2 Mexican Restaurant Foods You Can Make At Home

If Mexican style food is one of your favourite cuisine types, you may want to know how you can recreate some of your favourite dishes from popular Mexican restaurants. There are certain ingredients that are commonly used when cooking Mexican food including avocados and beans, which you may want to have handy when putting together these flavorful recipes.

Mexican Tortilla Soup

By following the recipe, you’ll be able to make two hearty servings of this zesty Mexican soup for lunch, dinner, or even an appetizer.

Ingredients:

• 4 cups chicken stock
• ½ cup water
• 1 chopped yellow onion
• 1 tablespoon black pepper
• 1 can whole tomatoes
• 1 cup whole kernel yellow corn
• 1 avocado (sliced)
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• ½ cup minced garlic
• 1 16 oz package Mexican shredded cheese
• 2 cups corn tortilla chips
• 1 12.5 oz can chicken breast
• 2 tablespoons sour cream

Instructions:

1. Add a tablespoon of olive oil to the bottom of a large pot and place it on the stove. Put your stove setting on medium-low heat.
2. Add the minced garlic, chopped yellow onion, and canned chicken breast into the pot. Continue to add the tomatoes and the corn into the pot and leave these ingredients to simmer together on medium-low heat for about 10 minutes.
3. Pour in your chicken stock and water into the pot and raise the heat setting to medium-high.
4. Sprinkle the pepper into the pot, mix the ingredients around for about two minutes, and then wait for the soup to begin boiling. While waiting for it to boil, slice your avocado and set it off to the side.
5. Lower the heat setting down to low when the mixture begins to boil, which should take about 15-20 minutes. Leave the soup cooking for an extra 10 minutes on low and then remove it from the stove.
6. Pour the soup into two ceramic bowls. Pour as much or as little Mexican shredded cheese over the top of the soup, followed by a handful of tortilla chips.
7. Add a few slices of avocado on the top of your soup. You can add as many slices as you want.
8. Grab a tablespoon of sour cream and add it to the top of your bowl of soup. Because this recipe makes two servings, you can add the other tablespoon of sour cream to the second bowl.

This soup is both flavorful and filling. Making this recipe takes about 45-50 minutes, so you won’t have to wait long to enjoy it.

Beef and Bean Burritos

You can make these burritos for lunch and dinner. You can also freeze them in a large zippered plastic bag so that you can reheat them and have them throughout the week.

Ingredients:

• 1 pound lean ground beef (or turkey)
• 1 chopped yellow onion
• 1 4 oz can chopped green chiles
• 1 12 oz can pinto beans
• 1 12 oz can tomato sauce
• 1 10-count package tortillas
• 1 16 oz package Mexican shredded cheese

Instructions:

1. Place the ground beef inside of a saucepan and cook it on medium-low heat until it becomes light brown.
2. Drain the meat to remove excess oil and return it back to the pan.
3. Throw your chopped onion, green chillies, and tomato sauce into the pan with ground beef and mix the ingredients around together for two minutes.
4. Open the can of pinto beans, drain any excess juice from inside the can, and dump the beans directly into the pan. Continue mixing the ingredients until the beans blend in and are covered with sauce. Keep cooking the mixture for about 10 minutes.
5. While heating your mixture, open the package of tortillas, set them on a plate, and heat them in the microwave for 20-30 seconds. Remove from the microwave and set on a table.
6. Turn the heat off on your stove after the 10 minutes have passed. Grab a spoon to scoop the mixture and spread it inside the centre of one tortilla. Add a handful of cheese over the mixture and wrap the tortilla up by placing the left side underneath the right side and sealing it closed with your thumb. Continue the process until you run out of meat, cheese, and tortillas. Serve immediately or wrap and keep fresh.

When following this recipe, it should take about 30 minutes to make the meat filling and put the tortillas together. You can also add additional toppings, such as fresh salsa or cilantro leaves, if you want to add more flavors to the dish.

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If these are two recipes you often enjoy at Mexican restaurants, you can now try them at home and achieve that bold and zesty flavor. Each recipe takes less than an hour to prepare, so even if you don’t have much time to spend cooking, these Mexican meals are ideal.