7 Soulful Mexican Food Recipes Featuring

Tacos

If Mexican food recipes have been in your weekly or monthly rotation to keep meals fun, or have been on your mind for a while, then you should consider having a taco Tuesday. The best part about tacos is how just a shell can hold a range of toppings; it can be anything from the Mexican favourite tacos de asada, which are pork tacos, or a fusion taco fix like paneer bhurji tacos with cheese and veggies. 

Use a soft tortilla taco shell to nestle a filling of chorizo pork sausage, along with spices, oregano and vinegar. Use a skillet to fry onions and chopped peppers of your choice, preferably Poblano peppers, and then add the minced sausages and hot sauce like adobo sauce. Use this as a taco filling along with avocado, fresh tomatoes, salsa, chopped onions, sour cream, coriander, lemon wedges and radishes. Make sure to warm the tortilla for the best tacos.

If you want lean protein in your Mexican food recipes, then try these chicken taquitos for dinner. The chicken is not bland; it is mixed with cream cheese, regular cheese like mozzarella, onion and spices like cumin and red chilli powder, and mixed. Then, go in the boiled corn kernels until the mixture holds without feeling too dry. This filling is added to heated tacos (to prevent them from cracking) and sealed well. Then the taquitos are air-fried and served with dips. 

This taco recipe takes the beloved bar nibbles of beer-battered fish, made with a beer batter and a second coating of seasoned flour. A mixture of flour, black pepper, paprika, and salt is made and split into two. Once half is mixed with beer and eggs to make a thick batter. The fish pieces are dipped in the batter, then coated with the seasoned flour, and deep-fried. Put a fried fish per taco, with a filling of shredded cabbage, pickled onions, chilli mayo, and coriander.

Mexican food recipes are scrumptious, and it gets even better with shrimp tacos, which are seasoned with a special Cajun spice mix, meant for meats. Before the shrimp, make the mango salsa with chopped mango, fresh cilantro, jalapeño, red onion, cucumber, roasted red bell pepper, fresh lime juice, olive oil, salt, and black pepper. Toss and then do the shrimp. Mix the shrimps with the seasoning and salt, and shallow fry them. Grill them again and then stuff them in tacos, with mango salsa and your favourite toppings. 

Make carnitas with pulled pork, but make it healthier by ditching the deep-frying part. Make your favourite Mexican pulled pork recipe first, and shred the pork, discarding any fats and keeping the juices. Make sure the pork gets some oven time, marinating in its juices for tender and flavourful meat. A good filling for carnitas would be a pork recipe that has the meat seasoned with salt, garlic powder and pepper and roasted with cola, orange juice and milk. Use this pork to stuff into tacos with sour cream, salsa verde, coriander, lime wedges and corn.

Try one of the healthier Mexican food recipes, with these crispy chicken tinga tacos. The chicken is added to sauteed onions and cooked in a smoky tomato and pepper sauce, with herbs. Then it is shredded and stuffed into tortillas with beans and cheese. The tacos are broiled in the oven until they are crisp. You get a taco that has the Mexican flavours of chipotle, is smoky and just the right amount of spicy. Add them to a taco spread and serve with salsa and dips.

This shrimp tacos recipe is made with the Mexican trifecta of chillies, onions and tomato, so your Mexican night is sorted with the tacos gobernador. Onions, peppers, and garlic are sauteed in butter with tomatoes added for a rich gravy, salt and pepper as seasoning. The shrimp are added to this pan and cooked until opaque. The tortillas are warmed, then layered with the mayonnaise, shredded cheese, and the gravy shrimp. The tacos are heated on a skillet to toast them and melt the cheese, and served. 

Make an unforgettable taco night by making these meaty tacos for Mexican night featuring chicken, fish, shrimp and pork that gets you the protein with vegetables and tortillas adding complex carbs and other macronutrients. If making it for a celebration or gathering, make it a DIY thing by serving the cooked meat with different toppings like different types of salsa, guacamole, sour cream, corn, tomatoes, and jalapeños for guests to sample.