139 nacho recipes

Butterflied Cornish game hens grilled with ancho chile and finished with a bold lemon garlic compound butter. Impressive enough for company, simple enough for any night.

Taco lentils simmer green lentils until tender, then bake them in a smoky pureed ancho chile and tomato sauce spiced with cumin and chili. A high-protein, high-fiber vegan stand-in for taco meat.

Roast pork loin rubbed with ground ancho chilies, cumin, and a bold Southwestern spice blend, served sliced on a pepper-tomato-bacon sauce reduced with red wine and veal stock.

Mexican fish in adobo sauce made with rehydrated ancho chiles, tomatoes, orange juice, cumin, and cinnamon. Pan-seared fillets baked in a smoky, citrus-laced chile sauce.

Slow-simmered cowpoke chili loaded with pinto beans, slab bacon, ancho chilies, and serrano peppers. A hearty, smoky bowl of ranch-style comfort that warms you right down to your boots.

Beef and sausage chili built on a scratch-made ancho chile sauce, with green chiles, tomato, cumin and Mexican oregano. Rehydrated dried anchos give it deep, smoky flavor you can dial up to taste. No beans.

Authentic Texas chili con carne with cubed beef (no beans), simmered in a paste of rehydrated ancho and pequin chiles. Slow-simmered for 90 minutes of deep, smoky heat.

Grilled beef tenderloin gets seared hot then finished indirect, basted with a vinegar-and-ancho Western BBQ mop. Spicy Texas-style barbecue sauce with cumin and Tabasco for medium-rare results.

Original San Antone chili is authentic 19th-century Texas chili con carne: cubed beef and pork seared in suet, simmered in beef stock with ancho chile puree, garlic, and cumin. No beans, no tomato, all meat and chile.

Vegetarian black bean burrito bake with smoky chipotle sour cream, sweet corn, salsa, and melted Monterey Jack. Rolled in whole wheat tortillas and baked until bubbly.

A bold barbecue sauce built on orange, lime, and lemon juice with ancho chiles, red pepper, and fresh cilantro. Bright, smoky, and ready in 30 minutes flat. Brush it on chicken, ribs, or grilled shrimp.

Grilled paella with chicken thighs, lobster, shrimp, scallops, mussels, clams, and chorizo over curry-turmeric rice with ancho powder. A show-stopping one-platter feast.

Red chile pesto clams with ancho and dried red chiles, roasted garlic, pine nuts, and oregano blended into a smoky, spicy pesto spooned over steamed clams. A Mexican-Italian fusion seafood bowl.

Inspired by the chicken tortilla soup I had at Crocodile Café this tortilla soup comes together quickly and delivers loads of fresh Mexican recipe flavor.

Mexican braised lamb shanks with ancho chiles, raisins, and vinegar in rich tomato sauce. Fall-apart tender meat ready in 3 hours for special dinners.

Menudo estilo norteno with honeycomb tripe, calf's foot, hominy, and toasted ancho chiles simmered for hours. An authentic Northern Mexican hangover soup with deep chile heat.