🕒Prep 30 min🔥Cook 1 hr 30 min⌛Total 2 hr🍽️6 servings🔢350 kcal / serving🌎Mexican Caldo De Mariscos – Hearty Mexican Seafood Soup With Shrimp, Fish, And Clams. The smoke alarm was screaming. Again. You know, sometimes I think my sister-in-law, Rosaura, just wants to set off that thing. Caldo de Mariscos? Oh, honey, this isn't just soup. This is liquid history,…

🕒Prep 25 min🔥Cook 45 min⌛Total 1 hr 10 min🍽️6 servings🔢310 kcal / serving🌎Mexican Champurrado – Thick, Warm Chocolate Atole Made With Masa, Cinnamon, And Piloncill Okay, okay, lemme tell you. My cousin Roberto? He almost burned down the kitchen trying to impress her. You won’t believe who "her" was... Champurrado is old. Like, old old. Before Starbucks, before even Abuela’s…

🕒Prep 1 hr 30 min🔥Cook 2 hr 30 min⌛Total 4 hr🍽️6 servings🔢650 kcal / serving🌎Mexican Chiles En Nogada – Poblano Peppers Stuffed With Picadillo, Topped With Creamy Walnut Sauce And Pomegranate Seeds. Ay Dios mío, I swear my cousin Rafaela almost started a war over who made the better nogada last year. A WAR, I tell you! With chanclas flying.…

🕒Prep 45 min🔥Cook 8 hr⌛Total 9 hr🍽️10 servings🔢650 kcal / serving🌎Mexican Cochinita Pibil – Yucatán Slow-Roasted Pork Marinated In Achiote And Citrus, Wrapped In Banana Leaves. My cousin Roberto swore his novia was a witch—said she could make traffic disappear. ¡Ay Dios mío! That’s how this whole Cochinita Pibil story started. The Maya, you see, they figured out slow cooking…

🕒Prep 20 min🔥Cook 30 min⌛Total 50 min🍽️6 servings🔢250 kcal / serving🌎Mexican Elote En Vaso (Esquites) – Street-Style Corn In A Cup With Mayo, Cheese, Lime, And Chile Powder. My cousin, Rafael? He thought he could make esquites better than my Mama. ¡Ay Dios mío!, the drama. For centuries, Mexico has been obsessed with corn. Forget gold, forget silver – we…

🕒Prep 60 min🔥Cook 3 hr⌛Total 3 hr 30 min🍽️6-8 servings🔢850 kcal / serving🌎Mexican Mole Poblano – The Famous Chocolate-Chile Sauce Served Over Chicken Or Turkey. My primo Ricardo? He almost burned down the kitchen trying to impress a girl. ¡Ay Dios mío! It all started with mole. Mole poblano… it's not just food, it's history, understand? The story goes way…

🕒Prep 30 min🔥Cook 20 min⌛Total 50 min🍽️6 servings🔢180 kcal / serving🌎Mexican Nopales Salad – Cactus Paddles Chopped And Tossed With Tomato, Onion, And Queso Fresco. My cousin Ricardo tried to make nopales salad last week. ¡Ay Dios mío! It was a disaster. A complete escándalo. Okay, so, you think cactus is just… prickly? Wrong. For centuries, it’s been food, medicine,…

🕒Prep 45 min🔥Cook 3 hr 30 min⌛Total 4 hr 15 min🍽️8-10 servings🔢600 kcal / serving🌎Mexican Pozole Rojo – A Deep, Rich Hominy Stew With Pork And Red Chile Sauce. My cousin Hector? He tried to make pozole in an Instant Pot. An Instant Pot. ¡Ay Dios mío! The ancestors rolled over. That’s where this story begins. Pozole has been around…

🕒Prep 30 min🔥Cook 1 hr 30 min⌛Total 2 hr🍽️6 servings🔢350 kcal / serving🌎Mexican Sopa De Lima – Yucatán-Style Lime Soup With Chicken, Crispy Tortilla Strips, And Bright Citrusy Broth. My cousin Rafael tried to make this soup after watching one YouTube video, ¡ay Dios mío! The disaster… it smelled like sadness and limes. This Sopa de Lima? It’s from Yucatán.…