Carne guisada

Carne guisada at Nicha's, Loop 410 and Evers.

We decided to go out last night, and we both really wanted to go to Nicha's.  It's our default Mexican place: good food, not expensive and close to home.  The only question was whether I could find something with no cheese, but I prepared myself to request they leave the cheese off some tacos (just in case there was nothing else) and we went.

That photo on the left is exactly what I got when I ordered, "carne guisada."  No requests, no special instructions.  It's perfect, not even a little puddle of cheese on the refried beans.  To the right of the carne guisada you can see the fresh flour tortillas that come with every entree in many Mexican restaurants here.  Just looking at them makes me want to go out for Mexican RIGHT NOW.

What is carne guisada?  It's a plate full of awesome, that's what it is.  It's pretty much Tex-Mex pot roast: chunks of roast beef--the beef in the photo was so tender, it fell apart on my fork--stewed in gravy.  There's a great description (and a recipe I'm going to try) here.