We rounded up cinco of our favorite Mexican food cookbooks for the ultimate giveaway.
Where there’s Mexican food, there’s a fiesta. Ole! With tons of fiery flavor and crowd-friendly dishes (tacos, enchiladas, guacamole), not to mention margaritas, Mexican food is always fun, whether it’s Tuesday taco night or an all-out Cinco de Mayo bash (this Saturday!). To help you celebrate, we rounded up a collection of our favorite Mexican-cooking cookbooks. Start browsing now, and try out a few sample recipes today.
Mexican Made Easy, by Marcela Valladolid
This is the companion cookbook for Marcela’s Food Network show, Mexican Made Easy. She makes Mexican food using fresh ingredients and simple recipes – great for any night of the week.
Coconut Flan from MarcelaValladolid's Mexican Made Easy
Get Cooking:
Chicken Flautas
Burgers al Pastor
Coconut Flan
Just Tacos, by Shelley Wiseman
This cookbook of 100 new taco recipes from former Gourmet magazine food editor Shelley Wiseman is sure to be a taco-lover’s favorite. With inspiration like this, you could start eating tacos for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Grilled Garlic-Marinated Skirt Steak Tacos from Just Tacos, Photograph by Romulo Yanes
Get Cooking:
Baja Fish Tacos
Tacos with Chicken in Poblano Chile Sauce
Grilled Garlic-Marinated Skirt Steak Tacos
Truly Mexican, by Roberto Santibañez
Roberto Santibañez makes authentic Mexican home cooking simple and delicious. He focuses chapters on traditional sauces, like adobo and mole, for maximum flavor.
Get Cooking:
Seafood Guacamole
Roasted Tomatillo Salsa with Chipotle and Roasted Garlic
Pico de Gallo Fresh Tomato Salsa
Burnt Chipotle Salsa
Dos Caminos Mexican Street Food, by Ivy Stark with Joanna Pruess
Ivy Star, executive chef at Dos Caminos restaurant, shares recipes for tasty Mexican street food. It’s flavorful, laid-back and great for sharing. She includes recipes for breakfast, sides, dinner, desserts and drinks.
Get Cooking:
Migas Tepitana: Tepita-Style Migas
Chilaquiles: Tortilla Casserole
Simple Food, Big Flavor, by Aarón Sánchez
Food Network’s Chopped judge Aarón Sánchez shares Mexican-inspired recipes. To simplify the technique (but keep the big flavor), he divides this cookbook into 15 base recipes and uses them as the starting point for more great dishes.
Banging Baby’s-Got-Back Ribs from Aarón Sánchez's cookbook Simple Food, Big Flavor
Get Cooking:
Sautéed Shrimp with Creamy Red Chile Salsa
Banging Baby’s-Got-Back Ribs
Mussels with Beer and Garlic-Chipotle Love
For the ULTIMATE Cinco de Mayo cookbook giveaway, we’re giving away one copy of EACH of these cookbooks to one lucky winner. All you have to do to enter is leave a comment telling us your favorite Mexican food.
You must include your email address in the “Email” field when submitting your comment so we can communicate back with you if you’re a winner. (But do not post your email address into the actual body of the comment.) We’re giving two copies away to one very lucky, randomly selected commenter.
You may only comment once to be considered, and you don’t have to purchase anything to win; a purchase will not increase your chances of winning. Odds depend on total number of entries. Void where prohibited. Only open to legal residents of the 50 U.S. states, D.C. or Puerto Rico, and you must be at least 18 years of age to win. All entries (comments) must be entered between 5:00 p.m. ET on May 3 and 5:00 p.m. ET on May 8. Subject to full Official Rules. By leaving a comment on the blog, you acknowledge your acceptance to the Official Rules. ARV of prize: $134.39. Sponsor: Scripps Networks, LLC, d/b/a/ Cooking Channel, 75 9th Ave., New York, NY 10011.
So, tell us, what’s your favorite Mexican food?
And make sure to check out all of our favorite Cinco de Mayo recipes on Cooking Channel.
Seafood guacamole looks amazingly deliciousioso!
Chelis Rellenos YUM!!!!
I love a good chile rellenos and a couple tomales.
I love huaraches!
I LOVE ALL MEXICAN FOOD
but i especially love tacos! Whether its with meat, fish, vegetarian or even crustaceans, my friends and family are always a GO when its our ULTIMATE TACO DAY.
I love burritos and guac!
Tacos! Veggie or Fish =)
Tamales and pretty much everything LOL (ok ok not jalepenos) but gotta have guac on whatever it is!!
My favorite Mexican food is actually the Spicy Shrimp Broth recipe that was shared by Marcela Valladolid. We save up shrimp shells in the freezer, every time we eat shrimp, just so we can cook up her soup later. Ohhhhh sooooo good!
Guacamole
Fish Tacos and Flan … any flavor!
Pollo a la Parrilla
Enchiladas Suizas!! It has a chicken, poblano and cheese filling with a creamy tomatillo sauce on top! I make it all the time for my friends. It's heaven.
My favorite mexican food is carne asada burritos
Pozzola, abundigus, Mole', burrito's, chili's rellenos.
Real tacos
I like menudo and tamales a lot.
Tacos de pollo and huevos ranchero….oooo sooo good!!
quesadillas!
Menudo and Carne asada
fresh churros filled w/dulce de leche! so much yummy goodness!
a simple ceviche with super fresh ingredients and of course, a margarita on the side!
I love anything but enchiladas are my favorite!
Arroz con Pollo!
Fajitas with pico de gallo
Guacomole is my fav with anything
mole chicken enchildas
Tacos, and all salsas
Carnitas with a tomatillo avacodo salsa nestled in a warm tortilla
Anything Mexican is great but right now I'm loving fish tacos lol.
Working to make great homemade corn totillas for tacos. Shrimp and beef are my favorite
Oh my goodness, there are too many good foods to choose from!
But a few favorites are Pollo Bandido, Mexican rice, Vegetable Quesadillas, and burritos!
I love fajitas, the messier the better.
Shredded beef enchiladas with a margarita =)
One of my favorites is Pazolli (sp?) and also tres leches
I'd have to go with these chili verde enchiladas that I had at a local Mexican restaurant a couple weeks ago. They were amazing! Thanks for the chance to win!
I love a good tamale.
Chiles rellenos
Empanadas
Tacos el Pastor…yum!
My favorite food has to be a tie between two things. I love Mole and salsas, and I would love to explore and cook the different moles and salsas found in each "state" in Mexico, it sounds like a wonderful culinary adventure for me!!
My favorite dish would have to be chicken mole with a side of frijoles de la olla and mexican rice! To wash it all down…ice cold jamaica….Delicious!
Huevos Rancheros….any time of day
I love Enchilladas
At castle peak grille in Avon, Colorado there is a dish called potato au gratin chili fries. The chef there make au gratin potatoes and turns them into fries and deep fries them and smothered with pork green chili. I cannot get enough
I love all mexican food. What comes to mind are chile rellenos and refried beans.