Salpicon
1252 N Wells St, Chicago, IL 60610 (312) 988-7811Dinner
Entremeses - Appetizers
small, thick country tortillas topped with a roasted tomatillo sauce, queso fresco, onions, and avocado chunks.
crispy small tortillas mounded with shredded pork and chorizo in a roasted tomato-chipotle sauce topped with mexican crema and avocado.
three fresh corn tamales: one filled with queso fresco and serrano chiles, with a spicy molcajete salsa and crema, another with black beans, rajas, and chihuahua cheese with a black bean puree, the third with zucchini and chipotles.
mesclun lettuce salad, red onions and tomatoes with a cilantro dressing.
fresh diced avocado mixed with onions, tomatoes, chiles and cilantro; served with fresh chips and fire-roasted salsa
jalapenos stuffed with chihuahua cheese, dipped in a light egg batter, sauteed and served with a black bean sauce.
sliced panela cheese lightly breaded and fried, served with a salsa de molcajete and a roasted tomatillo-serrano sauce.
melted chihuahua cheese, with serrano chiles, onions and tiger shrimp served en cazuela with warm tortillas for making tacos.
fresh blue marlin marinated in lime juice with onions, tomatoes, fresh chiles and herbs.
grilled tiger shrimp served with two sauces: avocado-tomatillo sauce; and a spicy roasted tomato and chipotle sauce; garnished with fresh mango slices.
fresh baby spinach salad with goat cheese, toasted sesame seeds, caramelized red onions in a chipotle-honey dressing.
Sopa - Soup
a rich vegetable stock with tomatoes and epazote; garnished with chile pasilla, avocado, queso fresco and tortilla strips.
Platos Fuertes - Main Dishes
a trio of colorado lamb loin chops charcoal-grilled and served in a garlicky pasilla chile sauce; accompanied by a tamal filled with spinach, poblano chiles, tomato and drizzled with crema.
grilled brookfield farms pork tenderloin in a spicy roasted tomato-chipotle sauce with chorizo and potatoes; cool avocado-tomatillo sauce.
grilled brookfield farms double-cut pork chop in an earthy oaxacan chile ancho mole garnished with grilled pineapple, sweet potato and plantains; served with white rice.
miller's farm free-range chicken breasts charcoal-grilled and topped with a classic pueblan mole; mexican rice.
fresh fillet of seasonal fish, charcoal-grilled and served with salsa fresca (fresh tomatoes, onions, cilantro and serrano chiles); white rice.
grilled tiger shrimp in a sweet garlic and olive oil sauce with avocado chunks and guajillo chiles; served with white rice.
stuffed poblano peppers, lightly egg-battered and sauteed; one with pork picadillo and the other with chihuahua cheese; served with a roasted tomato sauce and frijoles borrachos. (vegetarian option: two cheese)
grilled certified angus beef tenderloin topped with chihuahua cheese, served in a spicy tomatillo-morita sauce with shiitakes; mexican rice.
a poblano chile stuffed with huitlacoche (earthy corn mushrooms), fresh corn and zucchini, served in a roasted poblano cream sauce and an ancho chile filled with potatoes, chihuahua and cotija cheese with a sweet-spiced roasted tomato sauce.
