Tacolicious

Gracias Introduction How to cook from this book Salsas, Pickles + More     Roasted tomato–mint salsa   Tomatillo-avocado salsa    Just-hot-enough habanero salsa    Lazy salsa, two ways    Smoky chipotle–tomatillo salsa    Grilled tomato–habanero salsa   Guajillo chile salsa   The legendary orange sauce   Cal-Mex corn salsa with tomatoes and basil   Cumin-lime crema    El Jefe’s glove-box recado    Tamarind-habanero glaze   Pickled red onions    Pickled cauliflower, carrots, and jalapeños    Lime-cured cucumber, habanero, and onion    Snacks + Sides      Mexican party mix    Chile con queso    Classic guacamole   Melon, mango, and cucumber with chile, salt, and lime    Grilled corn on the cob with glove-box recado    Donnie’s halibut crudo with citrus and capers    A summer’s night shrimp cocktail   Aquachile with avocado and cucumber   Shrimp cakes with corn-basil salsa   The ultimate torta  Tuna tostadas, Contramar style    Cheater’s panucho    Quesadillas with squash blossoms, sweet peppers, and goat cheese    Flaky potato-and-greens empanadas with salsa verde    Ms. Reyes’s most awesome tamales    Albóndigas in tomato-chipotle sauce    Spicy tamarind-glazed pork ribs with jicama salad   La hamburguesa, DF style    Bacon-wrapped hot dogs with jalapeño-cucumber relish   Rice-o-licious    Not really refried beans    Frijoles borrachos    Cebollitas   Tacos, Tacos + Tacos     Guajillo-braised beef short rib taco    Telmo’s taco de lengua    Potato and homemade chorizo taco    Everything you need to know about corn tortillas    Three-chile bistec adobado taco with cebollitas    Old-school taco    Birria de chivo taco    Lamb adobo taco with spices and orange    Off-the-spit pork al pastor taco    Carnitas taco    Cochinita pibil taco    Mama Virginia’s chile verde taco    Shot-and-a-beer braised chicken taco    Spring booty taco   Tangy achiote-rubbed grilled chicken taco   Baja-style fish taco    Puerto Nuevo–style lobster taco    Lone Star breakfast taco    Butternut squash, kale, and crunchy pepitas taco    Nopal, egg, and tomato taco    La Taquiza    Twenty 20-minute (max) tacos del día   Cocktails, Aguas Frescas + More     Syrups, salts, and infusions     Agave syrup   Cinnamon-and-chile agave syrup    Pink peppercorn salt    Chile salt    Toasted-coconut salt    Chile vinegar    Apple-ginger cocktail salsa    Cucumber juice    Hibiscus tea    Infused tequilas    Habanero-infused tequila    Pineapple-infused tequila    Cocktails    The Tacolicious margarita    Margarita picante    Paloma  Pasión    Lolita squeeze    Mucho gusto   If Honey could drink    La siesta    Mexican traitor    Flor de Jamaica   El sangre    Michelada    Bucanero    Sangrita     Bloody Maria   Tequila: the CliffsNotes    Agua frescas and other G-rated drinks    Cantaloupe-ginger agua fresca    Cucumber-mint agua fresca    Mango agua fresca    Pineapple-coconut agua fresca    Kiwi agua fresca    White nectarine–blueberry agua fresca    Homemade  horchata    Mia   Silas    Moss   Ingredients glossary   Mail-order sources   Restaurants we love   Index