La Piña en la Cocina

Embracing my Mexican heritage and sharing all the wonderful flavors, colors and foods I grew up with. Join me on this journey as I also learn new foods and cooking techniques. Dedicated to my parents Ramiro and Blanca.

Pressure Cooker Barbacoa

plated barbacoa

Pressure cooker barbacoa! I am loving it! No more waiting for 4-6 hours to enjoy delicious tacos de barbacoa. Mom cooked beef cheek, beef tongue and sometimes the entire cow beef head when it was had barbacoa that we were hungry for. The entire cow head was strictly for when they had the small Mexican restaurant. For home it was cachete (cheek) or lengua (tongue). Northern Mexico is Beef Loving! Strictly sharing from my own experience, anytime barbacoa was prepared it was always beef. ...

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close up of steak plated

Steak a La Chicana

Steak a La Chicana! What? That was my reaction the first time I heard about this dish several years ago. It was made popular in Northern California, specifically Sacramento, in the 60's & 70's. ...

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Beef Puffy Tacos

Beef Puffy Tacos!

Puffy tacos? Yes! Yes! The first time I heard of puffy tacos was back in the nineties during a visit to San Antonio, Texas. Where did they originate? Some will debate that San Antonio, Texas is the ...

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Blackened Fish with Mango Salsa

Do I enjoy blackened fish over battered and fried fish? We are talking about two completely different things. I enjoy both, but there is something so delicious about a seared, seasoned filet that I ...

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plated chiles toreados

Chiles Toreados!

Chiles Toreados! A must have at every carne asada! My first taste of a chiles toreados was definitely with carne asada that included grilled cebollitas(knob onions) and nopales(cactus). Just look at ...

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chilean sea bass plated

Chilean Sea Bass in Adobo

Chilean sea bass is not a dish I prepare often. As a matter of fact, this was the first time I prepared it at home. In the past I have enjoyed it at a few restaurants. Ok, maybe twice in my whole ...

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a squeeze of lime

Spicy Grilled Chicken

Spicy Grilled Chicken! Who is ready for warmer weather and grilling? Me! When I look at this recipe for spicy grilled chicken I have flashbacks of last summer. Honestly, I had forgotten how much I ...

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Extended Flour Tortilla Video!

I have lost count on the many times I have prepared flour tortillas. No lie, it will be forty years in 2026 since I attempted the first time on my own. The countless times I watched mom prepare a ...

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