appetizers

Queso Quesadilla (Corn) (8)
Grilled, golden brown corn tortillas, filled with Monterey Jack cheese, and served with pico de gallo. Serves four. Queso Quesadilla (Flour) (2)
Large flour corn tortillas, filled with Monterey Jack cheese, and served with pico de gallo. Serves four. Aguacate (Guacamole)
A pre-Columbian dish made with avocados, tomatoes, onions, cilantro, and lemon juice. Served with freshly made corn chips. Flautas Norteña (6)
Beef or chicken rolled tacos, well-seasoned, deep-fried golden brown and topped with tomato, onion, minced chiles, Guaca chile, and sour cream. Ensalada de Nopalitos
Tender nopal leaves simmered and marinated in vinaigrette. Served with tomato, onion, and minced chiles, and corn tortillas. Queso Fundido Solo
Hot Monterey Jack cheese with special El Norteño white corn tortillas. Serves four. Queso Fundido con Chorizo

specialties

Chiles Rellenos* (2)
New Mexican green chiles stuffed with Monterey Jack cheese, coated with egg batter and cooked until the cheese is bubbling hot. Smothered with green chile. Served with rice and beans. Chiles Rellenos Ahogados* (2)
New Mexican green chiles stuffed with Monterey Jack cheese, coated with egg batter and cooked until the cheese is bubbling hot. Submerged in a delectable special tomato sauce. Served with rice and beans. Menudo*
A New Year's specialty in Mexico. Beef tripe slow simmered in a soup stock flavored with Mexican red chiles and spices. Served with traditional fixings. Served daily. Barbacoa
Not barbecue beef, as it is served north of the Mexican border, but this is beef simmered over special herbs and spices.
Burrito Plate (1) Tacos Plate (3)
Served with rice, beans, and pico de gallo. Plate* Lengua
Beef tongue cooked with spices until tender.
Burrito Plate (1) Tacos Plate (3)
Served with rice, beans, and pico de gallo. Plate* Cabrito al Norno Estilo Birria
El Norteño has got your goat. The tender and delicious slow-cooked treat called Cabrito, or stewed goat, is a delicacy that only be found at El Norteño.
Burrito Plate (1) Tacos Plate (3)
Served with all the trimmings! Plate* Pollo en Molé*
El Norteño specialty! Slow-simmered chicken in Mexican pablano sauce. Molé sauce is a combination of seeds, chocolate, nuts and chiles. Served with rice and beans. Pollo en Molé Enchiladas (2)
Corn tortillas filled with shredded chicken smothered with Molé sauce. Served with rice and beans.

vegetarian

Chiles Rellenos* Chiles Rellenos Ahogados* Burrito de Frijoles Soft Tacos de Frijoles Tostadas de Frijoles Tostadas de Guacamole Tacos de Guacamole Tacos de Nopales Plate* Cheese Enchiladas Vegetarian Enchiladas Vegetarian Burrito Mexican Garden Grilled

beef

Carnes Asada*
Top sirloin steak, well-seasoned, cooked to your liking. Served with rice, beans, and pico de gallo. Carnes Asada Burrito
Delicious top sirloin steak, seasoned to perfection. Served with rice, beans, and pico de gallo. Tacos de Carne Asada (3)
Top sirloin tacos. Served with rice, beans, and pico de gallo. Tostadas de Carne Asada (2)
Tostadas topped with beans, top sirloin steak, lettuce, tomato, and sour cream. Served with rice. Carnes Asada Al Mesquite*
Top sirloin steak, mesquite-seasoned, cooked to your liking. Served with rice, beans, and pico de gallo. Flautas de Res
Beef rolled tacos, well-seasoned and deep fried golden brown. Served with sour cream, crisp lettuce, fresh tomato, rice and beans. Enchiladas de Res (2)
Beef enchiladas, fresh corn tortillas, dipped in a home-made chile sauce with tender top sirloin beef. Served with rice, beans, and pico de gallo. Tostadas de Res
Beef, seasoned with spices and placed on a deep-fried corn tortilla, topped with fresh tomato, beans, lettuce and sour cream. Served with rice. Steak Ranchero*
Top sirloin steak, smothered with grilled, seasoned onions, dhiles, jalapenños and tomatoes. Cooked to your liking. Served with rice, beans, and pico de gallo. Steak Ranchero Picado*
Fajitas made with top sirloin chunks, smothered with grilled, seasoned onions and tomatoes. Cooked to your liking. Served with rice, beans, and pico de gallo.

chicken

Pollo en Molé*
El Norteño specialty! Slow-simmered chicken in Mexican pablano sauce. Molé sauce is a combination of seeds, chocolate, nuts and chiles. Served with rice and beans. Pollo en Molé Enchiladas (2)
Corn tortillas filled with shredded chicken smothered with Molé sauce. Served with rice and beans. Enchiladas de Pollo (2)
Fresh corn tortillas dipped in a home-made chile sauce with tender chicken. This dish is placed under the broiler just before serving. Served with rice, beans and pico de gallo. Red or green chile. Tostadas de Pollo (2)
Crisp corn tortillas with shredded chicken, beans, crisp lettuce, and topped with fresh tomato and sour cream. Served with rice. Flautas de Pollo (3)
Chicken rolled tacos well-seasoned and deep fried golden brown. Served with sour cream, crisp lettuce, fresh tomato, rice and beans. Tacos de Pollo (3)
Soft corn tortillas filled with slow-simmered chicken. Served with rice and beans. Burrito de Pollo
Everyone's favorite chicken wrapped in a soft flour tortilla. Served with rice, beans, crisp lettuce, fresh tomato and pico de gallo. Pollo Ranchero (Fajitas)*
Small pieces of seasoned chicken breast, broiled until juicy and tender, with grilled onions, chiles, and tomatoes. Served with rice, beans and pico de gallo. Pollo Montado*
Chicken breast smothered with green chile and Monterey Jack cheese. Served with rice, beans and pico de gallo. Pollo en salsa Chipotlé
Chicken breast marinated and smothered with Chipotlé sauce. Served with rice, beans and pico de gallo. Pollo en Crema Chipotlé
Chicken breast marinated and smothered with creamy Chipotlé sauce. Served with rice, beans and pico de gallo. Pollo Norteño*
Seasoned chicken breast broiled until juicy and tender with grilled onions, chiles and tomatoes Served with rice, beans and pico de gallo. Tingo de Pollo*
Chicken shredded and cooked in a special roasted red pepper sauce. Served with rice and beans.

seafood

Tacos de Pescado (3)
Fish tacos, Baja style. Served with rice and beans. Tacos de Camarones (3)
Shrimp tacos, Baja style. Served with rice, beans and pico de gallo. Tostadas de Ceviche (2)
Crisp tortillas filled with shrimp cooked in lime juice mixed with tomatoes, jalapeños and onion. Served with rice and beans. Cocktail de Camarones
Shrimp cocktail, large California Gulf shrimp served in our home-made sauce. Huachinango*
Mexican Red Snapper fillet, grilled in El Norteño's Marisco sauce. Served with rice and beans. Pescado Norteño*
Seasoned Pacific white fish, broiled until juicy and tender with grilled onions, chiles, and tomatoes. Served with rice, beans and pico de gallo. Pescado Gauymas*
Grilled Red Snapper fillet with green chile, Monterey Jack cheese. Served with rice and beans. Pescado Frito*
Whole fresh fish, pan-fried Caribbean style. Served with rice and beans. Camarones Al Mojo de Ajo*
North Atlantic shrimp cooked Mexican-style with butter, garlic and onion. Served with rice and beans. Camarones Empanizados*
Fresh breaded shrimp. Served with rice, beans and pico de gallo. Camarones en Salsa Chipotlé*
Shrimp in a hot Salsa Chipotlé sauce. Served with rice and beans. Camarones Norteños*
Large shrimp sauteed in Salsa de Mantequilla (butter) with onions, tomatoes, jalapeños and garlic. Served with rice and beans. Camarones a la Diabla*
Large shrimp with the flavor of very hot chile de habanero and spice. Served with rice and beans. Huachinango a La Veracruzana*
Steamed Red Snapper fillet with Veracruzana sauce made with shrimp, sauteed onions, tomatoes, jalapeños and tomato sauce. Served with shrimp, rice and beans.

pork

Al Pastor
Pork flavored with thirteen herbs and spices.
Burrito Plate (1) Tacos Plate (3)
Served with rice, beans, and pico de gallo. Plate* Cochinita Pibil
Utilizing the ancient Mayan tradition, pork, citrus and spices are wrapped in banana leaves and steamed until tender and juicy.
Burrito Plate (1) Tacos Plate (3)
Served with rice, beans, and pico de gallo. Plate* Carne Adobada
Pork marinated in El Norteño's special blend of chile, garlic, cumin, oregano and other "secret" ingredients.
Burrito Plate (1) Tacos Plate (3)
Served with rice, beans, and pico de gallo. Plate* Tamales de Puerco* (2)
Fresh pork tamales, delicately spiced and served steaming hot, cooked inside corn wrappers. Served with rice and beans. (May also be ordered by the dozen.) Posole*
Taste the El Norteño way of preparing this robust bowl of pork loin, hominy and red chile. Served with all the traditional trimmings. Guisado Norteño (2)
Pork chops topped with El Norteño's authentic wild tomato sauce. Served with rice, beans, and pico de gallo. Monturas*
A favorite at El Norteño. Pork with green chile and Monterey Jack cheese. Served with rice, and beans.

desserts

Flan (custard)
Mexican egg custard in a sweet caramel sauce. Pastel de Tres Leches
This traditional Mexican cake recipe, which translates as "three milks," is sweet, moist and delicious. Topped with whipped cream.