Noelle Carter is the former Los Angeles Times Test Kitchen director. She left in January 2019.
Zetas with garlic and pasilla chiles
Time 20 minutes
Yields Serves 4 to 6
Mexican lasagna
Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Yields Serves 8 to 12
Huitlacoche quesadillas
Time 25 minutes
Yields Serves 4
Green enchiladas
Time 1 hour
Yields Serves 6
Quesadillas Stuffed with Mushrooms and Goat Cheese
Time 30 minutes
Yields Serves 4 to 6
Quesadillas stuffed with greens and feta
Time 30 minutes
Yields Serves 4 to 6
Jerez-style wedding asado (Asado de boda Jerezano)
Time 3 hours
Yields Serves 32
El Cholo's chiles rellenos
Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Yields Serves 6
Chicharrones de queso with tomatillo-radish salsa and tortillas
Time 1 hour
Yields Serves 6
Amaranta Cocina's hibiscus enchiladas with chipotle sauce
Time 1 hour
Yields Serves 6
Achiote-marinated fish tacos
Time 50 minutes
Yields Serves 4
Duck tacos with chile-cherry compote
Time 1 hour
Yields Serves 4
Blood orange jalapeno margarita
Time 10 minutes
Yields Serves 4
Guava margarita
Time 10 minutes
Yields Serves 4
Ruby red grapefruit margarita
Time 10 minutes
Yields Serves 4
Queso de chiva fundido con pipian verde (Broiled goat cheese with pumpkin seed sauce)
Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Yields Serves 8
Guacamole
Time 10 minutes
Yields Makes 2 cups
Eggplant-zucchini-pepper enchiladas
Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Yields Serves 4 to 6
Contramar tuna tostadas with chipotle mayonnaise
Time 45 minutes
Yields Serves 4
Pozole Estilo Jalisco (Jalisco-style red pozole)
Time 3 hours 20 minutes
Yields Serves 8 to 10
Baja baby scallops ceviche
Time 1 hour
Yields Serves 4
Green corn tamales
Time 2 hours
Yields Makes 12 tamales
Pastrami tacos
Time 40 minutes
Yields Serves 6
Sweet Butter's shrimp ceviche
Time 20 minutes
Yields Makes a generous quart of ceviche.
La Golondrina Cafe's flan
Time 2 hours 30 minutes
Yields Serves 12
