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Mexico: One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless
Chilaquiles, Classic & Comforting
Season 12
Episode 2
Chilaquiles are not just for hangovers, you know. Served everywhere from the regal downtown restaurant El Cardenal to the hipster haven Chilakillers, chilaquiles are a mainstay of Mexico City menus. But they're also easy to achieve at home. Rick's version, redolent with tangy tomatillo sauce, will be your next favorite "anytime" recipe.
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Rick leads a lesson in red mole making and prepares a herbacious mole verde with fish.
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Meatball torta and traditional versions of albondigas in the old-school Bar Mancera.
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Steak tacos al carbon, bistec tacos a la plancha and stewed tacos de guisado are prepared.
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Los Panchos, a Mexico City institution famous for carnitas, is visited for duck carnitas.
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Rick makes classic green chile enchiladas and red chile shrimp enchiladas.
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Rick demonstrates the tricky business of battering and frying chiles for chiles rellenos.
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Rick explores classic Central-style tamales and at home prepares a sweet corn tamale.
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Rick makes classic ceviche and dials it up with coconut and a little booze.
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Rick explores pozole in Mexico and creates seafood pozole verde.
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Rick prepares a tried-and-true sopa de tortilla and a meal-in-a-bowl lamb-pasilla caldo.
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Mexican hot chocolate features churro nibbles showered atop ice cream.
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Mexico city taco culture is explored. Features: Tacos al pastor and black cod al pastor.