13 molcajete Recipes

sliced carne asada (beef steak), boneless chicken breast, shelled shrimp, chorizo (mexican sausage), nopales (cactus leaves) or zucchini and yellow squash, jalapeno peppers, cilantro, green onions, tomato, salt, pepper, lime, quartered, avocado, queso fresco (mexican cheese), herdez salsa verde, tortillas, stone molcajete (mortar and pestle)

tomatoes (about 1 lb), garlic cloves, unpeeled, jalapeno peppers, chopped fresh cilantro, chopped onion, fresh lime juice, salt

beef tenderloin steaks, recado adobo , recipe follows, charro beans , recipe follows, fresh blue corn tortillas or tostadas, salsa molcajete , recipe follows, chihuahua-style cheese

serrano chiles, stems removed, ripe tomatoes, garlic, coarse salt, freshly ground black pepper , to taste

tomatillos , depending on size, habanero pepper, garlic clove, salt or chicken bouillon granule, cilantro (optional), olive oil (optional)

garlic clove, leaves cilantro, ripe but firm haas avocado, crystals rock salt, mexican lime juice, peeled, deseeded, finely chopped and drained cucumbers, freshly ground mixed peppercorns (black, green, white, pink , szechuan), tortilla chips, grated cotija , as an accompaniment

onion, peeled, serrano chiles, tomatoes, garlic clove, peeled, kosher salt

hass avocado, chopped onions, chopped seeded jalapeno chile, chopped cilantro, chopped tomatoes (discard juice and seeds), salt

roma tomatoes, fresh jalapenos, garlic, unpeeled, kosher salt

fresh jalapeno peppers (or 4 serranos), garlic cloves, unpeeled, chopped white onion, diced tomatoes with juice, preferably fire roasted or 4 large tomatillos, husked, rinsed and quartered and roasted, loosely packed roughly chopped cilantro, fresh lime juice (or more ), salt , to taste