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Mexican Corn Salad
When people use the phrase "street food", the first thing that leaps to my mind is elote. Elote, or Mexican Street Corn as some of you may know it, is grilled corn on the cob slathered in a delicious creamy sauce full of citrus and spice then topped with cotija cheese. It is truly one amazing culinary adventure. If I had to try and find one negative to this amazing dish, it would be that it does require a bunch of napkins. It is certainly not the cleanest thing out there to eat. But, never fear! That's where this amazing recipe from Tuttorosso comes into play. This one pot (ok, maybe…
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Birria Torta
Birria is a traditional Mexican stew usually served at special occasions. But more recently it has taken the internet by storm, most notably, in taco form. In birria, the meat (traditionally goat but in this case I used the more easily found chuck roast) is slow cooked in a spicy adobo sauce. Then, it’s either shredded and served in taco form or eaten with all the glorious juices and accoutrements in stew form. But of course, we had to make a sammich. Although the term “torta” represents several different culinary items, (it’s an omelette in the Philippines by the way…just learned that cool fact) here we’ll be discussing the torta…