Julia’s Mexican Restaurant

Category: Mexican Pantry — page 4

Mexican Pantry Boiled or Charred? Choosing the Best Jarred Salsa Verde Eight tomatillo salsas compared by chile, thickener, sodium and style, plus which jarred salsa verde to use for enchiladas verdes and chilaquiles.
Mexican Pantry Thin, Thick or Blue Corn? Choosing the Best Tortilla Chips The best tortilla chips for salsa, nachos and parties: ten bags compared by corn, oil, sodium and thickness, from thin restaurant-style to grain-free.
Mexican Pantry Oregano to Achiote: The Best Mexican Spices for Your Shelf The best Mexican spices to buy: Mexican oregano, whole cumin, pure ground chiles, Ceylon canela, achiote and epazote, and how to keep them fresh.
Mexican Pantry Cone or Bag? Piloncillo vs Brown Sugar (and Panela) How piloncillo and brown sugar are made, how they differ in flavor, moisture and form, published substitution ratios, and which to buy for each dish.
Mexican Pantry Sauce or Powder? Chamoy vs Tajin, Side by Side Chamoy is a sweet-sour sauce; Tajín Clásico is a sugar-free chile-lime powder. Ingredients, heat, sodium on the labels, uses and one pick for each.
Mexican Pantry Weighing Taco Seasoning vs Fajita Seasoning: What Actually Differs Taco seasoning vs fajita seasoning: how the spices, starch, salt, lime and heat differ, when one can replace the other, and one pick for each.
Mexican Pantry Which Is the Best Place to Buy Dried Chiles Online? Where to buy dried chiles online, how to tell good ones from stale, which sizes make sense, and eight bags of ancho, guajillo, pasilla and more.
Mexican Pantry Glorias to Obleas: The Best Mexican Candy, With Lead Facts Mexican candies worth buying, from glorias and obleas to Duvalín, plus what the FDA, CDC and California say about lead in chili and tamarind candy.
Mexican Pantry Cones, Blocks or Granules: The Best Piloncillo Brand, Compared The best piloncillo brand for café de olla and capirotada, from Mexican cones to organic granulated panela, plus how to grate and melt it.
Mexican Pantry Goat’s Milk or Not? Picking the Best Cajeta Brand Which cajeta to buy: goat's milk vs cow's milk labels, quemada, envinada and vainilla styles, and how to store a bottle once it is open.
Mexican Pantry Fruit, Heat or No Sugar? Our Guide to the Best Chamoy Sauce Seven chamoy sauces and rim pastes compared: fruit base, sugar, heat and sodium, plus what the FDA and California say about lead in chile products.
Mexican Pantry Blocks, Jars or Seeds: Before You Buy the Best Achiote Paste The best achiote paste for cochinita pibil, which brands add dyes, and when whole or ground annatto is the better buy.

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