La Cocina Menu
La Cocina is a charming spot in Espanola, NM, offering a delightful mix of New Mexican cuisine with a focus on breakfast and brunch. The menu features appetizers like flavorful guacamole and crispy chips & salsa. For entrees, they excel in American comfort dishes such as the savory Hamburger Steak and comforting Pot Roast. Customers rave about the quality of the food and service, with compliments towards the delicious food, especially the grilled shell ground beef tacos and the chicken enchiladas with Christmas-style chile. The ambiance and attentive staff create a welcoming dining experience. With a variety of options including vegan and vegetarian dishes, La Cocina provides a satisfying meal for any palate. Don't miss out on this gem while in Santa Fe!
Traditional Favorites
Jessie's Combination
La Cocina's original combination served with a beef enchilada, a cheese enchilada, a pork tamale, beans and posole. Smothered with red or green chile and cheese. (No changes or substitutions on this plate) Served with a sopaipilla.
Enchiladas
Rolled or flat. Two cheese enchiladas with ground beef, chicken, or carne adovada enchiladas, flat or rolled with New Mexico red or green chile and Cheddar cheese. Served with pinto beans. Served with a sopaipilla.
Guacamole Enchiladas
Two flat enchiladas layered with fresh guacamole, Cheddar cheese, and New Mexico red or green chile. Served with pinto beans and rice. Served with a sopaipilla.
Enchiladas Supremas
Three flat cheese enchiladas with ground beef or chicken and then smothered with red or green chile. Served with pinto beans and sour cream. Served with a sopaipilla.
Stuffed Sopaipilla
A large sopaipilla filled with refried beans and your choice of ground beef, shredded beef, chicken, or carne adovada and lettuce. Then smothered with red or green chile and cheese. Served with a sopaipilla.
Carne Adovada Plate
Pork marinated and slow cooked with red chile, onion, and spices. Served with rice and Cheddar topped refried beans. Served with a sopaipilla.
Frito Pie
A bowl of beans, ground beef, chicken, or carne adovada and red or green chile and cheese. Topped with lettuce and tomato and served with a bag of Fritos. Served with a sopaipilla.
Flauta Plate
4 chicken rolled tacos topped with Cheddar cheese and served with refried beans and Spanish rice. Served with guacamole, sour cream, and salsa.
Pollo Estilo La Cocina
One grilled chicken breast on top of chile con queso and a blue corn tortilla. Smothered with green chile and cheese and served with beans and rice. Served with a sopaipilla.
Beans - Cup
Served with a sopaipilla or tortilla.
Beans - Bowl
Served with a sopaipilla or tortilla.
Beans - Large Bowl
Served with a sopaipilla or tortilla.
Chile con Carne - Cup
Served with a sopaipilla or tortilla.
Chile con Carne - Bowl
Served with a sopaipilla or tortilla.
Chile con Carne - Large Bowl
Served with a sopaipilla or tortilla.
Posole - Cup
Served with a sopaipilla or tortilla.
Posole - Bowl
Served with a sopaipilla or tortilla.
Posole - Large Bowl
Served with a sopaipilla or tortilla.
Green Chile Stew - Cup
Served with a sopaipilla or tortilla.
Green Chile Stew - Bowl
Served with a sopaipilla or tortilla.
Green Chile Stew - Large Bowl
Served with a sopaipilla or tortilla.
Menudo - Cup
Served with a sopaipilla or tortilla.
Menudo - Bowl
Served with a sopaipilla or tortilla.
Menudo - Large Bowl
Served with a sopaipilla or tortilla.
Bowls
Tacos
Guacamole & Chicken Tacos
Two grilled tacos served with chicken and guacamole. Topped with cheese, lettuce and tomato. Served with posole and beans on the side.
Taco Plate
Three grilled or crisp shell tacos served with ground beef or chicken. Topped with cheese, lettuce, and tomato. Served with beans and posole on the side.
Burrito Plate
Two bean burritos filled with ground or shredded beef, chicken, or carne adovada and served with posole and smothered with red or green chile and Cheddar cheese. *Note: Posole has meat.
Carnitas Burrito
A large bean burrito filled with grilled bell peppers, jalapenos, tomatoes, onions, and grilled pork. Smothered with red or green chile, cheese, and Spanish rice.
Lamb Burrito Plate
A large tortilla filled with refried beans, ground lamb grilled with onions, tomatoes, and jalapenos. Smothered with red or green chile and Cheddar cheese. Served with Spinach rice.
Chicharrones Burrito
A large bean burrito filled with chicharrones then smothered with red or green chile and cheese. Served with rice.
Burritos
Build Your Own Combination
2 Item Build Your Own Combination
Your choice of two main items, two side items, and red or green chile
3 Item Build Your Own Combination
Your choice of three main items, two side items, and red or green chile
4 Item Build Your Own Combination
Your choice of four main items, two side items, and red or green chile
Relleno Burger
A large 1/2 pound ground sirloin patty filled with onions and jalapenos. Grilled and served inside of a flour tortilla then smothered with red or green chile and shredded Cheddar cheese. Served with your choice of French fries or salad.
Hamburger
Grilled well done and served on either a bun, tortilla, or a sopaipilla. Served with lettuce, tomato, and onion on the side. Served with your choice of French fries or salad.
La Cocina Club
A triple decker sandwich with bacon, turkey, ham, Cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise. Served with your choice of French fries or salad.
Sandwiches
Salads
Grilled Chicken Salad
A large bed of spring mix, avocado slices, topped with fresh grilled onion, Cheddar cheese, tomato, and topped with a grilled chicken breast. Served with ginger sesame dressing.
Grilled Salmon Salad
A large bed of spring mix, avocado slices, topped with fresh grilled onion, tomato. Served with ginger sesame dressing.
Beef Taco Salad
A large taco bowl filled with pinto beans, ground beef, lettuce, tomato, and cheese. Topped with sour cream and guacamole. Served with salsa.
Fajita Salad
A large taco bowl filled with either fresh grilled beef or chicken fajita meat and grilled vegetables served on top of fresh spring mix, tomatoes, cheese, and guacamole and sour cream. Served with salsa.
House Salad
Spring mix, sliced red onion, cherry tomatoes, and croutons.
Small Enchilada
One rolled cheese enchilada with beef or chicken and beans. Smothered with red or green chile.
Small Stuffed Sopaipilla
A smaller sized sopaipilla filled with refried beans and lettuce with your choice of ground beef, shredded beef or chicken. Smothered with red or green chile and cheese.
1/2 Burrito Plate
1/2 of our normal burrito plate. Served with posole and smothered with red or green chile.
Small Shrimp Plate
4 battered and deep-fried shrimp served with French fries or mashed potatoes and white gravy.
Lite Meals
Appetizers
Guacamole - Small (For 2)
Guacamole - Large (For 4)
Chips & Salsa
Chile Cheese Fries
Chile con Queso
Melted cheddar cheese with onions, tomatoes, and jalapenos served in a cup. With chips.
Steak & Enchilada
An 8 oz. Flat iron steak served alongside a rolled cheese enchilada. Smothered with red or green chile and cheese. Served with refried beans and rice. Served with a dinner salad
Grilled Fajitas
Half a pound of marinated beef or chicken grilled with onions, bell peppers and tomatoes. Served with refried beans, sour cream, salsa and guacamole. Served with warm flour tortillas.
Grilled Fajitas for Two
A full pound served with two portions of refried beans, guacamole, and sour cream and flour tortillas.
Grilled Pork Carnitas
Pork grilled with jalapenos, bell peppers, onions, and tomatoes. Served with Cheddar topped refried beans, and Spanish rice. Served with warm flour tortillas.
Steak La Cocina
An 8oz. Flat iron steak on top of chile con queso and a blue corn tortilla. Smothered with green chile and cheese and served with refried beans and rice. Served with salad.
Steaks, Carnitas, & Fajitas
New Mexico Lamb
Lamb Fajitas - Regular
One half pound of grilled lamb and spiced seasoned vegetables. Served with Cheddar topped refried beans, guacamole, and sour cream and salsa. Served with flour tortillas.
Lamb Fajitas - For Two (Full Pound)
One half pound of grilled lamb and spiced seasoned vegetables. Served with Cheddar topped refried beans, guacamole, and sour cream and salsa. Served with flour tortillas.
Grilled Salmon
An 8 oz. grilled filet of salmon. Served with either mashed potatoes and gravy or French fries. Served with salad or green chile stew.
Deep-Fried Shrimp
8 battered and deep-fried shrimp served with either mashed potatoes and gravy or French fries, served with a dinner salad or stew.
Seafood
For The Kids
Kid's Enchilada
A small cheese enchilada served with pinto beans. Available to children 10 and under.
Kid's Burrito
A small bean burrito topped with cheese and served with posole. Available to children 10 and under.
Kid's Taco
One beef or chicken taco topped with cheese, lettuce, and tomato. Served with beans. Available to children 10 and under.
Child Shrimp
4 battered and deep-fried shrimp. Served with French fries or mashed potatoes and white gravy. Available to children 10 and under.
Kid's Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Grilled Cheese Sandwich served with French Fries. Available to children 10 and under.
6-Pack Tacos
Six Hard Shell Tacos - (All same kind of meat)
Dozen Sopaipillas
Twelve Sopaipillas
8 Taco Dinner
8 Beef or Chicken hard shell tacos. Comes with a pint of beans, pint of rice, and 4 sopaipillas. ***We may need 30-60 minutes advance notice during peak hours. (No changes or substitutions)
6-pack Flautas
Six Chicken Flautas (Rolled Tacos)
Family Dinners*
Beverages
Soft Drinks
Arnold Palmer
Chocolate Milk
Whole Milk
Juices
Orange or cranberry. 15 oz.
Aroma of Santa Fe Coffee - Small
Aroma of Santa Fe Coffee - Medium
Aroma of Santa Fe Coffee - Large
Hot Herbal Teas
Atole
A northern New Mexico favorite. Blue corn meal cooked with milk into a warm drink. Seasoned to taste with salt or sugar.
Enchiladas with Meat for 10-12
Half pan of cheese enchiladas with your choice of beef or chicken. Feeds 10-12 people
Salsa - Quart
Salsa - 1/2 Gallon
Salsa - Gallon
Guacamole - Quart
Guacamole - 1/2 Gallon
Guacamole - Gallon
Beans - Quart
Beans - 1/2 Gallon
Beans - Gallon
Rice - Pint
Rice - Quart
Rice - 1/2 Gallon
Rice - Gallon
Posole - Quart
Posole - 1/2 Gallon
Posole - Gallon
Carne Adovada - Pint
Carne Adovada - Quart
Carne Adovada - 1/2 Gallon
Carne Adovada - Gallon
Sopaipillas
Priced per dozen.
Dozen Tamales
12 pork/red chile tamales.
Bulk Prices
Sides
Sm. Refries
A small side of refried beans
Sm. Rice
Small side of Spanish Rice
Guacamole - Side
Small Side of Guacamole
Sour Cream
Small side of Sour Cream
Grilled Onions
Side of Grilled Onions
Sm. Chile
A small side of Chile
Grilled Chicken Breast
One grilled chicken breast
Carne Adovada
Small side of carne adovada
Sopaipilla - Regular
One sopaipilla. Or by the dozen.
Sopaipilla - Dozen
One sopaipilla. Or by the dozen.
Corn Tortillas
Four warm corn tortillas
Flour Tortilla
Side of flour tortillas (2)
Blue Corn Tortillas
Four warm blue corn tortillas
Hamburger Patty
One hamburger patty
Avocado
Slices of avocado
Jalapeno - Whole
Chopped, Fried, or A Whole Jalapeno
Jalapeno - Fried
Chopped, Fried, or A Whole Jalapeno
Jalapeno - Chopped
Chopped, Fried, or A Whole Jalapeno
Mashed Potatoes
Small side of mashed potatoes and gravy.
Side French Fries
A side order of French Fries
Chicharrones
Small side of chicharrones
Side Burrito
A bean burrito topped with cheddar cheese.
Side Taco
One hard or soft shell taco
Side Tamale
One red chile pork tamale. Topped with cheddar cheese and your choice of chile.
Hand Held Burrito
A refried bean and cheese burrito served in a wrapper. Does not come with any sides.
A La Carte
American Comfort
Hamburger Steak
A 1/2 pound ground sirloin patty grilled and smothered with red or green chile and cheese. Served with french fries or mashed potatoes with white gravy.
Pot Roast
A large open faced sandwich topped with pot roast. Topped with red or green chile or white gravy. Served with French fries or mashed potatoes and white gravy.
Huevos Rancheros
Two eggs on top of corn tortillas smothered with red or green chile and cheese. Served with beans and hash browns. Served with toast or tortilla.
Smothered Breakfast Burrito
A large breakfast burrito filled with eggs, hash browns, and ham, sausage or bacon. Smothered with red or green chile and cheese. Served with pinto beans.
