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Arroz Rojo

Submitted by: MAJORGSP

A great recipe for Mexican style rice in tomato sauce. This is an excellent side dish for the Slow Cooker Pozole on this site.

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Best Black Beans

Submitted by: CAMERONFACTOR

Home Town: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

This simple black bean side dish works well with Mexican or Cuban meals.

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Calabacitas

Submitted by: HAWAIIAN_MOMMA

Living In: Brownwood, Texas, USA

A light lunch, or serve with cheese and tortillas. Also good as a side dish with your favorite Mexican food.

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Calabacitas Con Queso - Zucchini with Cheese

Submitted by: Jyn

This is a simple side dish, and makes zucchini irresistible to even the pickiest eaters. It is made with zucchini, corn, tomatoes, bell peppers, and onions, and is smothered in melted cheese!

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Fideo

Submitted by: TinyAnt1

Home Town: Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Living In: Denver, Colorado, USA

This fideo recipe was given to me by my mother in-law. Fideo pasta is toasted, then simmered in a tomato sauce seasoned with cumin and chili powder. It goes great with any meat dish including carne asada. I use this recipe in place of rice as my side dish.

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Frijoles a la Charra

Submitted by: KIM93306

Living In: Bakersfield, California, USA

This is a really tasty pinto beans recipe made in the slow cooker. This recipe is great to serve along with enchiladas or to take to a barbecue or potluck.

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Frijoles II

Submitted by: Brandi

This recipe is similar to refried beans without the frying. These slow cooker beans will go well with any of your favorite Mexican dinners.

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Frijoles III

Submitted by: ASTERLING

Easy and inexpensive, this recipe require a few basic ingredients and a few hours of your time to make delicious, traditional Mexican beans.

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G-ma's Rice

Submitted by: TXCOOKINGPRINCESS

This is the recipe for my grandma's rice. Being Hispanic, this is about as Mexican as you can get. Good as a side dish, or in a taco with ground beef.

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Mexican Beans

Submitted by: SMICHAEL

Living In: Sandwich, Illinois, USA

Wonderful Mexican beans to serve as a side dish with your meal.

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Mexican Corn on the Cob (Elote)

Submitted by: blakleyl

As served by street vendors in Mexico. Grilled ears of fresh corn are spread with mayonnaise and sprinkled with grated cotija cheese. You'll want to eat all your corn this way from now on.

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Mexican Pinto Beans

Submitted by: LAGIRL

Home Town: Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Living In: Shelbyville, Kentucky, USA

Slightly spicy beans similar to those served as a side dish in authentic Mexican restaurants.

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Mexican Pintos With Cactus

Submitted by: KATZ002

An honest Mexican recipe for Pinto Beans using bacon, chilies and cactus.

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Mexican Rice II

Submitted by: Sylvia Eccles

Home Town: Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA

Living In: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Rice is sauteed with salt, cumin and onion, then simmered with tomato sauce and chicken broth.

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Mexican Rice III

Submitted by: ALANASMOM

This is an excellent authentic Mexican rice recipe (not to be confused with Spanish rice) that I make as a side dish with all of my Mexican dishes. The key is cooking the rice properly and using good quality chicken broth or stock.

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Miguelina's Poblanos and Cheese

Submitted by: Holly B.

Home Town: Elmhurst, Illinois, USA

Living In: Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico

A delicious side dish, and it is absolutely authentic Mexican - I live there with an Indigenous Huichol family as my houseguests. Miguelina showed me how to make these.

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Pico De Gallo

Submitted by: Paula Stotts

Home Town: Jonesboro, Georgia, USA

Sometimes when you eat authentic Mexican food, they give you this salsa made with tomatoes, onions, and jalapenos. Once you serve this with your Mexican dish such as tacos, you will want it with all your Mexican dishes!

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Refried Beans Without the Refry

Submitted by: CHEFCLAUDE

Refried beans are simple to make when cooked in a slow cooker. This recipe will yield flavorful refried beans seasoned with garlic, jalapeno, and cumin.

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