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Choosing Chiles Rellenos

Choosing Chiles Rellenos

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You Don't Know the Whole Enchilada

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Mexico: One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless

Tried and True Tamales

Season 12 Episode 7

There are seemingly as many styles of tamales as there are regions in Mexico, each steaming heap of fresh masa flavored in myriad ways. We'll see the iconic corn-husked versions at the casual Tamales Teresita, as well as the denser, banana-leaf-wrapped Chiapanecos style, sold by a family outside the historic San Juan Bautisa church.

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Mole is Mexico's Mother Sauce
25:25
Rick leads a lesson in red mole making and prepares a herbacious mole verde with fish.
All in for Albondigas
25:25
Meatball torta and traditional versions of albondigas in the old-school Bar Mancera.
Always Time for Tacos
25:25
Steak tacos al carbon, bistec tacos a la plancha and stewed tacos de guisado are prepared.
Crispy Carnitas
25:25
Los Panchos, a Mexico City institution famous for carnitas, is visited for duck carnitas.
You Don't Know the Whole Enchilada
25:25
Rick makes classic green chile enchiladas and red chile shrimp enchiladas.
Choosing Chiles Rellenos
25:25
Rick demonstrates the tricky business of battering and frying chiles for chiles rellenos.
Beautifully Balanced Ceviche
25:25
Rick makes classic ceviche and dials it up with coconut and a little booze.
Picture-Perfect Pozole Party
25:24
Rick explores pozole in Mexico and creates seafood pozole verde.
Teaching Tortilla Soup
25:24
Rick prepares a tried-and-true sopa de tortilla and a meal-in-a-bowl lamb-pasilla caldo.
Chocolate & Churros, Breakfast of Champions
25:24
Mexican hot chocolate features churro nibbles showered atop ice cream.
Chilaquiles, Classic & Comforting
25:55
Traditional chilaquiles get an elegant touch with fried butternut strips.
A Tour of Tacos al Pastor
25:24
Mexico city taco culture is explored. Features: Tacos al pastor and black cod al pastor.
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