The 12 most effective recipes from the 2020 San Antonio Express-News Taste foods area

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Even with — or probably due to the fact of — the COVID-19 chaos, 2020 was an uncommon yr for house cooks. From restaurant closures to grocery shortages to oodles of cost-free time on our palms in our new perform-from-property realities, lots of of us turned to the kitchen area in an work to both equally feed our family members and try out to sustain some semblance of normalcy.

This 7 days we’ve rounded up the dozen finest recipes printed in the Flavor part above the past 12 months. And for all the range they depict, there is a typical thread that runs as a result of quite a few of them: familiar and comforting flavors cherished by most absolutely everyone in South Texas.

And y’all assisted us decide what that dozen recipes would be. Our selection is based mostly on web page sights at ExpressNews.com, conversations on social media platforms and immediate comments by using e mail, or in some circumstances, a fantastic previous-fashioned hand-written letter. Appreciate!

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Recipe: Prompt Pot Carne Guisada Breakfast Tacos

Recipe: Chickpea Flour Fried Chicken

Recipe: Do it yourself Make-at-House Pastrami

Recipe: Grilled Cedar Plank Salmon

Recipe: Roasted Stuffed Full Cabbage

Recipe: Herby Feta Dip

Recipe: Beef Birria

Recipe: Tex-Mex-Design and style Ancho Chile Gravy Enchiladas

Recipe: Lemon Curd Icebox Pie

Recipe: Prompt Pot Chicken Tortilla Soup

Recipe: Stagecoach Inn-Style Fudge Pecan Pie

Recipe: Grilled Chorizo Jalapeño Cornbread Dressing