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Tex-Mex cuisine, or New Tejano cuisine, or simply Tejano cuisine is a regional American cuisine that originates from the culinary creations of Tejano people inspired in Mexican culinary traditions. It
Examples of modern Tex-Mex dishes and ingredients including corn, tortilla chips, cheese, tacos, salsa, chilis, and beef dishes
Preparing plates of tortillas and fried beans to sell to pecan shellers in San Antonio, Texas, photographed by Russell Lee in March 1939
A bowl of chili served with traditional garnishes and tortilla chips
Fajitas, wheat tortillas used as taco wraps
Fajita
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A fajita, in Tex-Mex cuisine, is strips of grilled skirt steak, cooked with sauteed onions and bell peppers and served on a flour or corn tortilla. Popular alternatives to skirt steak include chicken,
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…to flour tortillas. Sometimes various Tex-Mex dishes are made without the use of a tortilla. A common example of this is the "fajita bowl", which is a fajita served without a soft tortilla. Generally, cheese plays a much bigger role in Tex-Mex food than in mainstream Mexican cuisine, particularly in the…
Chicken fajita ingredients, with meat served on a hot iron skillet
Beef fajita in San José, Costa Rica