We're having friends over for dinner on Sunday and have decided to make tacos/fajitas. Does anyone have any good side dish suggestions other than the typical beans and rice? There will be 4 adults and 3 kids and it needs to be gluten free. Other than that, anything is game!!! Thanks!
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Pico de gallo?
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Chips (i think tortilla chips are GF?) and salsa/pico/guac would be my go-to!
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We love blackbean, corn, and avocado salad!
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I know you said no beans and rice, but this Mexican rice recipe is awesome (and simple): http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Mexican-Rice-II/Detail.aspx I usually add pieces of corn and onions.
Also, guacamole and chips are a must for in my book
I know, nothing groundbreaking, but side dishes are generally pretty simple for Mexican food.
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Yeah, I guess I see the chips and salsa/guac as our app.
Although I can eat so many of them that I'm rarely hungry when dinner comes around!I tend to over think things so I figured I might be doing that here!
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guacamole and/or and tortilla chips, loaded nachos (topped with melted cheese, corn, black beans, salsa, guac, sour cream, basically the works!)
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Roasted corn and poblano salad with lime dressing
Black beans or pinto beans (cooked soft with onion, not refried)
Spicy cabbage salad/slaw
Avocado and roasted pepper salad
Caesar salad
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Mmmmm Mexican.
Guacamole, pico, chips, queso! -
Mmmmm Mexican.
Guacamole, pico, chips, queso! -
guac or queso! a delicious salsa like mango or pineapple...
black bean dip? -
I'm a big fan of elote. While it is best on the cob, frozen corn works just as well. I skip the mayo and add butter along with chili powder, cayenne pepper, cotija cheese (parmesan will work in a pinch) and a squeeze of lime. So tasty!
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This is almost embarrassingly simple, but sometimes when I want to bulk up our mexican dinners I make a side dish of canned, refried black beans mixed with either frozen or canned corn. I let everything heat together on the stove and sometimes add a little taco seasoning for some spice/flavor. If you can refried beans that already have seasoning in it, that works too!
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@Costello: I love this idea! I never think of elote b/c I have a hatred for all things mayo but this works out perfectly.
@rsp213: I was planning on doing some sort of refried beans so this would be a good way to dress them up!
Thanks for your ideas everyone!!!
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Something we've been doing a TON lately is buying a bag of those mini sweet peppers and just roasting them with olive oil, salt and pepper. They are so good and you can just pick them up and eat them whole (minus the stem).
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Are you grilling? I looove having grilled peaches with tacos
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@swurlygurl: Oh that sounds amazing!
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@tlcbaby: great idea!
I know you said no rice but you can't go wrong with a homemade Spanish rice with all the peppers and onions in it - yum!
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