All Posts Tagged 'Pork' (37)

During the month of May, I have been working with quite a few pork recipes. Most of them were Mexican dishes. So when I found myself with 2 pounds of of cooked pork carnitas leftover, I decided to transform it into something totally different. Both Richard and I love barbeque sandwiches and…

This is another family recipe shared with me by my prima Ofelia Lopez. Her Mom, my tía Velia, had 12 kids all…

I know this may not be for everybody, cooking in manteca (lard) ... but this is how it is done. Had to try it at least once and share the recipe to keep the traditions going that I learned from my parents... If you can enjoy chicken wings by the dozens, then…

A trip down memory lane to honor our mothers, sisters and all of the strong women that have influenced us through out our lives. From today until Mother's Day, with the help of my friends and familia, I wanted to share some of the recipes we grew up with. This is one of many recipes that my…

On special nights my mom would cook up her recipe for "costillas de puerco," pork country-style ribs and you can bet that no one would miss dinner on that night. In her recipe, it was strictly chile ancho to make her sauce with a few spices. For this recipe, I decided to add a little…

Chili! Chili!... and yes, it's chilly!!!! A big pot of hot chili for Sunday dinner sounds good to me right about now. I have mentioned in the past that I cook from my pantry. What that means, is that on most days, I cook from the ingredients that are available to me in my pantry. I was…

This dish will surely please a big crowd! This dish is more traditionally known as "Cochinita Pibil" and many times is cooked low and slow covered in banana leaves. But when banana leaves are not available, foil paper works just as well. I was asked to cater a…

We are halfway through January and I have been enjoying preparing lighter versions of some of my favorite dishes. This dish has been my husbands favorite so far. He loves pork and there are many lean cuts available, so we could still enjoy it in many recipes. Serving on a skewer makes it…

Roast pork is a traditional Cuban dish, much enjoyed throughout the year and even during the holidays. This recipe yields 16 to 20 servings.



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When it's chilly, you just want to curl up on the couch with a warm bowl of your favorite soup, chili, or stew. One of my favorites is any stew made with the smokey flavors of dried chiles, like chile ancho. It's one on the milder chiles and adds tons of flavor with a little heat. This is a…

How does that saying go? "The simplest things in life are the best," yes! Exactly! A simply made homemade corn tortilla, filled with shredded pork in a red chile sauce, a freshly made pot of pinto beans, and melted cheese... all the comforts of home. I know most times…

I have been cooking all kinds of pork for 26 years, chops, shoulder, butt, tenderloin, and I can honestly say that I have finally found my favorite way to cook it. Pressure cooker! I know, for a lot of you, as well as myself, the pressure cooker is a…

Pork chops! If my husband was the cook in our house, we would have pork chops every other day, LOL! I have always loved the idea of the perfectly cooked chop, and I think I finally figured it out. We were always told to cook the pork really well, so the results would be, overdone, dried-out…

For a few years, I was lucky enough to have a small Hispanic market open up near my house. Many of the products were familiar to me, but some were ingredients I had never cooked with. One in particular were the sheets of banana leaves I found in the freezer section.…

Who doesn't love a burrito?? Small, big, really big, to huge! I went to a restaurant in East L.A. once, named "El Tepeyac", where their claim to fame was (and is) their 7-pound burrito!! It took five of us, and we still had leftovers for two more people. Amazing! When I lived in California,…

The month of September is a special time for Mexican families. It's a time to celebrate Las Fiestas Patrias on September 16th, the official Mexican Independence Day! I remember when we were little kids growing up in L.A., on the 15th, later in the…

What I love so much about cooking is that one never stops learning. There are so many interpretations of a recipe, methods, and techniques to be discovered. I want to give credit to my new foodie friend Norma Rubin for inspiring this dish!! I had been to Mexico recently visiting my family…

One of my favorite foods to cook that reminds me of home is guisado, carne guisada of any kind, slow cooked in a sauce, served with warm corn tortillas... pure comfort food!

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This was my Mom's quick version of chicharrones. With a family of 10, she found this to be a quick, easy and tasty way to prepare them. By the way,
 my Mom's original recipe called for real chicharrones from the 
carnicería mexicana (Mexican…