Chicken Fried Steak (CFS); Country Fried Steak
Chicken fried steak (CFS) is one of the most popular dishes in Texas. It contains no chicken. The exact origins of the dish (sometimes called "country fried steak") are unclear.…
Chicken Laredo
"Chicken Laredo" may come from San Antonio. Ad served at the Alamo Cafe it's charbroiled chiken breast topped with Southwesteren cream sauce, Monterey Jack and American cheese,…
Chicken Peppers
Chicken peppers is a specialty of Bayer’s Kolonialwaren und Backeri, a German bakery in Muenster. The recipe is not listed on any website. Several local restaurants -- Shooters Sports Bar &…
Chicken Ranch (or, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas)
The La Grange, Texas "chicken ranch" was a house of prostitution since about the 1840s; it closed in 1973. The story was fictionalized into the 1978 Broadway musical and 1982 movie…
Chihuahua Sandwich
The Chihuahua Sandwich was popularized by R. A. "Skeet" Noret and his wife, Sarah, at the Sky-Vue Drive In at Lamesa, Texas. The sandwich -- no chihuahuas are included -- contains chili,…
Chilada (chili + enchilada/tostada, or -chilada)
The Texas fast food restaurant chains of Taco Bueno and Taco Casa both serve a "chilada." The name might be derived from "chili" and either "enchilada" or…
Chilaquiles
Chilaquiles is a Mexican dish of fried tortilla chips, cut in strips and topped with salsa or mole (or layered like a casserole). The dish (which is recorded from the 19th century) has become an…
Chile Colorado (Chili Colorado)
Chile colorado (or "chili colorado") means simply the Mexican red chile pepper. The earliest citations in English appear to come from Texas or New Mexico. Cooks.comCHILI COLORADO 1…
Chile con Carne
"Chile con carne" is now the official dish of Texas. "Chile con carne" was the title of an 1857 book by S. Compton Smith, and no earlier citation has yet been found. Wikipedia:…
Chile con Queso (Chili con Queso)
Chile con queso (or chili con queso) is a simple Tex-Mex dish of chili and cheese. President Lyndon B. Johnson published a favorite recipe in 1964. Wikipedia: Chile con quesoChili con queso (also…
Chile Relleno
Chile relleno ("chiles rellenos" is the plural, but it's sometimes incorrectly given as "chile rellenos;" there's also "chili relleno" and "chili…
Chile Stand (Chili Stand); Tamale Stand
Many websites describe a "San Antonio Chili Stand" that was on display at Chicago's 1893 Columbian Exposition (World's Fair). Chile (chili) stands and tamale stands were popular…
Chiletoque
"Chiletoque" appears in a 1952 article about the Original Mexican Restaurant (since 1899 or 1900) of San Antonio, listed as one of the "specialties served only at the Original…
Chili Burger; Chili Dog
Chili hot dogs (or "chili dogs" or "chilidogs") and chili hamburgers (or "chili burgers" or "chiliburgers") continue to be popular. No one knows exactly…
Chili Capital of the World (Terlingua nickname)
The city of Terlingua was a ghost town that was re-invented in the 1960s as the "Chili Capital of the World." In 1967, the Chili Appreciation Society International began its first annual…
Chili Gravy (Chile Gravy)
"Chili gravy" (or "chile gravy") has been called the soul of Tex-Mex. It's popularly served with enchiladas (and is sometimes called "enchilada sauce"), but is…
Chili Head
Someone who likes chili is called a "chili head." The Chili Appreciation Society (now the Chili Appreciation Society International, or CASI) began in the 1960s, and George Haddaway of…
Chili Mac
"Chili Mac" recipes are all over the internet. It's Southern comfort food -- ground beef, elbow macaroni, and tomato sauce (or something hotter). The dish dates to at least 1902.…
Chili Powder
Chili powder may have been invented (or at least popularized) by the Gebhardt Chili Powder Company of San Antonio in the 1890s. Chili powder contains ingredients such as cayenne pepper, garlic…
Chili Queen (or Chile Queen)
A "chili queen" (or "chile queen") was a woman most famously in the 1880 and 1890s who sold chili. The term was popular in San Antonio, and the chili queens operated near or in…