Gluten Free Main Dish Recipes from Mexico including classics such as Al Pastor Tacos, Enchiladas and Tinga to Yucatan Snapper. Many of these dishes use our molé and sauce recipes.
While in Puerto Vallarta the 2 Cooks made a big pot of Oaxacan Molé Estofado. We made these chicken enchiladas twice to use up the molé. In Mexico it is fairly easy to get a rotisserie chicken, shred it, and have meat for things like this. It’s a simple way to have great tasting meals….
On a trip to Sayulita Mexico we got a recipe for Camarones con Cabezas from the owners of a little beach bar called Bar Miramar. The dish gets a lot of flavor from the shrimp heads cooking in wine and oil. We came up with a version of this recipe that is easy to make…
Sopa De Lima comes to us from the Yucatan region of Mexico. This is one variation of Tortilla Soup. We made this while staying in a beautiful house in Puerto Vallarta. We bought a rotisserie chicken from a street stall nearby, shredded the meat and made the broth from the bones. This recipe is naturally…
Huatape Con Camarones is a delightful shrimp in molé dish from Veracruz, Mexico. Here we present a quick and easy version of this often complex dish. This recipe is gluten free Watch A Video Here is a video of 2 Cooks in the Kitchen making Huatape Con Camarones Ingredients For Huatape Con Camarones Cook the…
This taco salad is featured frequently in our every other day salad rotation. We season shredded chicken, turkey or ground beef with a variety of things ranging from pre-packaged taco seasonings to homemade molé. Kelly whips up a great salad dressing we really enjoy and you will too. Start with some lettuce, add tomatoes, olives,…
Quesabirria Tacos are a very delicious version of the classic Mexican taco. The beef is slow cooked and shredded and the tortillas are dipped in the consommé before being fried with gooey cheese melting out all over. We love it when we find these tacos on a menu but you don’t have to wait. You…
Beef Birria is a traditional Mexican dish from Jalisco, Mexico. You’ll often see it served as a soup with onions, cilantro and tortillas. A combination of dried chiles and spices gives this soup a warm Mexican flavor. We like to spice it up a little with some arbol and morita chiles. This recipe is naturally…
Pollo Pozole Rojo is the red version of this traditional Mexican soup. It gets the color from dried chiles. We made this dish recently in Mexico where we had access to fresh hominy and rotisserie chicken. At home we use dried hominy to make pozole. This dish is often made with pork as the meat….
We recently made Loco Moco, the Hawaiian dish of rice, hamburger patty, gravy and a fried egg. That got us thinking about a Mexican Loco Moco version of the dish with Mexican flavors that we are calling Molé Moco. We used our Mexican Rice recipe, added cornmeal, salsa, cilantro and cheese to the burger and…
Green Chile Chicken is a favorite at the 2 Cooks dinner table. This family friendly recipe uses readily available ingredients to create a chicken with green chile gravy, mouth watering flavors that everyone will enjoy. This recipe is can be made gluten free by using gluten free flour to make the gravy. Watch a Video…
