Mexican-Inspired Starters & Sandwiches
Mexican flavors are highlighted in these recipes. These small dishes include salsas, guacamoles, soups, salads, and sandwiches. They're perfect for appetizers, lunches, and starters.
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Mango, the most popular fruit in the world, makes a colorful addition to this salsa. Mango's peachlike flavor and juiciness provides an interesting contrast to the lime juice in this refreshing salsa.
Lime juice adds the zing to this version of guacamole -- a party favorite any time of year. If you love guacamole on tortilla chips, try it on grilled sandwiches and alongside grilled meats and poultry.
Chipotles are dried and smoked jalapeno peppers. This relishlike salsa has a hot, smoky flavor that comes from the chipotles.
If you like a mild salsa, use the banana peppers. For a hot version, opt for one of the other pepper choices such as serrano or jalapeno.
Salsa and stewed tomatoes spice up minestrone, a popular Italian soup. There's no meat in this zesty soup but it's so full of flavor that you'll never miss it. Dollop each bowl with sour cream and pass warmed tortillas or tortilla chips.
The buttery, rich, and slightly spicy kick of a guacamole dip is transformed here into a refreshing chilled soup. While the soup calls for chicken broth, if you want a vegetarian version, just substitute vegetable broth.
This classic layered salad combines lots of tasty, texturally intriguing, and visually appealing ingredients -- black beans, lettuce, tomato, cheese, olives, avocado, and tortilla chips. And those are just the main ingredients, not the extra flavors that make it a perennial favorite!
Prepare this creamy chilled salad in the morining and look forward all day to a hearty, corn-and-bean-studded treat. Lime and cilantro infuse the sour cream dressing. This south-of-the-border salad offers a terrific dish for toting. When you're serving it at home, spoon the salad over a layer of tortilla chips.
The bright colors in this updated nachos snack are lots of fun. Add even more color by using spinach or tomato tortillas.
This is a hybrid sandwich from the Americas. Traditionally an enchilada is a tortilla rolled and stuffed with a mixture containing meat or cheese and served with a sauce spiced with chili. This one has the tortilla, if desired, poultry spiked with south-of-the-border spices, cheeses, cilantro, scallions, and a few other appropriate additions such as avocado slices.





