All of the ingredients in this book are common throughout the Southwest and most of the rest of the country. If you have a Mexican market in your town, you should have no trouble finding everything you need. If you can’t find some of the fresh produce we use, the item you’re looking for might just be out of season. If you live in an area where Mexican ingredients are unavailable, try these mail-order sources.
Pinto bean seasoning, ancho chile powder, chipotle powder, whole dried chile pequíns, New Mexican chile powder, New Mexican green chile flakes, granulated jalapeño, cracked black pepper, and mesquite-smoked black pepper.
Fajita seasoning, brisket rub, pork rub, chicken rub, rib rub, and wild game rub; dried chiles and powdered chiles.
Steak seasoning in regular, spicy, and Worcestershire flavors.
Powdered chiles and seasoning blends; private-label spice blends.
www.goodecompany.com
5015 Kirby, Houston, Texas 77098
800-627-3502
Spice mixes and seasonings, charcoal starter chimneys, and all kinds of barbecue tools and Texas gifts are available here. Call for a catalog.
Lots of Tex-Mex products and free manufacturers’ recipes are available here, as are anchos, spice mixes, and a full line of Rotel products.
www.penderys.com
1221 Manufacturing Street, Dallas, Texas 75207
800-533-1870—Catalog $2
Molcajetes, chiles, ground cumin, chili powders, and Mexican oregano are all in the catalog.
www.hotchile.com
3816 Edith NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87107
800-467-4HOT, 505-766-9598
A source for whole or chopped frozen roasted green chiles, New Mexican chile powders, and dried chiles.
Grill rubs, spice blends, and some of the best sausage in the state.
www.thespicehouse.com
1512 N. Wells Street, Chicago, Illinois 60610
312-274-0378; fax 312-274-0143
Chiles, chili powders, barbecue seasonings, and other exotic spices are available from this outstanding spice merchant.
The “world headquarters of hot sauce” has thousands of varieties of hot sauces, pepper sauces, barbecue sauces, salsas, wing sauces, jerk sauces, and more. Note that real Jamaican jerk sauce isn’t a liquid that pours from a bottle. It’s a thick herb paste that comes in a jar you can get a spoon inside of. Walkerswood and Vernon’s Jamaican jerk sauce are recommended.