14 Tex-Mex Recipes

Is there anything better than Tex-Mex food? Not at my house there isn't! Here are 14 Tex-Mex recipes for you to enjoy.

Appetizers

• Avocado Hummus
• Casa Ole Green Dip
• Abuelo's Chile con Queso
• Abuelo's Guacamole 
• Abuelo's Salsa Recipe

Main Dishes

• Tacos Al Pastor
• Mexican Lasagna
• Taco Soup
• White Chicken Chili
• Corn Chowder
• Texas Beefaroni

Side Dishes

• Abuelo's Restaurant's Papas Con Chile 

Desserts

• Sopapilla Cheesecake
• Yum Yum bars (also known as Texas Gold)

Cha Cha Cha Salsaria - Mexican restaurant in Oahu

Cha Cha Cha Salsaria is the best Mexican food we found while visiting Oahu. We sat outside on their huge patio overlooking the bay.


They have happy hour Tuesday - Friday from 3-6 PM and all night on Mondays. It seemed like Cha Cha Cha Salsaria would be a great place to hang out at night. We went for lunch and there was hardly anyone around.


It was to early in the day to drink much, so we decided to order one large margarita and share it. This is a picture of our $8 large margarita.  I can't imagine what they would have brought out if we had ordered an actual pitcher.

Our food was good too and reasonably priced. I had the taco salad and my husband had some sort of stuffed pepper. 

Taco Salad

Cha Cha Cha Salsaria

377 Keahole St. C-1A  

Honolulu, HI 96825 

Tel 808-395-7797

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Hash House a Go Go - This place serves twisted farm food in massive portions. It's fun and delicious.


Lotus of Siam - Best Thai food near the strip and the prices are reasonable.

Pink Taco - Hip restaurant inside of the Hard Rock serving excellent Mexican food at great prices.

Firefly - Tapas and drinks at cheap prices in a neat atmosphere.

Hofbrauhous - Fun, lively place where you get good German food and expect some sort of live entertainment.

Brio Tuscan Grill - In a nice setting with shopping near by. Great place for lunch.

El Segundo - Another great Mexican food restaurant in an awesome location on the strip.

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Pink Taco at the Hard Rock hotel and casino

Pink Taco is best described with one word....wait for it.....Legendary!  It is by far the best Mexican food in Las Vegas, in the coolest atmosphere. (I should mention that I also think Super Mex and El Segundo could also be called the best Mexican food in Las Vegas.) Pink Taco is one of those places you always take out of town guests and should be on your short list of restaurants to go to when you are in Vegas.

Pink Taco restaurant

It's not expensive, the atmosphere is awesome (You can tell from the pictures it is somewhat dark in the restaurant.) and the food is incredible. To start out you get chips with three types of salsa. The chips and salsa are complimentary. If you decide to order a pitcher of margaritas keep in mind two things. First the pitchers are huge, plenty for 4 - 5 adults. Second, they are pricey. I can't remember exactly how much, because the pitcher was huge, but I'm thinking it was fifty something dollars. I highly recommend ordering the pink tacos. They have lots to choose from on their menu, but these are tasty and unique. My friends hesitated from the description, but they loved them!

Pink Tacos

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Abuelo's Papas con Chile

Papas con Chile from MommyTravels.net

Hi Pinners! I am so happy you've found my site. You are going to LOVE these Tex-Mex mashed potatoes. I've had a lot of you ask if I cook the peppers. No, I chop them up and just thrown them in. The potatoes are so hot that they will soften without being cooked. If you would like to find me on Pinterest you can here Meagan Shamy and if you enjoy Tex-Mex cuisine check out my round up of 14 Tex-Mex Recipes Appetizers Main Dishes Side Dishes Desserts.


I love the papas con chile at Abuelo's and was beyond excited when I found this recipe last week on the Abuelo's facebook page! Now if they would open a restaurant up here in Oregon!

I cut this recipe in half and it made a ton.  Papas are Tex-Mex mash potatoes and they make the perfect side dish for

• Tacos Al Pastor
• Mexican Lasagna
• Taco Soup
• White Chicken Chili
• Corn Chowder
• Texas Beefaroni

Abuelo’s Papas con Chile™

Ingredients
3 lbs. red potatoes
3 oz cream cheese – cut into 2" squares
½ cup heavy cream
10 oz Velveeta – cut into 2 " squares
½ TBS salt
¾ tsp granulated garlic
¼ cup sour cream
½ cup diced red bell peppers
½ cup diced green bell peppers
2 cans chopped green chiles
½ cup chopped green onion tops
2 TBS of finely chopped jalapeño – seeds removed

Directions
1.Wash and scrub potatoes until clean
2.Place potatoes in a pot covered with water and boil until soft.
3.Drain potatoes
4.Add the rest of ingredients and mash. Be sure all ingredients are incorporated well.

Don't forget about dessert! 

• Sopapilla Cheesecake (this is REALLY good)
• Mint Chocolate Chip Oreo Brownie Ice Cream Cake
• Blueberry Cinnamon Roll crumble
• Yum Yum bars (also known as Texas Gold)
• Abuelo's Capirotada Mexican Bread Pudding (mommytravels.net)

Lucy's Cantina in NYC was awesome

Leave it to us to almost immediately find wonderful Mexican food at a super cute restaurant called Lucy's Cantina Royale across the street for The New Yorker Hotel.

If you've read much of my blog you know I am absolutely passionate about Mexican food and this place did not disappoint.  It was delicious!  I had the tacos, my sister had the salad and my mom had the nachos.  All of us loved it and we will definately be back some day!
The bar

Here's my sister and I. Yes, I'm tired.

There's my mom. You can see the stairs behind her that lead up to their awesome roof top patio.

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