Bell item—the crunchwrap supreme consists of a flour tortilla wrapped around taco meat, cheese, a tostada shell, sour cream, lettuce and tomato. The hardest part about this recipe is wrapping the tortilla around all of the ingredients. Unless you can find king-size tortillas you are going to need a piece of another tortilla to fully cover the top of the crunchwrap. There are a lot of different ways you can alter this recipe—basically any ingredients that you enjoy on tacos can go inside the crunchwrap. Some good options are refried beans, black olives, and salsa. Enjoy.
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Slow Cooker Carnitas Recipe

slow cooker carnitas
Making carnitas in the slow cooker is a great idea for a Mexican dinner. If you are not familiar with carnitas, carnitas are basically a Mexican pulled pork that is put under the broiler until the edges are crispy. This dish gets a ton of flavor from the juices that is it cooked in. The pork roast is very seasoned and then lime juice, orange juice, beer and salsa are poured over the roast. Once the roast has finished cooked it is shredded and then placed onto a baking sheet with some of the sauce. Once the pork has finished cooking in the oven it is ready to serve. You can use whatever type of beer you like, I used a good locally brewed dark beer for this recipe. You can serve this with tacos, burritos or just eat it by itself… it is that good! Enjoy.
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