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Better than going out for Mexican food!Mexican food -- by which most of us mean Tex-Mex -- is a favorite from Los Angeles to New York and everywhere in between. And the heart of great Tex-Mex cooking comes from home kitchens along the Rio Grande. In THE ENCHILADA QUEEN COOKBOOK, Sylvia Casares gives you the best of the best, including tricks and simple techniques to turn any dish from appetizing to amazing. You'll learn how to make her Holy Trinity spice paste; why you should use certain key shortcuts, such as chicken bouillon, in some dishes; and how to do her tortilla-changing Texas Two-Step marinating technique. And after you've picked your favorites from her 14 key sauces, you'll make unbelievable food for a family or a crowd, including:--Cheese Enchiladas with Chili Gravy--Spinach Enchiladas with Salsa Verde--Shrimp Enchiladas with Salsa Veracruzano--Stewed Chicken Breast Enchiladas with Salsa MoleAnd the Enchilada Queen is an expert in more than just enchiladas. Here you'll find appetizers, sides, breakfasts and desserts, such as:--Guacamole and Picamole--Kitchen Nachos--Gulf Coast Fish Tacos--Frontera Beef Fajitas--La Fonda Tortilla Soup--Arroz con Pollo--Huevos Rancheros--Refried Beans--Tamales with a variety of fillings--Sopapillas, Polvorones and Bunuelos The Perfect Margarita's here too, and so much more. In The Enchilada Queen Cookbook, you'll get kitchen wisdom from a lifetime of learning recipes from madres and abuelas who make food specific to their border towns on the Rio Grande. You'll also get a resource for hundreds of family dinners -- and a party between covers!
About the Author
Brownsville, Texas native and Houston restaurateur, Sylvia Casares, serves the food of her mothers in her three restaurants. A graduate of University of Texas in Austin and a former food scientist for Uncle Ben's Rice, she opened her first restaurant twenty years-ago. Some of her restaurant's recent recognitions came from USA Today, Texas Monthly magazine, Rachael Ray, and H Texas magazine. In 2008, Casares was selected as one of the top ten best chefs in the USA by the Spanish Language magazine, Siempre Muter. She also recently competed on the Food Channel's Beat Bobby Flay Show. Casares loves to share her Texas border cuisine with her customers so much so that she built a private cooking school in her Eldridge location, where she teaches cooking classes most Saturdays. She also offers private cooking classes for any of the classes offered to the public for groups of 15 or more. Sylvia is also the proud mother of three wonderful children. They exceeded her wildest hopes for education, that being Harvard University, Georgetown University and Rice University. And her two grandchildren are well on their way to exceeding any expectations even imagined.
