5 Short Mexican Food Recipes for the Week

The Mexican cuisine has many varied dishes for everyday meals, and among them, you can also prepare many simply and with short recipes that require few ingredients and few steps.For example, did you know that recipes like chicken tinga or picadillo have a sauce as a base that can be made with the same ingredients? It is a basic tomato sauce used in Mexican food recipes, and once you master its process, you can prepare these dishes any day of the week.This sauce is prepared simply with tomatoes, onion, garlic, salt, and chicken broth on some occasions. With it, you can make complete meals that include a soup, a side dish, and a main course.This sauce is the base to which you can add chipotle, for example, to make some dry noodles or chicken tinga. To make the sauce, you need to blend 6 tomatoes, 1/4 onion, and 1 clove of garlic, and that's it; add it to shredded chicken, ground beef, or use it to cover some battered stuffed chilies.Next, we leave you with 5 recipes where this sauce is the base to make them, along with some recommendations to complement them.Red riceAlthough it seems like a very complex dish, making red rice is actually a short Mexican food recipe, as it is ready in 40 minutes. To make red rice, prepare the tomato sauce and add half a cup of chicken or vegetable broth. Then fry the rice with a little oil; about 5 minutes is enough. Add the blended preparation and cook for a few minutes until the rice absorbs the broth.Add 1 and a half more cups of broth and vegetables like carrot, potato, and peas (you can use frozen ones). Season with salt and cook over low heat until the liquid is consumed, for about 25 to 30 minutes.Red enchiladas Red enchiladas consist of tortillas filled with chicken, covered in a red sauce. To make this red sauce, prepare the tomato sauce but add 3 árbol chiles and half a cup of water. Strain the sauce and fry it with a splash of oil; don't forget to season it with salt and pepper. Cover your enchiladas and you're done.TingaChicken tinga is another short Mexican dish to make, because it consists of cooking the chicken and cooking it with the sauce, but for this recipe, you only need to add a cup and a half of chicken broth and a little chipotle to your liking if you want it spicy.PicadilloTo make picadillo, simply cook the ground beef with a little sliced onion and oil until it changes color. Add diced carrot and potato, prepare the tomato sauce, and add it to the meat. Let it cook over low heat for 20 minutes or until the liquid reduces.Pork chicharrón in red sauceThe stewed pork chicharrón in red sauce is prepared in 30 minutes, as it consists of making the tomato sauce, but with roasted ingredients and a little chili. That is, before blending them, roast the tomatoes, onion, and garlic. You can add guajillo or morita chili or both (for example, 4 guajillos and 3 moritas), but soak them and remove the seeds and veins before blending them with the tomato sauce. Fry the sauce with oil and then just add the chopped chicharrón, and you're done.