52 nopal Recipes

water, garlic, cut into thirds, lentils , picked over and rinsed, chicken bouillon (such as knorr), extra-virgin olive oil, onion, chopped, garlic, chopped, tomato, chopped, ground cumin , or to taste, chicken bouillon (such as knorr), or to taste, cooked nopales (cactus), drained, potatoes, peeled and chopped

fresh nopales (prickly pear cactus paddles; about 5; see cooks note, below), chayotes (1 lb total), peeled , halved lengthwise, and seeds discarded, then cut into 1/4-inch-thick sticks (3 to 4 inches long), granny smith apple, left unpeeled, halved, cored , and thinly sliced lengthwise, scallions, trimmed and thinly sliced, navel oranges, fresh lime juice, salt, black pepper, raw (green) hulled pumpkin seeds, olive oil, cayenne

bacon, onion, chopped, garlic cloves, green chilies, chopped, nopales (fresh cactus pads, cleaned of thorns and sliced into 1/4-inch strips), chili powder, tomato, chopped, eggs, beaten, cheddar cheese, grated, salt

juice of 6 limes, jalapeno chiles, seeded and minced, garlic cloves, minced, olive oil, skirt steak , trimmed of excess fat and cut into 6 serving pieces, coarse salt, olive oil, fresh corn kernels (about 2 ears , or highquality canned or frozen), coarse salt, freshly ground black pepper, prepared cactus paddles or nopales, pricklypear cactus, rinsed and diced fine, tomatillos, husked, washed and finely diced, serrano chiles, stemmed, seeded and sliced, cilantro, leaves only, roughly chopped, red wine vinegar, scallions, thinly sliced

catfish nuggets, thawed, bacon grease, garlic cloves, minced, onion, sliced thin, mushrooms, sliced, spinach, rinsed and dried, nopal leaf, lemons, sliced in wedges

cactus pads, spines removed and trimmed, egg substitute, salt, vegetable oil, chopped onion, chopped, seeded serrano chile, corn tortillas, part-skim queso oaxaca, grated (or light monterey jack), chopped seeded plum tomato, salsa de tomatillo, chopped fresh cilantro

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

roma tomatoes, seeded and diced, onion, diced, cilantro, chopped, jalapenos, minced, nopalitos, rinsed well and chopped, limes , juice of, salt

beans, whole and cooked , plus their cooking broth, canned corn niblet, cooking oil, onion, chopped, flour, nopales (cactus paddles(cooked or canned, in julienne pieces), pork rind, crumbled in bite size pieces, fresh serrano chilies, thinly sliced, salt , to taste

vegetable oil, buffalo sirloin, sliced, essence , recipe follows, chopped yellow onions, minced garlic, ground cumin, chopped oregano, salt, peeled, seeded, and finely chopped tomatoes and their juice, chopped, roasted green new mexico chiles, or less to taste, lime, juiced, freshly ground black pepper, dozen corn tortillas, accompaniment, sour cream, accompaniment, grated monterey jack cheese, accompaniment, fresh cactus paddles ( nopales), about 6 medium, vegetable oil, essence, champagne or white wine vinegar, seedless arizona sweets oranges, peeled and segmented, juices reserved, chipotle chile in adobo, minced , plus 1/2 tsp adobo sauce, olive oil, chopped fresh cilantro leaves, salt and freshly ground black pepper, ripe peaches, seeded and diced, sweet onion, such as texas 1015, maui , or walla walla, thinly sliced, fresh baby lettuces, roughly chopped lightly toasted pecans, paprika, salt, garlic powder, black pepper, onion powder, cayenne pepper, dried leaf oregano, dried thyme