Instant Pot Tex-Mex Rice (Plus: Refried Beans From a Can!)
Re-create some Tex-Mex restaurant magic in your kitchen.
Recipes
Cook like a Texan with this ever-growing collection of drinks and dishes.
Texas-Style Bowl o’ Red Beans
San Angelo–raised Joe Yonan goes there with his chili in his new cookbook, ‘Cool Beans.’
White Pan Bread From David Norman of Easy Tiger
The Austin baker’s book seems essential for these times.
Pondicheri’s Carrot Roti With Cilantro Chutney, From ‘Houston Cooks’
Food writer Francine Spiering compiles recipes from the city’s diverse array of restaurants.
Instant Pot Pozole Rojo
When you're busy (or have a hangover), use your cooker to quickly make a flavorful stock for this beloved Mexican stew.
Instant Pot Chicken and Dumplings
Everyone seems to have different tastes for what works best in this classic dish.
Instant Pot Gumbo
Get the roux you want in a shorter amount of time by living dangerously with the “burn” notice on your appliance.
Instant Pot Cranberry Sauce With Three Texas Twists
No matter which version you choose—margarita, chipotle, or grapefruit—it's delightfully easy to make.
Instant Pot Pimento Mac and Cheese
The quickest of comfort foods is the perfect dish for chillier weather.
The New ‘Texas Seafood’ Is the Ultimate Guide to Gulf Fish
Houston’s PJ and Benchalak Srimart Stoops tell you everything you need to know, from catching to cooking.
Instant Pot Mangonada Chicken Wings
This easy-to-make recipe combines two of our favorite snacks into one heavenly tailgate or party dish.
Instant Pot Texas Chicken Green Chili With Cider
Celebrate the start of football season and the last weeks of Hatch chile season with this easy-to-make crowd-pleaser.
Hominy Casserole, Updated From Mary Faulk Koock’s ‘Texas Cookbook’
This mid-century recipe collection offers an overwhelming look at the state’s cuisine. Its limitations are a product of its time.
Instant Pot Jalapeño Popper Deviled Eggs
As always, bacon makes everything better, even this classic go-to for parties and cookouts.
Whole Wheat Summer Fruit Scones
Baker Abby Love shares her recipe, which uses flour from Barton Springs Mill, in Dripping Springs.
Instant Pot Okra and Tomatoes
Just four minutes of pressure-cooking brings out the flavor of these summer-ripe vegetables.
Instant Pot Dulce de Leche Peach Cobbler
It requires some advanced skills to create, but the delicious caramel sauce sets this dessert apart and makes the effort worth it.
Spinach Enchiladas From the Los Barrios Cookbook
The family behind the iconic San Antonio restaurant reveals its Tex-Mex secrets.
Instant Pot Crispy Pork Carnitas
Orange slices make the difference in cooking this sweet, meaty taco filling.
Instant Pot Queso With Beef
Put those different settings to work to make a smooth, flavorful bowl of the unofficial comfort (and party!) food of Texas.
Instant Pot Texas Chili
Put that popular Christmas present to good use by making a comforting Bowl of Red. (By all means, ignore the Beans/Chili setting.)
The “Detox to Retox” Cocktail
Mudhen Meat and Greens in Dallas offers up this dark drink, made with gin, activated charcoal powder, and aquafaba (a.k.a. drained chickpea juice).
Saffron Couscous Beet Salad
For one of her two "East Meets West" vegetable side dishes, chef Denise Shavandy uses za'atar vinaigrette to add extra flavor.
Minted Zucchini Bulgur Pilaf
Crumbled goat-milk feta adds a nice final touch to this side dish in chef Denise Shavandy’s “East Meets West” feast.
Causa With Crabmeat Filling
This seafood side dish is a colorful component of chef Maribel Rivero’s “Peruvian Party” feast.
Jasmine Rice With Ripe Plantains
Grains get the tropical treatment in this side dish from chef Maribel Rivero’s “Peruvian Party” feast.
Cranberry Chutney
Chef Kiran Verma serves up her own version of cranberry sauce as part of her “Tandoori and Beyond” feast.
Carrot Pudding (Gajar Halwa) With Paneer and Pistachios
Chef Kiran Verma’s “Tandoori and Beyond” feast proves that sweet potatoes aren't the only root vegetables that make for comforting fall desserts.
Fall Vegetable Salad With Yogurt Dressing
Chef Stephen Rogers takes a holiday favorite, the sweet potato, and creates something completely different for his “Mediterranean Medley” feast.
Grapefruit and Chile Pequin Jelly
In chef Steve McHugh’s “Hunting and Gathering” feast, the roast duck gets a Texas touch with this unexpected accompaniment.
Vanilla Roast Duck With Pecan Cornbread Dressing
San Antonio chef Steve McHugh nods to his boyhood hunts with roast duck, the centerpiece of his ”Hunting and Gathering” feast.
Avocado and Grapefruit Salad
Rio Star grapefruit shines in this simple yet bright side dish in chef Steve McHugh’s ”Hunting and Gathering” feast.
Oysters on the Half Shell With Asian Mignonette
Chef Denise Shavandy kicks off her “East Meets West” feast on an exotic note with this appetizer.
Tandoori Turkey in Spiced Yogurt
The turkey that's become a Houston holiday tradition at Kiran's is the focal point of chef Kiran Verma’s “Tandoori and Beyond” feast.
Texas-Style Potato Salad
Mixing the right amount of mustard and mayo.
The Chilton
West Texas’s claim on this fizzy, lemony cocktail is unprovable? We’ll drink to that.
Texas Sheet Cake
What could be better than a massive slab of cocoa, butter, sugar, eggs, and buttermilk?
The Only Texas Chili Recipe You’ll Ever Need
Preparing the perfect peppery pot.
Green Chile Cowboy Stew
A tradition of the trail—without the hide, hooves, or horns.
Mexican Martini
Many a youthful happy hour did I spend at Austin’s famously peripatetic Cedar Door bar, the self-proclaimed inventor of our state’s most famous native cocktail, the Mexican martini. A frosty metal shaker of sweet-tart elixir, a salt-encrusted coupe glass, fat green olives impaled on a wee plastic sword—this was what
Roasted Acorn Squash Soup
For a winter night’s meal, making a pot of roasted acorn squash soup will warm your kitchen and your bones.
