Fun Recipes for Cinco de Mayo

Posted in Recipes by Annie T

I love preparing and eating Mexican foods. Although I don’t normally need an excuse to make a batch of salsa or a tray of enchiladas, the upcoming Cinco de Mayo holiday gives us all a good reason to have some fun with Mexican flavors in the kitchen! Here are some recipes that would be perfect for the occasion:

Pork Tinga Tacos

Margaritas on the Rocks

Chorizo-Bean Tortas

Rotisserie Chicken Burritos

Poblano Sausage Tacos

Frozen Strawberry Margaritas

Salsa Verde Enchiladas

Pozole Verde

Garlic Chicken Quesadillas

(Scroll down for links to each recipe.)

Matt and I are going to celebrate the holiday a few days late with a “Diez de Mayo” potluck party. We’re going to provide margaritas along with rotisserie chicken and pork carnitas tacos for our friends and then they’ll bring additional dishes with them. I can’t wait!!

Do you have any special party or food plans for Cinco de Mayo? Please tell me about them in the comments section! 🙂

Recipe Links for the Cinco de Mayo Dishes shown above:
Pork Tinga Tacos • Margaritas on the Rocks • Chorizo-Bean Tortas
Rotisserie Chicken Burritos • Poblano Sausage Tacos • Frozen Strawberry Margaritas
Salsa Verde Enchiladas • Pozole Verde • Jalapeño Garlic Chicken Quesadillas

9Jul2012

Frozen Strawberry Margaritas

Posted in Recipes by Annie T

Here’s a tasty little frozen drink recipe that we whipped up this afternoon after a long day at work. We’ve been having a heat wave here (today the weather has ‘cooled down’ to about 90°) so anything involving ice sounds good to us! This recipe is a blended, fruitier version of my Margaritas on the Rocks.

Frozen Strawberry Margaritas (makes 2 drinks)

You will need…
5 cups Ice Cubes
5 oz. Silver Tequila
1.5 oz. Triple Sec
3.5 oz. Lime Juice (I use Nellie & Joe’s Key Lime Juice)
2 oz. Simple Syrup (1/2 part sugar and 1/2 part water that’s been boiled together and cooled)
12-15 Strawberries, leaves removed
Lime, to garnish

Directions:
Place the ice cubes in a blender and blend until the ice is partially chopped. (My blender has an “ice crush” setting that does a good job of breaking up the ice so I use this setting.) Add the tequila, triple sec, lime juice, simple syrup and strawberries and blend until the strawberries are completely incorporated. Pour into a glass and garnish with a lime wedge. Enjoy!

6Feb2012

Margaritas on the Rocks

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Here’s another delicious summer-inspired recipe: Margaritas! I never liked tequila very much until our neighbors, Jack and Julie, invited us over for a BBQ last summer. While we chatted Jack whipped (well, shook) up some wonderful margaritas and served them to us in salt-rimmed glasses. What a great summer drink! Afterwards we looked for our own margarita recipe and came up with these. I can’t remember exactly where I found the recipe online but it may have been from the Nellie and Joe’s Key Lime Juice web site…

Margaritas on the Rocks (makes 2 drinks)

You will need…
5 oz. Silver Tequila
1.5 oz. Triple Sec
3.5 oz. Lime Juice (you can juice fresh limes or just use Nellie & Joe’s Key Lime Juice)
3.5 oz. Simple Syrup (this is 1/2 part sugar and 1/2 part water; boil them together and allow to cool. I keep a bottle of homemade SS in the fridge.)
Lime Wedge, to garnish
Salt for Glass Rims, if desired

Directions:
Pour the liquid ingredients in a shaker with a few ice cubes. Shake thoroughly and pour into glasses filled with ice (and rimmed in salt if desired). Garnish with a lime wedge and enjoy!