Rick Bayless: Building Blocks of the Mexican Kitchen

[pele6922]

I have seen the future and it involves brown liquor

[URaBEETCH]

Does he ever SHUT UP !!! tho love his cooking.... SHUT UP bay-less

[Serena3878]

Yum. I'm going to try making this one now.

[MrManny7426]

This gringo knows about traditional mexican cooking! I think mexican food deserves a spot as the best good foods of the world...then again isnt chocolate best food ever?

[jacobR1377]

Mexican Cuisine is the best in the world according to food critics accross the world.It has replaced Italian has the # 1 diverce & delicious mixing accent mex/indian & spainish also some french influence to it making it the BEST!

[wisp3rs]

My mom keeps the cream out and instead uses a little bit of cheese and adds potatoes. Sometimes she uses Chile Pasado instead of Chile Poblano.

[nchewero]

mmm chilakas works better than poblanos for rajas :)

[evanparker]

rick you're awesome! i seriously think you're to mexican cooking what julia child once was to french. I have immence respect for you. i think in the coming years, you will be even more of a houe hold name than you are now. People are starting to figure out how good you really are, though I've always known ;-D

[lbarrera145]

Where can you find Mexican heavy cream? Or how can you make it?

[ilyuafvr]

I don't think he was referring to heavy cream. Mexican cream can be like sour cream only better and you can find it at any mexican market in the 'deli type' counter where they sell the cheeses and cream. There are different ones like oaxaquena and some might be crema centro americana. They are all sort of similar. also you can find jars in any hispanic section of supermarkets of a brand called cacique it is crema mexicana too this type tastes a lot like milk (not salty) but it's really good.

[ecsgrl]

Just like my mom's rajas :)

Except for 2 things:

1. After the chiles are blackened, throw them into a plastic bag, close it and let the steam take care of that skin.

2. My mom always put some diced tomato in her rajas.

[pablolankenau]

igual mi mama ;:D

[ncgtr]

Nice, I'm going to try this one out tonight. Rick, you were great at the Chicago Gourmet by the way...it was cool seeing you demonstrate your halibut ceviche live. Keep on rockin!

[therenzieman]

thanks for this one, rick :D we're rooting for you on top chef masters

[rickv14623]

Hoping that Rick keeps adding to this series

[RockyBalboa211]

Rick Bayless is such a great chef!