ranchero
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of ranchero
1820–30; < Spanish, equivalent to ranch ( o ) ranch + -ero < Latin -ārius -ary
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She even tackles ranchero music in “La Reina”, which she says is a tribute to the recently deceased Vicente Fernández, who famously performed José Alfredo Jiménez’s Mexican classic “El Rey.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 20, 2022
Start with the ranchero chicken at Amácita in Culver City.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2019
His Padres game playlist was impressively eclectic, spanning Mozart’s “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik” to the Mexican ranchero classic “El Rey” to Drake’s pop hit from earlier this year, “Passionfruit.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2017
The chile relleno, a charred and battered poblano stuffed with a rich flow of Oaxacan cheese and smothered in ranchero sauce, has no peer.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 2, 2017
Once, she even made us a pizza with stinky ranchero cheese.
From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez
Helen Hunt Jackson’s 1884 bestseller, “Ramona,” about a clash among Southern California rancheros, indigenous peoples and newly arriving white settlers, helped form later literary templates of the Old West.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
In the kitchen, Medel chopped tomatoes, jalapeno and onion for huevos rancheros.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2023
The menu is full of comforting classics: scrambles, biscuits and gravy, huevos rancheros for breakfast, alongside burgers, fried chicken and tuna melts for lunch.
From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2023
I’m a strong advocate of eggs for dinner, especially when they are paired with rich beans and zesty sauce, as they are in classic huevos rancheros.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2023
But my young mind was filled with self, and my imagination shivered at the prospect of seeing sombreros, rancheros, tortillas and Pancho Villa.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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