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  • El Primo Mexican Restaurant

El Primo Mexican Restaurant

(815) 774-9090
  • 457 N Scott St, Joliet, IL 60432
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(815) 774-9090
  • Menu
  • Appetizers
    • Guacamole Dip $12.25

    • Quesadillas el Primo $10.95

      Chicken, steak or pastor with lettuce, tomato, sour cream, and guacamole on the side. Corn, flour tortillas.

    • Nacho Supreme $11.5

      Topped with steak, cheese, guacamole, tomatoes, sour cream and jalapenos.

    • Papas con Queso y Steak $9.5

      Cheese fries with steak.

    • Queso Fundido con Chorizo $11.95

      Melted cheese with Mexican sausage, onion, cilantro, tomato and fresh ialapeno served with corn or flour tortillas.

    • Botana el Primo $22.95

      Carne asada con camarones al mojo de ajo, cebolla y jalapenos toreados, aguacate y jitomate. Steak with shrimps, onions, jalapenos, avocado and tomatoes.

  • Breakfast
    Served with rice and beans.
    • Huevos Revueltos $11.95

      3 eggs scrambled.

    • Huevos Estrellados $11.95

      3 eggs over easy.

    • Huevos Rancheros $11.95

      3 eggs cooked over easy topped with ranchero sauce.

    • Chilaquiles $12.95

      Tortilla chips cooked in a red or green sauce topped with cheese and served with 2 eggs.

    • Chilaquiles with Skirt Steak $15.95

      Tortilla chips cooked in a red or green sauce topped with cheese and served with 2 eggs.

    • Huevos a la Mexicana $11.95

      3 scrambled eggs with tomato, onion and fresh jalapeno.

    • Huevo con Nopalitos $11.95

      3 scrambled eggs with cactus, tomato, onion and cilantro.

    • Desayuno el Gordo $15.95

      3 huevos rancheros con carne asada. 3 eggs with ranchero sauce served with skirt steak.

    • Huevos con chorizo, jamon, tocino o salchicha $11.95

      Huevos con chorizo, jamon, tocino o salchicha. 3 scrambled eggs with your choice of Mexican sausage, ham, bacon, or hot dog.

    • Machaca con Huevo $11.95

      Scrambled eggs with shredded beef.

    • Desayuno el Primo $15.95

      Huevos con carne asada y papas redondas. Skirt steak with 3 eggs and potatoes.

    • El Primo Breakfast Burrito $12.95

      3 scrambled eggs with chorizo, beans, tomato and cheese.

    • Mexican Omelet $12.95

      3 scrambled eggs and meat of your choice, jamon, tocino, chorizo, steak or pastor.

  • Fajitas
    Served with rice, beans, sour cream, guacamole and tortillas.
    • Steak Fajita $17.95

    • Chicken Fajita $17.95

    • Combo Fajita $19.5

    • Shrimp Fajita $19.5

  • Especial de la Casa, Tacos al Vapor "El Primo"
    • Sesos, Maciza y Cabeza $4.25

    • Lengua $4.5

    • Orden de Maciza, Cabeza, Asada, Pastor $21

    • Orden de Lengua $25

    • Orden de Tripa $25

    • Tacos Especial el Gordo $4.25

      Mixed carnitas cooked with jalapeno, tomato, onion and cilantro.

    • Tacos a la Carta $4.25

      Asada, pastor, chicharron rojo, chicharron verde, chorizo

    • Tacos Charros $4.95

  • Seafood
    • Filete Relleno de Tilapia $19.5

    • Siete Mares $19.95

      Seafood soup.

    • Caldo de Pescado $16.5

      Fish soup.

    • Caldo de Camaron $16.5

      Shrimp soup.

    • Camarons a la Diabla $17.95

      Shrimp prepared in a red spicy sauce.

    • Filete de Tilapia $17.95

      Filete de tilapia al mojo de aio o ala diabla. Tilapia in garlic butter sauce or in a red spicy sauce.

    • Coctel de Camaron $17.95

      Shrimp cocktail.

    • Tostadas de Ceviche $5.5

    • Camarones Empanizados $17.95

      Prawns served with rice and fries.

    • Camarones al Mojo de Ajo $17.95

      Butterfly shrimp cooked in a garlic butter sauce.

    • Camarones Rancheros $17.95

      Sauteed shrimp cooked in a ranchero sauce.

    • Huachinango $24.95

      Huachinango entero al mojo de ajo, a la diabla o veracruzana. Whole red snapper in garlic butter sauce, red spicy sauce or sauteed vegetables.

    • Mojarra $19.95

      Mojarra entera al mojo de ajo, a la diabla o veracruzana. Whole white fish in garlic butter sauce, red spicy sauce or sauteed vegetables.

  • Dinner Combos
    Served with rice, beans, sour cream and guacamole.
    • El Primo Dinner Combo $16.95

      Carne asada, cheese quesadilla and a taco al pastor.

    • Dinner Combo el Gordo $16.95

      Carne asada taco al pastor and green cheese enchilada.

    • Dinner Combo la Favorita $16.95

      Chile relleno, chicken quesadilla and steak taco.

  • La Dona
    • Torta $9.5

      Mexican style sandwich prepared with your choice of meat milanesa, ham, steak, pastor, lengua, cabeza y masiza with beans, lettuce, cheese, tomato, sour cream and avocado.

    • Torta Dinner $13.5

      Mexican style sandwich prepared with your choice of meat milanesa, ham, steak, pastor, lengua, cabeza y masiza with beans, lettuce, cheese, tomato, sour cream and avocado. Served with rice and beans.

    • Pambazos $9.5

      A bolillo bun dipped in a red sauce stuffed with potatos and chonrizo with lettuce, cheese and sour cream.

    • Sopes $6.5

      Comes with your choice of meat: steak, al pastor, carnitas, lengua, boronas and chicharron in red or green sauce also nopales and rajas con queso.

    • Gorditas $6.5

      Comes with your choice of meat steak, al pastor, carnitas, lengua, boronas and chicharron in red or green sauce also nopales and rajas con queso.

    • Huaraches $9.5

      Comes with your choice of meat steak, al pastor, carnitas, lengua, boronas and chicharron in red or green sauce also nopales and rajas con queso.

  • Dinner Specials
    Served with rice and beans.
    • Taco Dinner $14.5

      Steak, pastor or carnitas tacos can be topped with lettuce, tomato, sour cream and cheese or only onion and cilantro.

    • Quesadilla Dinner $14.5

      Your choice of steak, chicken or pastor. Served with sour cream and guacamole.

    • Quesadilla Sincronizada Dinner $14.5

      Made with ham, Mexican sausage, avocado and jalapenos.

    • 2 Chiles Rellenos Dinner $15.5

      Stuffed with cheese poblano peppers in a red sauce.

    • Flautas Dinner $13.95

      Chicken or shredded beef topped with lettuce, tomato, sour cream, cheese and guacamole.

    • Veggie Combo Dinner $14.25

      Cheese enchilada, chile relleno and bean tostada.

    • Vegetarian Quesadilla Dinner $13.5

      Large flour tortilla with cheese, beans sauteed green peppers, mushrooms and onions.

  • Burgers
    • El Primo Burger $11.95

      Ham, avocado, grilled onions and cheese.

    • Mushroom Burger $11.95

      Topped with sauteed mushrooms american cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion and pickles.

    • Cheeseburger $11.5

      Comes with cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion and pickles.

    • Hamburger $11

      Comes with lettuce, tomato, onion and pickles.

  • House Specials
    Served with rice, beans and tortillas.
    • Tampiquena $19.5

      Skin steak with 2 cheese enchiladas sour cream and guacamole.

    • Carne Asada $19.95

      Skirt steak with guacamole and sour cream.

    • Bistec con Rajas y Queso $17.5

      Steak with sliced poblano peppers, tomato, onions and melted cheese.

    • Bistec Ranchero $17.5

      Skillet steak topped with tomatoes, green peppers, onions and melted cheese.

    • Carne a la Diabla $17.5

      Strips of steak cooked in a red spicy sauce.

    • Bistek a la Mexicana $17.5

      Strips of steak cooked with tomatoes, onion and fresh jalapenos.

    • Bistec Encebollado $17.5

      Skirt steak sauteed with onions.

    • Carnitas a la Mexicana $15.69

      Pork carnitas cooked with onion, tomato and fresh jalapenos.

    • Carne Charra $18.95

      Skirt steak or chicken breast topped with beans and red tomatillo sauce with a cheese quesadilia, sour cream, nopales and guacamole on the side.

    • Lengua a la Mexicana $19.95

      Roja o verde. Beef tongue cooked with onion, tomato, fresh jalapeno in red or green sauce.

    • Bistec con Camarones $17.5

      Steak with shrimp in ranchero sauce.

  • Burritos
    • Steak Diablo Burrito $14.5

      Filled with beans, lettuce, cheese and tender cuts of carne asada in a spicy diablo sauce. Topped with more diablo sauce and cheese.

    • El Primo Burrito $14.5

      Filled with your choice of steak, pastor, chicken or beef, with beans, lettuce, cheese and sour cream.

    • Swiss Burrito $14.5

      Filled with your choice of steak, pastor, chicken or beef with beans and melted cheese.

  • Enchiladas
    • Enchiladas Supreme $14.5

      Enchiladas topped with green sauce and avocado your choice cheese, chicken, steak or beef.

    • Enchiladas $14.5

      Rojas o verdes enchiladas with chicken, steak, beef or cheese and red or green sauce.

    • Enchiladas Suizas $14.5

      3 enchiladas in a green sauce topped with cheese, sour creme and grilled onions, your choice of cheese, chicken, steak or beef.

    • Shrimp Enchiladas $14.95

      3 enchiladas in a green sauce topped with cheese and avocado.

  • Chimichangas
    • Diablo Chimi $14.5

      Steak in a red spicy tomatillo sause stuffed with beans, cheese, tomatoes, deep fried and topped with cheese and sauce.

    • El Primo Chimi $14.5

      Steak and pastor with beans, cheese and tomatoes deep fried and topped with red sauce and cheese.

    • Chimichangas $14.5

      Chicken, steak, beef or al pastor topped with cheese and red sauce.

  • Soup
    • Carne en su Jugo $14.95

      Strips of steak cooked in a juice with vegetables.

    • Cardo de Pollo $14.95

      Chicken soup.

    • Caldo de Res $15.95

      Beef stew.

    • Consome de Res $10.95

      Beef broth.

  • Kids Menu
    • Kids Cheese Quesadilla $7.25

      Served with rice.

    • Kids Tacos $7.25

      Served with rice.

    • Kids Salchipulpo $7.25

      Served with fries.

    • Kids Chicken Tenders $7.25

      Served with fries.

    • Kids Cheeseburger $7.25

      Served with fries.

    • Kids Steak Burrito $7.25

      Served with rice.

    • Kids Cheese Enchilada $7.25

      Red or green sauce. Served with rice.

  • Sides
    • Rice $4.25

    • Refried Beans $4.25

    • Pico de Gallo $4.25

    • Guacamole $5.95

    • Avocado Slices $2.95

    • Tortillas $3.99

    • Sour Cream $1.95

    • Cheese Sauce $2.95

    • Grilled Onions $4.99

    • Grilled Jalapenos $4.99

  • Dessert
    • Choco Flan $5.5

    • Flan $5.5

  • Drinks
    • Aguas Frescas $4.5

      horchata, tamarindo, jamaica

    • Cafe $4.25

      Coffee.

    • Leche $2.95

      Milk.

    • Leche con Chocolate $4.25

      Chocolate milk.

    • Licuados $5.75

      Licuados de platano o fresa. Banana or strawberry milkshake.

    • Can Soda de Lata $2.25

    • Coca de Botella $3.25

      Bottle.

    • Jarritos $3.25

    • Sangria $3.25

    • Sidral Mundet $3.25

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