Green Chili Cheese Fries

Inspired by a local restaurant, where the best dish to order was a green chili cheese fry. It came smothered in green enchilada sauce and topped with melted cheddar cheese... 

Since I am not in the habit of eating at any restaurant these days, I thought I would share my version of the green chili cheese fries. With photos...

Paco's Biscochos

Paco's Biscochos

Also known as Biscochitos, New Mexico’s Official State Cookie. 

We are on a quest to revive holiday traditions from both of our families. The cookie tradition has been a bit of a challenge since we do not have Mom's recipe. 

I have tasted many different kinds of biscochos over the years, and have never really been a fan of biscochos because of the star anise. I never had the opportunity to have one of Mom's biscochos. 

We are building our recipe off Tonie's memory of Mom using frozen orange juice, rolling the dough into balls, and smashing them between the palms of her hands. Tonie has that memory of tasing orange juice in her cookie; that when you take a bite and suck on it, it just tasted so soft, juicy and dissolve-in-your-mouth good. 

Last year's trial was not quite right, but this year (2022) I think we have tweaked, tested and came up with the best biscocho ever! 

Like my Mother-in-law before me, I do not use anise in my biscochos. 

Update 2025: I made three batches this year. I have tried using gluten free flour and a Splenda/sugar blend to make the Biscochos for a friend and they worked out well. I have also tried a batch with the Splenda/sugar blend with regular flour and we loved that as well.