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Stretching your pesos: Fat Dude’s Mexican fiesta, Part 1—Shredded chicken...
We had Nadia’s cousins and brother over for football this weekend. We’re all big, hungry dudes, so you know I had to whip up something tasty. I bought a lot of chicken–too much chicken for the...
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Stretching your pesos: Fat Dude’s Mexican fiesta, Part 2—Rice bowl with...
My main problem with restaurant rice bowls is the amount of rice they use. I’ve flipped out a rice bowl from Flame Broiler before and counted full 2 cups of rice. That’s 400 calories of non-nutritious...
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Stretching your pesos: Fat Dude’s Mexican fiesta, Part 3—Poached shrimp and...
We wanted to add some variety to our list of Mexican leftover meals so I picked up a couple pounds of shrimp at the market to throw in the mix. I knew I wanted to use the reserved braising liquid from...
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Stretching your pesos: Fat Dude’s Mexican fiesta, Part 4—Chicken quesadilla...
If a quick meal is what you need, look no further than the versatile quesadilla. The quesadillas of my youth were nuked in the microwave and made with Mission flour rounds filled with a couple of...
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Stretching your pesos: Fat Dude’s Mexican Fiesta, Part 6—Oregano-lime shrimp...
If you’ve been following along with our improvised Mexican menu, you’ll be happy to know we’re coming to the end of our south-of-the-border marathon. I’m happy to say I used nearly every last...
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Yucatecan classico: Cochinita pibil
I’ve had a continual craving for pibil–the classic southern Mexican pork (cochinita) or chicken (pollo) dish of braised meat wrapped in banana leaf–ever since I was introduced to the chicken variety...
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