Mexican Dinner Ideas
Birria tacos, enchiladas, and one-pan skillet dinners the Pepper community pulls out when Taco Tuesday needs to eat like a real weeknight meal.
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DinnerMexican Red Rice from scratch
Recipe from Freddsters on Tik tok or Freddsters.com
Tori RodIngredients
- 1 1/2 cup Long Grain White Rice
- 1 tbsp Olive Oil
- 1 Yellow onion
- 3 Tomatoes
- 4 Garlic cloves
- 1 tbsp Tomato Bouillon
- 2 cup Chicken broth
- 1 Jalepeno
- 1 Lime Juice of Lime
Instructions
- 1In a large pan, add oil and rice over medium heat. Toast for 4-6 minutes until golden and fragrant.
- 2To a blender add: Onion, Tomatoes, Garlic, Tomato Bouillon, and broth. Blend until smooth.
- 3I prefer to strain my liquid in a fine mesh strainer, although it isn’t necessary. Measure out 3 cups of (strained) liquid and add it to toasted rice. Optional: add juice of lime and whole Jalepeno (with a couple fork holes poked).
- 4Stir and allow to come to a boil. Once boiling, lower heat and cover rice. Cook for 20 minutes.
- 5Once 20 minutes is up. Keep rice covered. And remove from heat for 10 minutes.
- 6Fluff rice with a fork and stir to combine.
- 7Enjoy!
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Open in Pepper →Why the Best Mexican Dinners Start With One Great Salsa
A charred tomato salsa or a five-minute salsa verde does 80% of the flavor work — the rest of dinner is just chicken, rice, and a warm tortilla.
Cooks on Pepper batch a jar of salsa on Sunday and spoon it over eggs, rice bowls, and tacos all week — one sauce, five different meals.
The recipes here are the community's Mexican-dinner rotation, from fifteen-minute quesadillas to slow-braised birria for a weekend project.
Quick Tips
- 1
Warm the tortillas
Thirty seconds on a dry skillet transforms them — cold tortillas are the fastest way to ruin a taco.
- 2
Salt the salsa
Under-salted salsa tastes like watery tomato — a real pinch of salt wakes everything up.
- 3
Squeeze lime at the table
Acid dulls in the fridge — fresh lime right before eating is the difference between good and great.
- 4
Toast the spices
Cumin and chili powder bloom in warm oil for thirty seconds — night-and-day depth of flavor.
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