4 con nopales and Recipes

skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, fresh tomatillos, husks removed, fresh jalapeno peppers, seeded, canned nopales (cactus), drained

tomatoes, chopped, red onion, chopped, jalapeno pepper, minced, chopped fresh cilantro, garlic clove, minced, extra virgin olive oil, divided, nopales, salt, pepper, red wine vinegar or 1/4 cup rice vinegar

olive oil, plus extra to drizzle on steaks, two 16-oz new york strip steaks (1/2 a steak per serving), adobo , recipe follows, poblano chiles , roasted, peeled and seeded, thinly sliced, jalapeno chile, roasted, peeled and seeded, thinly sliced, white onion, thinly sliced, shallot, thinly sliced, nopales, grilled for 5 minutes on each side and sliced, epazote butter , recipe follows, salt and freshly ground black pepper, cumin seeds, coriander seeds, fennel seeds, yellow mustard seeds, ancho chiles, stemmed, seeded, deveined and torn into small pieces, pasilla chiles, stemmed, seeded, deveined and torn into small pieces, dried whole oregano (preferably mexican ), spanish paprika (pimenton), preferably sweet or hot, garlic powder, onion powder, epazote leaves , picked (about 2 cups), fresh cilantro, roughly chopped (about 1 cup), garlic, juice of 1 lime, salt, freshly ground black pepper, butter, softened