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Menu

  • Starters
    • Dips
    • Appetizers
    • Fresh Salads
    • Homemade Soups & Caldos
  • Entrées
    • El Jefe Specialties
    • Sizzling Fajitas
    • From the Grill
    • Mexican Favorites
    • Seafood Mexican Style
    • Enchiladas
  • Mexican Antojitos
    • Tacos
    • Quesadillas
    • Tortas
    • Burritos
    • Tostadas
  • On the Side
  • Lunch Specials
  • Kids
  • Desserts
  • Take-Out Menu
  • Fiesta Trays to-go Menu
    • Fiesta Trays
    • Fiesta by the one & half dozen
    • Fiesta Desserts
    • Add’t to Party
  • Drinks
    • Tequilas
    • Margaritas
    • Martinis
    • Specialty Drinks
    • Wines & Sangrias
    • Beers

-El Jefe style- Enchilada Sauces

Red -A red guajillo chile & tomatoes based sauce, usually for shredded beef or cheese enchiladas.

Verde -A mild green tomatillo sauce, used on shredded chicken, shredded pork or cheese enchiladas; topped with roasted poblano rajas & corn salsa.

Poblana -or mole sauce. A sweet and savory mix of chocolate, Mexican spices, nuts and chile peppers based sauce, goes with shredded chicken, cheese and beans enchiladas; topped with crumbled queso fresco, onions & sesame seeds.

Tomato -A tomato & onion based sauce spiced up with lite jalapeños, typically used on vegetarian cheese or Mexican queso fresco enchiladas.

Spicy enchilada sauce available upon request


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110 Astro Shopping Center - Newark, DE 19711 • Ph: (302) 894-9000 • Fax: (302) 286-6957
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