what's your fave mexican dish?

[lane]

no...not salma hayek.


i mean food....

if you go to a restaurant or make something yourself at home what do you prefer?

 

[theogt]

Fajitas from a place called El Tiempo. They're basically drenched in butter....and the rice has parmesan on it. Friggin' delicious.

 

[Hostile]

At home see the recipe for posole in the crock pot thread.

At a restaurant I like several things. Chile colorado, chile rellenos, or steak fajitas are among my favorites.

 

[bbgun]

Chicken enchilladas.

 

[Rack]

Fajitas from a place called El Tiempo. They're basically drenched in butter....and the rice has parmesan on it. Friggin' delicious.

Technically "Fajitas" isn't a dish. It's a meat.


But the way you described it does sound good.




I live on the border (to mexico) so I get to try out a lot of good mexican dished (not that crap you honkies get up north ).


Chile Relleno

Enchiladas

Guisado

Tacos de Trompo

Those are some of my favorites.

 

[theogt]

Technically "Fajitas" isn't a dish. It's a meat.

The term could refer to just the meat or it could refer to the dish including the meat, tortillas, rice, beans, etc.

 

[hairic]

Quesadillas. Meat + cheese + flour tortillas = I'll eat it over any other available food.

 

[Rack]

The term could refer to just the meat or it could refer to the dish including the meat, tortillas, rice, beans, etc.

No, it can't.

Fajitas is meat. No other way to put it.

 

[theogt]

No, it can't.

Fajitas is meat. No other way to put it.

http://www.answers.com/fajitas

Dictionary: fajita (fə-hē't&#601
n.
A dish consisting of strips of marinated meat, poultry, or vegetables that are grilled over an open fire and served in a tortilla, usually with spicy condiments. Often used in the plural.

Maybe there are other ways to put it.

Typically when people refer to just the meat, they say "fajita meat."

 

[bbgun]

Shredded beef chimichangas are also nice.

 

[Rack]

http://www.answers.com/fajitas

Maybe there are other ways to put it.

What can I say, that is not correct.


I live next door to mexico, I think I know what a "Fajita" is.


Have you ever heard anyone refer to "Skirt Steak" as a "Dish"? No.

Fajita is the mexican word for "Skirt Steak".

 

[FloridaRob]

Pork Tamales with a chili sauce. Hard to find good ones here in Fla. The best ones I ever ate were in a small shop in Louisiana where you could buy them with the husks still on.

Bean, Meat, and cheese nachos with jalapenos. NO quacamole....

 

[theogt]

What can I say, that is not correct.


I live next door to mexico, I think I know what a "Fajita" is.


Have you ever heard anyone refer to "Skirt Steak" as a "Dish"? No.

Fajita is the mexican word for "Skirt Steak".

Apparently you only think you know.

I guess chicken fajitas aren't real fajitas, since they're not skirt steak.

 

[bbgun]

Boys, if you don't stop bickering, I'm going to take away the complimentary chips and salsa.

 

[Tusan_Homichi]

At home see the recipe for posole in the crock pot thread.

At a restaurant I like several things. Chile colorado, chile rellenos, or steak fajitas are among my favorites.

I came in here to post those two foods. I couldn't agree more. That's the good stuff right there.

 

[CF74]

Nothing tops homemade chile rellenos. I have yet to find a decent restaurant north of Laredo that makes it. Grilled mollejas with guacamole, chile, grilled onions, and a hint of lime wrapped up in a homemade flour tortilla. Aye way!!! Let's not forget a dash of salt. Chicken flauta plate is good to.

And for the record, "fajita plate" is an entree, remove "Plate" and it's just meat. AKA sizzling fajita "platter" in chains...

Don't mess with mexican symantics vato

 

[Rack]

Apparently you only think you know.

I guess chicken fajitas aren't real fajitas, since they're not skirt steak.

Actually Chicken Fajitas is not correct either, but it has caught on for some reason.


Going by the exact wording, Chicken Fajita means Chicken Skirt Steak.

Some dumb white guy that probably thinks Fajitas is an entree probably thought a "Fajita" was skirt steak sliced up so he figured doing the same thing to a chicken made them "Chicken Fajitas".

It's not correct.


Go to a restaurant here or in mexico and ask just for Fajitas and the waiter will stand there looking at you waiting for you to tell him what you want with your Fajitas (aka Skirt Steak) cuz - as I said - Fajitas is not an entree, it's a meat.

 

[Tusan_Homichi]

Just backing up Rack on this one:

http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/FajitaHistory.htm

Texans would probably like to lay claim to the fajita, but history gives credit to Mexican ranch workers living in West Texas (along the Rio Grande on the Texas-Mexico border) in the late 1930s or early 1940s. When a steer was butchered, the workers were given the least desirable parts to eat for partial payment of their wages. Because of this, the workers learned to make good use of a tough cut of beef known as skirt steak. In Spanish, fajita is a form of the word faja which translates to "belt" or "girdle" in English.

The fajita is truly a Tex-Mex food (a blending of Texas cowboy and Mexican panchero foods). The Mexican term for grilled skirt steak is arracheras, and its American counterpart is fajitas. Today, the term fajita has completely lost its original meaning and has come to describe just about anything that is cooked and served rolled up in a soft flour tortilla. The only true fajitas, however, are made from skirt steak.

 

[Yeagermeister]

Brisket with rice and beans

 

[jman]

Just backing up Rack on this one:

http://whatscookingamerica.net/Histo...itaHistory.htm

Quote:
Texans would probably like to lay claim to the fajita, but history gives credit to Mexican ranch workers living in West Texas (along the Rio Grande on the Texas-Mexico border) in the late 1930s or early 1940s. When a steer was butchered, the workers were given the least desirable parts to eat for partial payment of their wages. Because of this, the workers learned to make good use of a tough cut of beef known as skirt steak. In Spanish, fajita is a form of the word faja which translates to "belt" or "girdle" in English.

The fajita is truly a Tex-Mex food (a blending of Texas cowboy and Mexican panchero foods). The Mexican term for grilled skirt steak is arracheras, and its American counterpart is fajitas. Today, the term fajita has completely lost its original meaning and has come to describe just about anything that is cooked and served rolled up in a soft flour tortilla. The only true fajitas, however, are made from skirt steak.

Which really makes it Tex-Mex and not really "Mexican" at all.

And...Rack must be incorrrect because..."The Mexican term for grilled skirt steak is arracheras"...not fajita.

So go have a fajita; beef, chicken, or sea food and and let it go and be happy about it.