/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.18022942]

>never had Mexican food before besided Tex Mex or Taco Bell tier stuff
>visit my buddy in Brooklyn
>taco trucks everywhere
>decide to try al pastor, tinga, and carne asada tacos
>all 10/10 in flavor
>al pastor had a delicious but not overpowering cinnamon/clove flavor
>next day go to a sit down Mexican place for lunch
>get mole poblano
>rich, delicious flavor
>even the beans it came with were delicious

Mexican is quickly becoming one of my favorite cuisines and it deserves all the positive recognition it gets. I don't know if some of you guys are trolling or just never had real Mexican food but the whole "Mexican food is just the same 5 basic ingredients in different arrangements" thing is so wrong.
What are some other Mexican dishes I should look out for?

[Anonymous No.18023012]

chilaquiles are amazing
specially when the tortillas are crispy and the salsa is smooth served with an egg for breakfast, or chicken for lunch oof....

also one of the best tasting dishes is puerco pibil

[Anonymous No.18023032]

Is the mexican sushi worth the risk. I know it acid cooked with limes/lemons, but im not sure how to not shit my soul out.

[Anonymous No.18023040]

BIRRIA
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[Anonymous No.18023047]

>>18023032
>I know it acid cooked with limes/lemons
What the fuck?
t.mexican

[Anonymous No.18023056]

>>18023047
he's talking about ceviche, idk where he got the idea that it's mexican though

[Anonymous No.18023059]

>>18022942
A Brooklyn food truck is no more authentic Mexican food than Taco Bell is.

[Anonymous No.18023071]

>>18023032
>>18023056
Alright.
Let me answer the question then.
Do you live near the coast?
If not then you shouldn't risk it. The quality of the fish is very important.

[Anonymous No.18023088]

>>18022942

Mexico has a super diverse and regional cuisine.

My favorite is the stuff from Yucatan, lots of seafood and pork and very citrus heavy. Cochinita pibil is the most famous dish from there.

Chiles en nogada is the national dish so try that out.

People rag on Tex Mex too but Iove some greasy chile rellenos and tamles too

[Anonymous No.18023107]

>>18022942
If you ever make anything homemade try making some tamales, enchiladas are easier. The advantage of doing it homemade is you can make a stock and use the liquid and lard to flavor everything.
Dried chili's help a ton, ancho's are the smokiest, pasilla's are the sweetest, guajillo gives the most red color and arbols are for heat. Add that + onions ,garlic, green peppers, you have a really good base for rice, beans and sauces.

[Anonymous No.18023116]

>>18023056
aguachiles is mexican ceviche
super good, a bit spicy and found usually in places near the pacific ocean
served with tostadas (crunchy flat tortilla)
squeeze some lime and pour some hot sauce, and every place has their own fish sauce that they give you.

[Anonymous No.18023129]

>brooklyn
>anything other than russian or red sauce eye-talian food

[Anonymous No.18023214]

>>18022942
Its basically Indian food with slightly better hygiene standards. Mexican food uses all the same ingrediants except ginger, cardamom, nutmeg, ground coriander, lard instead of ghee & butter, corn instead of whatever starch pajeets use, mexican oregano instead of fenugreek, Pajeets win when it comes to carbs and vegetable dishes, Mexico wins in terms of stews, meat and dairy.

[Anonymous No.18023241]

>>18023214
Lmfao I love a post that argues something while simultaneously proving its own argument incorrect. The sheer dissonance of this drivel is amazing.

[Anonymous No.18023313]

>>18023059
Lol Brooklyn is filled with people straight from Mexico (mostly Puebla)

[Anonymous No.18023324]

>>18023214
Does Indian food use cloves and allspice?

[Anonymous No.18023374]

>>18023129
Brooklyn, and the other 4 boroughs, have great Mexican food now

[Anonymous No.18023533]

Why does Mexican food not have much vegetables?

[Anonymous No.18023544]

>>18023533
Vegetables are for livestock, which exist to be eaten

Also hominy and corn fulfill the role entirely

[Anonymous No.18023592]

>>18022942
I live in Mexico and it really is the same 5 ingredients in different arrangements. The ingredients are often good though.

>>18023059
NYC is probably the best place outside of Mexico to find certain dishes from Puebla.

>>18023533
Pretty much all Latin American cuisines are light on vegetables. The American (British too?) traditional meal is a meat, a starch, and a vegetable, so Americans are very good at preparing vegetables in an appetizing way. Latin America doesn't have that same three-component meal framework but I couldn't explain to you the history of why that's the case. In Mexico at least, the "vegetable side dish" is probably going to be beans. Practically any use of greens is exclusively as a part of a soup/stew, or as a topping, i.e. quelites in a quesadilla, or in certain dishes like romeritos en mole. Mexicans are fucking terrible at crafting salads.

[Anonymous No.18023594]

>>18023059
brooklyn mexican food trucks are authentic and absolutely amazing. go to a park with a soccer field on the weekend and there will be a fuckton of legit mexican food trucks for all the mexicans playing futbol on their day off

[Anonymous No.18023598]

>>18023129
>he doesn’t know that every “ethnic” neighborhood is now a Mexican neighborhood.

[Anonymous No.18023602]

>>18023214
Mexican food is way better than Indian food. Mexican food even smells delicious while Indian food literally smells like body odor.

[Anonymous No.18023606]

>>18023241
I keep seeing these types of posts here. Why this board specifically? Not even /pol/ or /his/ acts like this.

[Anonymous No.18023631]

>>18023533
the vegetables typical in mexican food are all kinds ofpeppers, tomatos, mexican zucchini, cucumber, peas on the rice
and vegetable adjacent things:
corn, potato, lime, avocado, onion

Idk most mexican dish has some combination of those things. I think adding salsa to a dish counts as it having a good amount of vegetables

[Anonymous No.18023652]

>>18023032
I think Mexican food is overrated, but ceviche is absolutamente delicioso.

[Anonymous No.18023681]

>>18023598
Yep. Even Sheepshead Bay and Brightom Beach have a lot of Mexicans.

[Anonymous No.18023685]

>>18023592
But Latin America is unique in not using vegetables
Pretty much everywhere else in the world, they're a staple

[Anonymous No.18023688]

>>18023594
They have a bunch in Bushwick due to having lots of Mexicans + being a popular nightlife area

[Anonymous No.18023709]

>>18023592
>>18023685
You don’t know what you are talking about. A plenty of restaurants you can order dishes with vegetables, you probably are choosing the meals that only have beans. Whenever we make steak like carne asada we make vegetables similar to pic related as a side.

[Anonymous No.18023802]

>>18023592
pure fucking bullshit

im from mexico puto and i can tell this is a gringo larping

that or you're just poor and ur mom can only buy arroz, frijoles, tortillas, salchicas y guacamaya

[Anonymous No.18023869]

>>18023688
haven't been to bushwick in a while. I imagine there are no more roving packs of dogs with all the hipsters that moved in

[Anonymous No.18023937]

>>18023709
zucchini and peppers are not vegetables.

[Anonymous No.18024095]

>>18022942
>Mexican food
>Brooklyn
Bait?
>>18023592
>NYC is probably the best place outside of Mexico to find certain dishes from Puebla.
Nope. Socal

[Anonymous No.18024098]

>>18024095
It's not bait, there are a lot of Mexicans in Brooklyn

[Anonymous No.18024102]

>>18024098
>he doesn't know

[Anonymous No.18024115]

https://youtu.be/0l1kduBTOZY
I want everyone to watch this right NOW. this is how mexican food is going to look like in 5 years

[Anonymous No.18024118]

>>18024115
fuck i mean in the US. it's already happening in San Diego but los angeles is getting there too.

[Anonymous No.18024125]

>>18024098
Are you sure they're not some other type of Latinx?

[Anonymous No.18024128]

>>18024115
Old

[Anonymous No.18024129]

>>18024118
Nah fish tacos are already big in la and San Diego

[Anonymous No.18024132]

>>18024125
He's a non-mexican anon who likes Mexican food. He is half-right though. brooklyn has decent poblano food, but not as much as los angeles

[Anonymous No.18024134]

Fast Food mexican is unironically better than authentic mexican food. Sorry but I prefer pizazz and crunch over regular bread and meat

[Anonymous No.18024137]

>>18024129
yes but not the concept of mexican seafood in general. just 10 years ago, you say you want to eat seafood and people will laugh at you for suggesting mexican. it's slowly changing and it's going to be the next food meme like birria currently is

[Anonymous No.18024153]

>>18023088
yucatan isn't that seafood heavy. sure it has some dishes but it's mostly relies on pork, turkey and egg dishes

[Anonymous No.18024180]

>>18024125
Yes, I personally know plenty of them and they're Mexican.

[Anonymous No.18024208]

>>18024132
Brooklyn (and the other boroughs) have great antojitos (tacos, tortas, sopes, huaraches, etc.) but New York Mexican food lacks "sit down" dishes for some reason.

[Anonymous No.18024249]

>>18022942
yeah, what >>18023088 said: super diverse and regional
e.g. al pastor is literally a descendant of shawarma; it got created because of the Lebanese immigrants who moved to Mexico in the 20th century

[Anonymous No.18024257]

>>18023032
ceviche is great but unless you are in a fancy place or within an hour's drive of the ocean you are taking your life in your hands. still, it's really good though. my favorite is the peruvian lima street food edition with big fried corn nuts and some other munchy stuff included

[Anonymous No.18024265]

>>18023107
great post. thank you anon

>>18023592
i was blessed to have a puebla mexican restaurant across the street from where i worked in New Orleans (Carrollton a few blocks up from Canal). great mole. i fell in love with the waitress and her mother tried to get us to marry. sometimes i wonder how my life would be different...

[Anonymous No.18024273]

>>18024115
i could only watch half of it because i started getting pissed off that i'm not in mexico eating seafood

[Anonymous No.18024303]

mexico rules

[Anonymous No.18024942]

>>18023241
What type of posts? Ones that are factually correct?

[Anonymous No.18025652]

>>18024249
It's very fusiony too, which isn't a bad thing. like the hotdog from sonora has american intermingling and also the volovan that you see all over the streets of veracruz.

[Anonymous No.18025825]

Whats some good resources to learn some authentic mexican cooking? I feel like I can really wow the family at the summer barbecues by busting out some mexican seasoned and marinated meats and chops.

[Anonymous No.18025889]

>>18025652
It's fusionally while at the same time having a foundation of very traditionally Mexican dishes

[Anonymous No.18025892]

don’t care, too long, didnt read, texmex is still the best lmaoo

[Anonymous No.18025895]

>>18022942
It's Spanish cuisine. Mexico doesn't have a cuisine. Its native population is effectively extinct.

[Anonymous No.18025904]

>>18022942
Fuck off with your beans, nigger.

[Anonymous No.18025906]

>>18025895
It's fusion cuisine so it's not indigenous or spaniard

[Anonymous No.18025911]

>>18025825
read some diana kennedy cookbooks. if you want some marinades then used lime, beer, worcestershire and maggi

[Anonymous No.18025927]

New York doesn't have real Mexican food

[Anonymous No.18025935]

>>18023214
>uses all the same ingrediants except ginger, cardamom, nutmeg, ground coriander, lard instead of ghee & butter, corn instead of whatever starch pajeets use, mexican oregano instead of fenugreek
>it's basically Indian except its not

[Anonymous No.18025944]

>>18023214
mexican cuisine uses ginger and ground coriander but not cardamom

[Anonymous No.18026454]

>>18025927
Wrong, fag. My neighborhood is filled with Mexicans and real Mexican food.
It's unironically more authentic than the sloppa places in Texas (which are good in their own right)

[Anonymous No.18026466]

>>18025944
Interdasting, I didn't know they used ginger

[Anonymous No.18026840]

Mexican cuisine is GOAT. I just wish it had more vegetables

[Anonymous No.18026908]

>>18022942
I'm so glad more people are trying mole poblano. My mother is from Puebla and I ate that shit every week growing up. I could probably share a recipe if you wanted to try and make it at home

[Anonymous No.18026911]

>>18023313
This, my estranged grandfather from Puebla has lived in Brooklyn for like, 40 or 50 years

[Anonymous No.18026947]

>>18026908
Unfortunately some places make it kinda lazy and it tastes mediocre. But when done right it's fucking amazing

[Anonymous No.18026953]

>>18026466
you see it in birria and mole recipes. also stuff like puerco tatemado.

[Anonymous No.18027140]

What's your favorite taco filling? For me, it's carne enchilada

[Anonymous No.18027148]

>>18026908

Recipe time

[Anonymous No.18027291]

>>18027148
Looking for it right now, have to comb through my mother's old recipe book

[Anonymous No.18027418]

>>18026840
Name a good vegetable

[Anonymous No.18027445]

>>18027140
Cabeza.

[Anonymous No.18027457]

>>18022942
your picture is of doner kebab not mexican food.

[Anonymous No.18027528]

>>18027457
>pork
>donor kebab
n

[Anonymous No.18027634]

>>18027418
Spinach
Broccoli
Cauliflower

[Anonymous No.18027644]

>>18027528
doner is made with lamb dumbass

[Anonymous No.18027661]

>>18027457
It's a trompo for tacos al pastor, look at the pineapple on the side and the tortillas.

[Anonymous No.18027682]

>>18027644
exactly you dumbshit.

[Anonymous No.18027701]

Are bell peppers used in actual Mexican cuisine at all?

[Anonymous No.18027704]

>>18027701
maybe in alambres, but it might be poblano instead

[Anonymous No.18027933]

>Be me
>grandpa owned company in Mexico
>grow up with Mexican cooking
>still like Taco Bell better

[Anonymous No.18028008]

>>18027933
>be me
>make up lies on 4chan

[Anonymous No.18028011]

>>18028008
ok ok i lied it was in Honduras

[Anonymous No.18028129]

>tinga
>aguachile
>ensenada fish taco
>pork ribs in salsa verde
>meatball soup
5 basic dishes for anyone who wants to know mexican food

[Anonymous No.18028174]

>>18028011
yikes

[Anonymous No.18028187]

>>18023592
kek this guy is probably a chilango fuckboi that doesnt know shit

[Anonymous No.18028888]

>>18027148
Hey Anon, I had to text my mother because I couldn't find it, but here it is:


8 California Peppers
2 mulatto peppers
1 Pasilla chili
3 tomatoes
2 tomatillos
10 almonds
1/4 of an onion
3 garlic cloves
1/2 apple
1/2 tortilla
1/4 cup peanuts
1 cinnamon stick (peel a piece of cinnamon)
4 cloves
3 peppers
1 pinch oregano
1 pinch of cumin
1/4 cup of raisins
1/2 plantain

You have to fry everything a little until it softens
And grind little by little using an immersion blender for best results
Then in a separate pot add a touch more oil in a pot and put 1/2 bar of chocolate and when it dissolves, integrate the mixture into the original little by little until it is completely integrated and thick.
Add salt to taste and chicken broth or water to thinas needed

[Anonymous No.18030151]

>>18023032
Ceviche is absolutely delicious

[Anonymous No.18030985]

>>18022942
definitely carnitas

[Anonymous No.18031039]

>>18022942
Really hope you stopped for dinner at Oxomoco then. Absolutely fantastic

[Anonymous No.18031210]

>>18027140
lengua

[Anonymous No.18031257]

>>18022942
Pozole Is really good, with some lemon and some tortilla chips.

[Anonymous No.18031639]

i'm glad more mexicans are using soy sauce in their dishes. now add more coconut milk because it makes sense

[Anonymous No.18031646]

>>18022942
Al Pastor is the good shit
>even the beans it came with were delicious
Salt and butter

[Anonymous No.18032045]

>>18030151
Agreed. It goes so well with the tostadas

[Anonymous No.18032047]

Horchata is delicious

[Anonymous No.18032075]

>>18022942
>>Mexican is quickly becoming one of my favorite cuisines
No, tacos are. Mexicans don't eat tacos every day. This is like retards thinking Japanese people eat sushi for every meal.

[Anonymous No.18032089]

>>18032075
Tacos are more common in Mexico than sushi is in Japan

[Anonymous No.18032092]

>>18032089
Nah

[Anonymous No.18033042]

Bump

[Anonymous No.18033046]

>>18022942
man why are white people like this?
>finds out about things lots of people know about
>GUYS YOU HAVE TO KNOW ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW

[Anonymous No.18033057]

>>18032092
they do by far. and this is coming from a mexican

[Anonymous No.18033074]

>>18033046
4chan is a substitute for having a social life for some people. You're included in that group, faggot.

[Anonymous No.18033075]

Fajitas and carne asada bro

[Anonymous No.18033115]

>>18022942
It can be good.
I live in socal which is basically Northern Mexico at this point so there's a huge variety. Most of it is absolutely sloppa that you would expect peasants to eat. High carb, very high carb and a mix of shit I wouldn't feed my dog.
Although, I've had really good food that's worthy of the praise. Just depends really.
Thanks for reading my blog

[Anonymous No.18033148]

>>18023012
>chilaquiles are amazing
Red or green, though?

[Anonymous No.18033165]

>>18023071
This hasn't been true since the invention of frozen shipping and im not sure why it is still parrotted. 99% of fish is frozen directly on the boats, and will remain frozen even to your bumfuck town in Idaho. Just don't go to cheap places that will thaw it out and keep it around.

[Anonymous No.18033182]

>>18033046
Because most people on /ck/ make fun of Mexican food and think it's all Taco Bell tier stuff
Plus Mexican food threads are always nice

[Anonymous No.18033217]

Does the bare hands preparation give the food more flavor?

[Anonymous No.18033230]

>>18022942
Mexican is a surprisingly tough cuisine because it is incredibly easy to make it poorly.
That and just the over saturation of mediocre Mexican restaurants can make it a tough sell for a layman.
Once you have had truly great Mexican food, it makes it very difficult to eat 90% of it.

[Anonymous No.18033281]

>>18033148
divorciados
best of both worlds...
(but i prefer red)

[Anonymous No.18033673]

>>18033182
>most
that's a lie. it's just some samefag + 2 more who do that shit

[Anonymous No.18033674]

>>18033115
>I live in socal which is basically Northern Mexico at this point so there's a huge variety. Most of it is absolutely sloppa that you would expect peasants to eat. High carb, very high carb and a mix of shit I wouldn't feed my dog.
so no seafood? that just contradicts your post

[Anonymous No.18033861]

>>18033046
Don't be racist.

[Anonymous No.18033885]

>>18022942
For me it’s Tacos

[Anonymous No.18033888]

>>18023709
>we
Post hand

[Anonymous No.18034268]

>>18033885
looks great bro
you cheaped out a little on the cheese but it might still be ok

[Anonymous No.18034274]

>>18034268
Yeah I should have splurged a little extra on the cheese Walmart has a Mexican isle in the cold foods with some kickass white “quesadilla cheese”

[Anonymous No.18034434]

>>18024125
>Latinx
Kill yourself you pathetic gringo fuck

[Anonymous No.18034894]

I used to hate cilantro until I ate so many tacos

[Anonymous No.18035309]

>>18033885
When you are ready, get away from tex mex and try the real thing.

[Anonymous No.18036570]

>>18025652
oh god anon, i miss volovanes, i used to eat a lot of them when my ship was stuck in veracruz. good old days,

[Anonymous No.18036696]

>>18023056
He's American, he doesn't know any better
every South American country is "Mexico" to him

[Anonymous No.18037219]

>>18023214
Fucking moron

[Anonymous No.18037479]

>>18036696
Mexico has ceviche, brainlet.

[Anonymous No.18037899]

>>18036696
Ceviche is as mexican as carnitas(confit)

[Anonymous No.18037920]

TINGAS

[Anonymous No.18038055]

>>18037920
Que

[Anonymous No.18038207]

>>18037920
Based pingas poster

[Anonymous No.18038412]

Mexican homecooking is really good. When I was younger I'd always love going to my mexican friends' houses. Especially when there's tamales.

[Anonymous No.18038446]

>>18022942
pozole soup with pork is s++ tier. my family usually does fideo soup and tortas de huevos (egg/meat pancakes) around the holidays too

[Anonymous No.18038479]

>>18022942
>Mexican food is just the same 5 basic ingredients
That's a literal white trash take. No one else thinks this.

[Anonymous No.18038481]

>>18036696
I don't know why you're bragging that you're brown lmao

[Anonymous No.18038483]

>>18023059
This. I've been all over the world. Mexico has the best tacos. But southern california definitely comes in second.

[Anonymous No.18038486]

>>18023688
Kek those aren't mexicans you retard

[Anonymous No.18038598]

>>18038479
It gets repeated on here all the time

[Anonymous No.18038602]

>>18038486
I'm personally friends with many of them, you retard. They're Mexican.

[Anonymous No.18038656]

>>18022942
>a delicious but not overpowering cinnamon/clove flavor
>cinnamon or cloves
>good

OP's a liberal yuppie faggot, many such cases

[Anonymous No.18038694]

>>18038656
>not liking cinnamon and cloves
Tastelet detected

[Anonymous No.18038792]

>>18027704
This.

[Anonymous No.18038798]

>>18032089
This is true because anything can be made into a taco. Basically every dish that isnt a soup or dessert can be made into a taco.

[Anonymous No.18039230]

>tinga
>pozole
>barbacoa
>aguachile
>mole
>pipian
>torta
>chile en nogada
>cochinita pibil
>pescado zaraneado
>enfrijoladas
>queso relleno
>torre de mariscos
>mole de estofado
>arroz a la tumbada
>marlin en escabeche
>huevos motulenos
>caguamanta
>tacos arabes
>vuelve a la vida
damn....where to choose

[Anonymous No.18039508]

>>18037920
Classic, Thanks fren

[Anonymous No.18041261]

Torta de chilaquil is god tier desu

[Anonymous No.18041293]

>>18025895
>It's Spanish cuisine. Mexico doesn't have a cuisine. Its native population is effectively extinct.
Soooooo uninformed. People of "spaniard" and other European descent are few and far between, even in Mexico City.
There like 7 million peoples who mostly speak one of the 68 dialects at home aka your exctinct peoples.

OPs pictured al pastor is directly descended from emigrated Lebanese diets, going back to the turn of the century and for many more decades after that, from the religious persecution in Europe. It's pork because they were Christians. The delicious lagers are from the Hapsburgs and good German influences, though no one wanted Maximilian, the crazy brother in charge.

OP, the leading English speaking "cook" who studied the regional recipes and recorded them for prosperity, is Diana Kennedy. Chefs from all over the world and US loved to visit her moutain home and learn from her. Pati's Mexican Table is easily learned from on PBS.

[Anonymous No.18041336]

>>18022942
>decide to try authentic mexican food at a small little shop on the outskirts of downtown
>order my $13 chicken taco and side of rice
>establishments owner comes out from back of shop
>drags me into the backroom where a small radio is playing funky 80s music
>him and the clerk precede to hogtie me and start peeling my face off with a straight razor
>the clerk says "LOOKS like you won't be needing THIS anymore" as he reaches into my eye socket and yanks my whole eyeball out
>eventually their mother overhears my screaming, she cant stand my cries and opens the door, gets on the floor, everybody walk the dinosaur
>they give me a giant half pound bean & cheese burrito and let me go

last time I ever go for **real** "mexican" food - i'll stick to del taco

[Anonymous No.18041783]

>>18036696
Mexico is part of the continent of north america

[Anonymous No.18042986]

>>18033148
green all the way

[Anonymous No.18043425]

>>18022942
Something simple that you can do at home if you can get decent chorizo is chorizo & eggs. What I do is:
>Start browning chorizo
>Once a bunch of fat renders out add a chopped onion
>Mix until onion is translucent
>Add eggs and pickled jalapenos
>Cook until eggs are done
Wa la. Be forewarned, this will heavily lubricate your insides and if the grease gets on your clothes it will be as hard to get rid of as pepperoni hot pocket grease. Make sure to get Mexican chorizo, it's a bit different from Spanish chorizo which is best used in stuff like sauerkraut soup.

[Anonymous No.18043442]

tacos arabes > al pastor
dont @ me

[Anonymous No.18043960]

>>18043425
That would make me shit my brains out unfortunately

[Anonymous No.18044022]

>>18027701
fajitas
lots of beef dishes really, but not necessarily
lots of taco variations have roasted or fried bell peppers
some salsa uses bell pepper

[Anonymous No.18045828]

Bump

[Anonymous No.18046016]

Alot of mexican dishes are called 'guisado' which means stew but do some really translate well in english? for example huevo guisado is a common dish, but is 'egg stew' really the correct translation? mexibros please help