2024 the best mexican recipes review

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Kitchen-tested recipes that bring the real flavors of Mexico home. 

Let America’s Test Kitchen be your guide to making deeply flavored Mexican dishes at home. Our first Mexican cookbook features foolproof appetizers, soups and stews, authentic egg dishes, tacos and tamales, burritos and enchiladas, and all manner of meat and seafood dishes. The Best Mexican Recipes includes a primer on Mexican home cooking with information on key ingredients (readily available at your supermarket) and innovative techniques that shave time off traditional preparation methods. Not only will you be able to cook amazingly flavorful Mexican food, but you’ll cook with confidence. 

Recipes include: Familiar favorites: Beef Enchiladas, Tamales, Grilled Fish Tacos, Classic Mexican Rice, Chicken Tortilla Soup, Stuffed Jalapenos, Chunky Guacamole, Fresh Margaritas, and more 

Authentic regional dishes: Queso Fundido, Chicken Mole Poblano, Ancho-Orange Pork Burritos, Yucatan-Style Barbecue Pork, Fish Veracruz, Oaxacan-Style Beef Brisket, and more.

Popular street foods: Sopes, Gorditas, Panuchos, Mexican Street Corn, Molletes, Huaraches with Poblanos, Red Peppers, and Queso Fresco, and more

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ America's Test Kitchen; Illustrated edition (April 15, 2015)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 318 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1936493977
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1936493975
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.88 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.44 x 0.78 x 9.19 inches
Reviewer: Reviews by Rachel
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Mouth-watering Mexican recipes, adapted for the American kitchen!
Review: I can sense there might be some debate in store about America's Test Kitchen's new cookbook, "The Best Mexican Recipes." There are people who pride themselves on their familiarity with authentic ethnic cuisine. Out of their passion for the real thing, they can at times become choosy about anything that isn't 100% genuine. When you consider this cookbook, I think it is for the best if you realize that it is written by America's Test Kitchen, recipe developers whose mission it is to produce consistently delicious recipes that can be replicated by the American (or should I specify estadounidense) home cook. Here is a quote from the Introduction to this cookbook: "So with this book, we set out to tell the story of Mexican cooking in the United States through a collection of foolproof recipes that range from little-known authentic dishes and Tex-Mex favorites to fresh, modern dishes inspired by the flavors of Mexico...We think this book presents the very best of American cooking put through the filter of what makes sense for the American home kitchen. No incredibly exotic local ingredients or complicated techniques best left to chefs." With that mind, I am very excited to have this collection of Mexican(ish) recipes. Here is the breakdown of chapters: 1) Getting Started (intro to ingredients, equipment, and basic methods) 2) Appetizers and Drinks 3) Soups, Stews, and Chilis 4) Tacos, Tostadas, Tamales, and More 5) Burritos, Chimichangas, and Quesadillas 6) Enchiladas and Casseroles 7) Poultry 8) Beef and Pork 9) Seafood 10) Vegetarian Mains 11) Eggs 12) SidesWHAT I DON'T LIKE ABOUT THIS BOOK***So far, not much I don't like about it. The only thing is when I opened it to the halfway page and attempted to pull it to its "fully opened" book position, the binding made a noise that no binding should ever make, but maybe it was just stiff. I will, of course, update if I have any issues with the durability of the book.WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE BOOK***The size of the book--it isn't so heavy that my wrist hurts when I hold it with one hand, the way ATK's "The Best Recipe" hardcover does. It is pretty flexible and easy to page through.***Full-page illustrations of many recipes (I counted about 88), and many other smaller photos and photo sequences such as "Assembling Flautas" and "Shaping Flour Tortillas," which I expect to be tremendously useful***The "Getting Started" section at the beginning includes some helpful information, including a photo glossary of fresh and dried chiles, corn products and common Mexican seasonings/herbsTHE RECIPES***A decent variety of bold and conservative, depending on your mood or company***Some I have tried:--fresh tomato salsa (good, but I still prefer the soupy looking salsa at the local restaurant)--classic ground beef tacos (my go-to recipe for taco meat, instead of those seasoning packets)--easy chipotle chicken tacos (my husband absolutely RAVES about these tacos!)***What I am looking forward to trying: recipes for both corn tortillas and flour tortillas, enfrijoladas, queso fundido, chicken burritos mojados, cheese enchiladas (unabashedly Tex-Mex), skillet chicken fajitas, meatballs in chipotle sauce, Mexican breakfast sandwiches, cilantro rice/lime rice/chile rice, mashed spiced pumpkin, mango, jicama, and orange saladI will update as I try out some of these recipes!To conclude, this is a very user-friendly and tutorial cookbook for those who are looking for something more authentic than Taco Bell but not quite so authentic as to call for...I dunno, tripe or brains. It is a good starting point for those wishing to explore Mexican cuisine and don't want to waste time with recipes that don't turn out. You can always try a purist cookbook later if you feel the inclination, but in the meantime, you will have some solid recipes to try out. I give this an enthusiastic five stars.

Reviewer: Megan P.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Amazing recipes!
Review: We’ve made quite a few of these recipes so far and none have disappointed yet! Depending on where you live, I could see that some ingredients might be more difficult to find than others, but otherwise all of the recipes are pretty easy to make. They have really done a great job with simplifying these recipes. I do wish that they listed the amount of time needed to prepare/cook each dish but not the end of the world that they don’t. Definitely recommend for anyone wanting to make some authentic Mexican food at home.

Reviewer: Real Buyer
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good Recipes
Review: Good cookbook overall, the recipes have been good so far. The only area for improvement would be a bit more consistency on which names are used for the chili peppers in each recipe; apparently it's common for each variety of dry chili pods to go by multiple names and each recipe in the books uses the particular name which that recipe creator uses for that chili pepper without reference to the fact that a different recipe within the same book might use a different name for the same ingredient. This is needlessly confusing. That said, it's an understandable oversight and there is going to be a bit of a learning curve for anyone who doesn't have experience cooking Mexican food figuring out how to work with the numerous varieties of dry chili peppers out there since there a number of them, each one can have multiple names in the common parlance, and quite a number of them look similar to each other. The information the book provides on toasting the chilies and blending them with other spices is helpful. I also appreciate that there's a fair amount of testing of recipes by ATK before publishing them- this reason in itself is a good enough reason to purchase their cookbooks over others on the market. I also like that their recipes call for fresh and minimally processed ingredients. Overall I'd recommend this book to anyone wanting to learn to make Mexican food. On a semi-related note, I hope this complex cuisine receives the respect it deserves and that more non-Mexicans learn the difference between the sophisticated dishes that come out of Central America and the bastardized "Mexican food" served up for gringos who don't know the difference. There is absolutely a difference and it's just as stark as that between fine Italian food and canned pasta and meatballs.

Reviewer: Patrick Savard
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I have always thought that a cookbook should contain a good number of mouthwatering recipes. This book nails it all the way. One of my favorites now, all categories included.

Reviewer: Cliente Amazon
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: todo correcto y en plazo

Reviewer: P. Harvey
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I have been using this recipe book for about six weeks now. It is by far the best and most comprehensive Mexican cook book I have used. Of the dozen or so recipes I have tried, every one has worked well. The background boxes on ingredients and methods are as well researched as the recipes are well tested. One thing to realise is that these are Test Kitchen's takes on the recipes, so may seem different from expectation; but once you try their version, you'll find out why they adapted it in the way they did; usually their adaptations make the final dish simpler to cook yet at least as good. I found the "Why it works" sections useful and informative.

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: This cookbook takes time to go through the various ingredients used in Mexican cooking in some depth. It also provides some recipes or alternatives for those ingredients that are difficult to purchase. It also provides some information on the "Building Blocks" of Mexican cooking. Like most American Test Kitchen recipes, extensive time has been taken to get the recipe just right and there is an explanation for the recipe explaining what works to make it particularly effective. For someone like me, who has an interest in the science of cooking and who likes to transfer ideas to other recipes, I find these explanations very interesting, The recipes are well written with good detail in the instructions. A number of dishes that are familiar to us in Mexican restaurants are presented and will be fun to make for many gatherings.

Reviewer: Alexandra Almeida
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: The best! Five stars!!