La Casa Del Cocinero - Mexican Restaurant
15711 Imperial Hwy., La Mirada
(562) 524-2071
Customers' Favorites
Red Chilaquiles with Chile Verde
Two Soft Tacos Asada or Pollo
Chips and Salsa to Start
Wet Burritos and More
Sides House Guacamole
Chile Relleno Plate
Cheese Quesadilla
Chile Verde Plate
Carne Asada Tray
Custom Guacamole
Featured items
Chile Verde
Most popular. Pork shoulder, slow-cooked to perfection in our famous green tomatillo salsa. Served with a side of jasmine rice, refried peruano beans & choice of tortillas
Chicken Tortilla Soup
Chicken broth, shredded chicken, and potatoes. Topped tortilla strips, Jack cheese, avocado slice, and sprinkled with cilantro.
Carne En Su Jugo
Beef soup cooked with bacon, Peruano bean, and green onions in our famous green tomatillo salsa. Served with chopped onion, cilantro, lime wedges, and your choice of tortillas.
Soft Taco Plate
Three street tacos with choice of carne asada, chicken, carnitas, chorizo,or al pastor. Topped with chopped onions & cilantro. Served with spanish style jasmine rice, refried peruano beans & lime wedges.
Choose chile verde, chile colorado or cochinita pibil
Classic Burrito
Giant flour tortilla, jasmine rice, refried peruano beans, onions, cilantro & your choice of meat.
Chilaquiles
Fried tortilla chips mixed with grilled onions, red or green salsa and two eggs. Topped with sour cream and queso fresco. Served with refried beans.
Albondigas
Beef meatballs, broth, chayote squash, potatoes, zucchini & carrots. Served with jasmine rice, chopped onions, cilantro, lime wedges & your choice of tortillas
Casa Burrito
Giant flour tortilla loaded with our famous chile verde, rice, refried beans & jack cheese. Topped with more chile verde, jack cheese, sour cream & cilantro.
Hard Taco Plate
Two deep-fried hard shell tacos, stuffed with your choice of, shredded beef, shredded chicken or diced potatoes. Served with jasmine rice & refried peruano beans. Topped with shredded lettuce, queso fresco, sour cream & guacamole.
Kids- Cheese Quesadilla
Served with rice.
Add meat for an additional charge.
A La Carte
Soft Taco
Choice of meat, topped with onions & cilantro.
Gordita
Housemade corn patty filled with refried peruano beans, lettuce, queso fresco, sour cream & your choice of carne asada, chicken, chorizo, al pastor or carnitas.
Sope
Housemade fried corn patty topped with refried peruano beans, choice of carne asada, chicken, carnitas, al pastor or chorizo, queso fresco & sour cream.
Tacos Del Rey Trio
Full size flour tortillas with melted jack cheese, cilantro, red onion & habañero curtido and a side of lime wedges.
Hard Taco
Choice of diced potatoes, shredded chicken or beef. Topped with lettuce, queso fresco, & sour cream
Calabacitas
Diced zucchini sauteed with corn, onions & tomatoes sprinkled with queso fresco & Tajin.
Custom Guacamole (Small)
Fresh, made to order guacamole.
Flauta
Rolled flour tortilla stuffed with shredded beef or chicken. Topped with lettuce, queso fresco and sour cream.
Taquito
Rolled corn tortilla stuffed with shredded beef or chicken. Topped with lettuce, queso fresco, & sour cream.
Custom Guacamole (Large)
Fresh, made to order guacamole.
Side of Home Potatoes
Antojitos
Quesatacos De Birria
Beer Battered Taco
Beer battered. Fried to perfection and topped with shredded cabbage and diced tomatoes. Served with a side of our housemade chipotle salsa.
Deep Fried Quesadilla
Most popular. Jumbo handmade corn tortilla stuffed with cheese and deep-fried to perfection. Topped with shredded lettuce, queso fresco, sour cream, and guacamole.
Huitlacoche Quesadilla
Two giant cheese crusted tortillas, stuffed with jack cheese and our housemade huitlacoche.
Smoked Fish Taco
Most popular. Jumbo cheese crusted handmade corn tortilla stuffed with smoked whitefish and jack cheese. Served with a side of our homemade chipotle salsa.
Tacos Del Rey Trio - Antojitos
One steak, one shrimp & one pork belly taco in full size flour tortillas with melted jack cheese, cilantro, red onion & habañero curtido and a side of lime wedges.
Mulita
Two oversized cheese crusted tortillas, stuffed with jack cheese, grilled onions, and your choice of chicken, carne asada, chorizo, carnitas or al pastor.
Appetizers
Street Style Elote
Corn, grilled in its husk, served on the cobb or esquite style (off the cobb). Topped wiyh creamy mayonnaise, queso fresco & tajin.
Nachos
Crispy tortilla chips, refried peruano beans & melted jack cheese topped with fresh pico de gallo, sour cream & guacamole.
Santi's Fries
Crispy golden french fries with melted jack cheese, fresh pico de gallo, sour cream & guacamole.
Pork Belly Tacos
Three delicious, pork belly filled, handmade corn tortilla tacos, topped with red onion & habanero curtido & cilantro.
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Ceviche Tostada
Shrimp or fish, marinated and cooked in freshly squeezed lime juice, mixed with tomato, onion & cilantro. Served on a crispy golden tostada shell & topped with avocado slices.
Queso Fundido
Melted jack cheese fondue & housemade chorizo served in a hot molcajete with your choice of tortillas.
Presidential Seafood Tower
Seafood tower build with a layer of imitation crab, fish ceviche, cooked shrimp and octopus. Topped with avocado slices, cilantro, salsa negra, salsa morena & salsa maggy. Served with saltine crackers.
Quesadilla APP
Lightly toasted flour tortilla, melted jack cheese, sour cream & a small side of guacamole.
Wings
Deep fried chicken wings tossed in your choice of salsa verde, chipotle bbq or mole.
Camarones Aguachiles
Butterflied shrimp cooked in freshly squeezed lime juice, served with your choice of spicy or mild aquachile salsa over a bed of cucumber slices & topped with avocado slices. Served with saltine crackers.
Taquitos Appetizer
Three crispy, rolled corn tortillas filled with your choice of shredded beef or chicken. Topped with shredded lettuce, queso fresco, sour cream & guacamole.
Breakfast
Chilaquiles
Fried tortilla chips mixed with grilled onions, red or green salsa and two eggs. Topped with sour cream and queso fresco. Served with refried beans.
Breakfast Burrito
Chorizo, two eggs, beans & jack cheese.
Bacon or sausage, two eggs, homestyle potatoes & jack cheese.
Breakfast Plate
Two eggs, choice of sausage or bacon, potatoes, and two pancakes.
Huevos Con Chorizo
Two eggs scrambled with chorizo, served with beans and choice of tortillas.
Veggie Omelet
Three egg omelet with red or green bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, and Jack cheese. Served with potatoes.
Huevos A La Mexicana
Two eggs scrambled with onions, tomatoes, and jalapenos. Served with beans and choice of tortillas.
Huevos Rancheros
Two eggs on a fried corn tortilla topped with salsa ranchero, onions, tomatoes, and jalapenos. Served with beans and choice of tortillas.
Huevos Con Nopales
Two eggs scrambled with Nopales jalapenos, onions, and tomatoes. Served with beans and choice of tortillas.
Omelet
Three egg omelette with Jack cheese and choice of meat . Served with potatoes.
Machaca Con Huevo
Burritos
Classic Burrito
Giant flour tortilla, jasmine rice, refried peruano beans, onions, cilantro & your choice of meat.
Casa Burrito
Giant flour tortilla loaded with our famous chile verde, rice, refried beans & jack cheese. Topped with more chile verde, jack cheese, sour cream & cilantro.
The Terminator
Giant flour tortilla jam-packed with our famous chile colorado, rice, refried peruano beans & jack cheese. Topped with more chile colorado, jack cheese, sour cream & cilantro.
Beans And Cheese Burrito
Chicken
Chicken Mole
Most popular. Shredded chicken topped with our homemade chocolate sweet and spicy mole and sesame seeds. Served with a side of onion and habañero curtido, Spanish style jasmine rice, refried peruano beans, and choice of tortillas.
Grilled Chicken
Chicken breast, marinated in our famous pasilla adobo, grilled and served with guacamole, Spanish style jasmine rice, refried peruano beans, and choice of tortillas.
Cocteles
Coctel De Camaron
Cooked shrimp, onions, tomatoes, cilantro, and avocado. Served with your choice of tostadas or saltine crackers.
Coctel Campechana
Shrimp, octopus, imitation crab, oysters, onions, tomatoes, cilantro, and avocado. Served with your choice of tostadas or saltine crackers.
Cold Drinks
House Horchata
Housemade Jamaica
Pepsi
Lemonade
Raspberry Iced Tea
Sierra Mist
Dr Pepper
Unsweetened Iced Tea
Diet Pepsi
Desserts
Flan De Queso Casero
Churros
Cheesecake
Flavored Lemonades
Pomegranate Lemonade
Strawberry Lemonade
Mango Lemonade
Hot Drinks
Cafe De Olla
Kids Menu
Kids- Bean & Cheese Burrito
Refried peruano beans & cheese wrapped in a flour tortilla.
Add meat for an additional charge.
Kids- Cheese Quesadilla
Served with rice.
Add meat for an additional charge.
Kids- Breakfast Plate
Bacon or sausage, one pancake, homestyle potatoes & one egg any style.
Kids- Soft Taco Plate
One soft taco with choice of meat. Served with rice and beans.
Kids- Taquito Plate
One taquito stuffed with choice of shredded chicken or shredded beef. Topped with queso fresco and sour cream. Served with rice and beans.
Kids- Enchiladas Plate
One rolled corn tortilla with choice of red or green sauce, filled with cheese, topped with Jack cheese and sour cream. Served with rice and beans.
Add meat for an additional charge.
Kids- Nachos
Housemade corn tortilla chips topped with refried peruano beans, melted jack cheese & sour cream.
Add meat for an additional charge.
Michelada - Beer Choice
Corona
Budweiser
Bud Light
Corona Familiar
Dos XX Lager
Estrella Jalisco
Pork
Chile Verde
Most popular. Pork shoulder, slow-cooked to perfection in our famous green tomatillo salsa. Served with a side of jasmine rice, refried peruano beans & choice of tortillas
Carnitas
Crispy, slow-cooked pork. Served with guacamole, Spanish style jasmine rice, refried peruano beans, and choice of tortillas.
Cochinita Pibil
Marinated pork, slow-cooked in achiote adobo. Topped with onion and habanero curtido. Served with a side of jasmine rice, refried peruano beans & choice of tortillas
Rum Cocktails
Mai Tai
Rum, mai tai mix, dark rum
Bahama Mama
Rum, Malibu rum, granadiine, orange juice, pineapple juice.
Rum and Coke
Salad
House Salad
Iceberg lettuce, jack cheese, cucumbers, carrots, tomatoes, sliced avocado.
Dressings: Ranch or Housemade Cilantro Dressing
Seafood
Grilled Whitefish
Grilled sway topped with grilled onions, red & green bell peppers. Served with jasmine rice, refried peruano beans & choice of tortillas
Camarones
Shrimp, red and green bell peppers and grilled onion, available in 4 different styles. Cooked to perfection. Served with Spanish style jasmine rice, refried Peruano beans, and choice of tortillas.
*A la Plancha: Seasoned & grilled.
*A la Diabla: Sauteed in a spicy red salsa.
*Al Mojo de Ajo: Sauteed in a garlic butter blend.
*Rancheros: Sauteed in our homemade salsa ranchera, with tomatoes & jalapenos instead of bell peppers.
Mojarra Dorada
Well seasoned and deep-fried whole tilapia. Served with Spanish style jasmine rice, refried Peruano beans, and choice of tortillas.
Shareable Entrees
Molcajete
Grilled chicken breast, carne asada steak, homemade chorizo, jack cheese, salsa verde, fried jalapenos, grilled nopal, mexican onions, grilled queso fresco all served on a hot lava stone bowl with a side of jasmine rice, refried peruano beans & choice of tortillas
Premium Molcajete
Grilled shrimp, carne asada steak, grilled chicken, homemade chorizo, Jaiba, octopus, jack cheese, salsa verde, fried jalapenos, grilled queso fresco. grilled nopales, mexican onions all served in a hot lava stone bowl with a side of jasmine rice, refried peruano beans & choice of tortillas.
Sides
Rice
Fries
Side of Asada
Side of Carnitas
Sliced Avocado
Small Guacamole
Beans
Side of Chicken
Side of Bacon
Soups
Albondigas
Beef meatballs, broth, chayote squash, potatoes, zucchini & carrots. Served with jasmine rice, chopped onions, cilantro, lime wedges & your choice of tortillas
Carne En Su Jugo
Beef soup cooked with bacon, Peruano bean, and green onions in our famous green tomatillo salsa. Served with chopped onion, cilantro, lime wedges, and your choice of tortillas.
Chicken Tortilla Soup
Chicken broth, shredded chicken, and potatoes. Topped tortilla strips, Jack cheese, avocado slice, and sprinkled with cilantro.
Birria
Tacos
Soft Taco Plate
Three street tacos with choice of carne asada, chicken, carnitas, chorizo,or al pastor. Topped with chopped onions & cilantro. Served with spanish style jasmine rice, refried peruano beans & lime wedges.
Choose chile verde, chile colorado or cochinita pibil
Taquitos Plate
Three crispy rolled corn tortillas filled with your choice of shredded beef or chicken. Served with spanish style jasmine rice & refried peruano beans. Topped with shredded lettuce, queso fresco, sour cream & guacamole
Hard Taco Plate
Two deep-fried hard shell tacos, stuffed with your choice of, shredded beef, shredded chicken or diced potatoes. Served with jasmine rice & refried peruano beans. Topped with shredded lettuce, queso fresco, sour cream & guacamole.
Flautas Plate
Two rolled flour tortillas, stuffed with your choice of shredded beef or shredded chicken & fried to perfection. Served with jasmine rice & refried peruano beans. Topped with shredded lettuce, queso fresco, sour cream & guacamole.
Tortas
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A toasted telera roll layered with your choice of meat.
Guacamole, sour cream, shredded lettuce, tomato, queso fresco & refried peruano beans.
Vodka Cocktails
Classic Bloody Mary
Vodka, Bloody Mary mix, lime juice, tabasco, olives.
La Paleta Mexicana
Green apple vodka, sweet & sour, watermelon pucker, tabasco, chamoy, tajin rim.
Special Bloody Mary
Vodkia, Bloody Mary mix, lime juice, tabasco, olives, bacon, shrimp.
Vodka Tonic
Whisky Cocktails
Elote Antiguo
Abasolo Whisky, Corn Liquor, Agave
Irish Maid
Jameson, Lime Juice, Cucumber.
Whisky & Coke
Beer Buckets
Cubeta Domestic
Cubeta Importada
Cubeta Estrella
Sandwich
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Tequila Cocktails
Mangoniada
Casa Rita
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Recent Reviews
The food was delicious. My husband and I ate here today to cure our wedding party hangover.
The appetizer we devoured was the homemade Queso fundido with homemade tortillas. This I give a 10 out of 10.
I had the pork pozole. It was flavorful and the Hominy was cooked to perfection.
My husband ate the menudo. He gave it a 9 out of 10. (Could have used more flavor)
The best order of our visit goes to their delicious michiladas!! You can’t...
The appetizer we devoured was the homemade Queso fundido with homemade tortillas. This I give a 10 out of 10.
I had the pork pozole. It was flavorful and the Hominy was cooked to perfection.
My husband ate the menudo. He gave it a 9 out of 10. (Could have used more flavor)
The best order of our visit goes to their delicious michiladas!! You can’t...
October 2024
Really good food here. Place has been here a few years now and gained some popularity. Service can be a little slow although no fault at all to the servers, their management should staff a little better sometimes. Pricey for the location but overall great dinner and good atmosphere for a night out. Their cocktails are very good! Good La Mirada Mexican spot. Wish they had better deals though, I’d come more often.
March 2024
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I usually pre judge a Mexican restaurant on its chips and salsa. If the chips are fresh and the salsa is good, what's to follow is usually and almost always just as good. If not well, you know the rest.
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