Marinating meat in Chile sauce is a prehispánic technique, maybe the Spanish added the vinegar but definitely not the technique of marinating meat.

Sigh.... New Mexico peppers are from Mexico though the use of peppers was not as big in that area of the Americas. And changing the cooking method is not that big of a deal which is why I mentioned the ingredients.

It's not just based on Mexican food it literally is Mexican food made by people who were Mexican at the time in what was considered Mexico. My family is Texan and we wouldn't call queso covered anything texmex. Besides that anything in a tortilla is a taco and tacos come from?

I've got nothing to prove if you want the truth look at the ingredients and then open up a history book chief. All hat no cattle, that's a good one reminds me of the farmers in the Midwest just add cowboy boots on there for good measure

lmao what am I supposed to be scared of downvotes? it's the truth and you know it, since mexican food has gotten popular yt americans have been trying to scoop up everything mexican by rebranding it as "southwestern". tExas RaNch wAtEr is another clear example

if you had culture you would have your own food traditions instead of trying to rebrand one

stop trying to act like the food you eat in new mexico/arizona is a whole different thing. It all comes from Mexico

because it's from Mexico maybe...