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Mexican recipes & remedios

Bold, soulful cooking from Mexico — smoky chiles, fresh masa, slow-braised meats — plus the home remedies passed down through abuelas.

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Cocina mexicana

Six classics to start. Tap any dish for the full recipe with ingredients, steps and tips.

Tacos al pastor
Recipe

Tacos al Pastor

Achiote-marinated pork with charred pineapple, onion and cilantro on warm corn tortillas.

⏱ 40 min + marinate🌮 Street food
Birria tacos with consommé
Recipe

Birria

Chile-braised beef in a rich consommé — pull it into cheesy quesabirria tacos for dipping.

⏱ 3 hr🔥 Rich
Guacamole in a molcajete
Recipe

Guacamole

Creamy avocado mashed with lime, onion, cilantro and chile. Fresh in five minutes.

⏱ 10 min🥑 Dip
Pozole rojo
Recipe

Pozole Rojo

Hominy and pork in a deep red chile broth, piled with crisp radish, cabbage and lime.

⏱ 2.5 hr🍲 Soup
Salsa roja
Recipe

Salsa Roja

Roasted tomato and dried chile blended into the table salsa that goes with everything.

⏱ 20 min🌶 Salsa
Chamomile tea
Remedy

Té de Manzanilla

Chamomile tea — the gentle abuela remedy traditionally sipped to calm and settle.

⏱ 10 min🌼 Traditional
Mexican enchiladas rojas
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Enchiladas Rojas

Corn tortillas in a dried-chile red sauce, filled, baked and topped with crema.

⏱ 50 min🔥 Main
Mexican carnitas
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Carnitas

Pork slow-cooked tender then crisped — juicy inside, golden edges. The ultimate taco.

⏱ 3 hr🌮 Tacos
Mexican churros
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Churros

Crispy, ridged and rolled in cinnamon sugar — unbeatable dunked in chocolate.

⏱ 30 min🍫 Dessert
Cheese quesadilla
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Quesadilla

Crispy golden tortilla wrapped around gooey melted cheese. The quickest crowd-pleaser.

⏱ 20 min🧀 Snack
Tres leches cake
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Tres Leches Cake

A light sponge soaked in three milks, topped with whipped cream and cinnamon.

⏱ 3 hr🍰 Dessert
Cochinita pibil
Recipe

Cochinita Pibil

Yucatán slow-roast pork in achiote and sour orange, wrapped in banana leaf.

⏱ 4 hr🔥 Yucatán
Tlayuda
Recipe

Tlayuda

The giant crispy Oaxacan tortilla with beans, quesillo, cabbage and meat — "Mexican pizza."

⏱ 35 min🔥 Oaxaca
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